July 9 – Just a quick update to let you know that the comment period on this FERC rule was longer than we thought and so we’re still collecting comments, and will deliver them at next week’s July 16 FERC commissioners meeting. In addition, since we first wrote you about this issue in June, the …
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The Constitution pipeline was supposed to be dead. From 2012-2016, we fought hard to stop this pipeline from Pennsylvania, through New York, and connecting to New England pipeline networks that serve Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. A combination of our advocacy at the federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state water quality permit rejections in New York, and economic factors finally led to …
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Today is the day to send your no SSEP comment! For years we’ve fought various projects from the Williams Companies, which operates a national network of fracked gas pipelines. Now, Williams has applied to build the “Southeast Supply Enhancement Project” or SSEP, which would super-size gas in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia with the …
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The Tennessee Valley Authority – TVA – is one of the largest utilities in the nation, providing electricity for 10 million people. And it has a long history of bringing benefits and power to communities in Appalachia. But the TVA of today is a disgrace to it’s progressive roots. Today’s TVA still gets almost all …
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UPDATED Feb 6 -It’s been a busy week behind the scenes as we prepare a series of actions targeting utilities bad behavior, and especially fracked fossil gas. I was trying to get my head around some news and new reports, so I wrote a long twitter thread that drew some … unexpected reactions. I’ve added …
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In February 2022 , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued two new rules updating how the commission reviews and approves new pipelines, Liquefied “natural” gas (LNG), gas export facilities and more. The first rule updated the 1999 rules on Natural Gas permitting to, for the first time, include environmental justice impacts. The second rule …
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As we feared, and warned only yesterday, in the midst of the global pandemic the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the Jordan Cove fracked gas export terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline today. The approval is conditioned on Pembina, the Canadian fossil fuel corporation behind the project, qualifying for critical permits from the state …
You remember Rick Perry as Trump’s former Secretary of Energy – the man appointed to lead an agency he famously said he would eliminate, but could not recall the name of during a 2016 Republican Presidential Debate. You might also remember that as one of the “three amigos” Perry was a minor player in Trump’s …
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been binging on fossil fuel approvals again. In the last few months they’ve voted on party line to make ratepayers pay more money to subsidize fossil fuels, tried to influence the outcome of court decision in favor of fossil fuels before the trial, and called the fight to …
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It’s almost 2020 and you look great! Here’s a quick retrospective on the last year of action and work, as told through some of my favorite pictures and memes. Take a gander, and if you’re so-inclined, chip in here to support another year of banner-dropping, Trump-impeaching, arrest-risking, action and fun! Here’s a little more background …