TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE UNIST'OT'EN CLAN AND WET'SUWET'EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS
URGENT: This just in from the Unist'ot'en Camp (facebook): In an outrageous display of colonial arrogance Justice Marguerite Church has ruled that TransCanada/ Coastal GasLink can start site work preparation for its fracked gas pipeline on Unist’ot’en/ Wet’suwet’en territory as early as this Monday (Dec. 17). https://aptnnews.ca/2018/12/15/judge-rules-unistoten-gate-must-come-down-for-pipeline/?fbclid=IwAR2brl2EjjCi46ECgUzE1eJ618qFmCSxat6wTCj8IrHINspilyS4_mQdEPY Church also r
JOIN US in Louisiana at the L'eau Est La Vie Camp - No Bayou Bridge
From L'eau Est La Vie Camp - No Bayou Bridge: Over the past several months we have deployed over 50 worksite actions to disrupt and stop construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. We are also on day 35 of continuous blockades in the Atchafalaya Basin (one of the largest swamps in North America). But with Energy Transfer Partners' recent escalation in tactics, we need more protectors here with us on the frontlines. JOIN US in Louisiana at the L'eau Est La Vie Camp. Email us at
Video: Seneca Nation Rallies To Defend River From Fracking Wastewater
Video filmed and edited with the help of E.D.G.E. member for Public Herald Photo by Steven Rubin for Public Herald In Coudersport Pennsylvania, over 100 members of the Seneca Nation of Indians appeared at a public meeting to oppose a fracking wastewater treatment facility planned for development on the Allegheny River, known by the Seneca as the Ohi:yo’, which means “beautiful waters.” Read the full article by Joshua B. Pribanic, and Melissa A. Troutman for Public Herald here
FERC: "The Most Dangerous Federal Agency You've Never Heard Of"
Beyond Extreme Energy rally at FERC headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Elvert Barnes FERC, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which rejected 2 gas pipelines out of 400 since 1999, to review approval policy... New report from Steve Horn of DeSmog Blog: https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/12/26/ferc-2-gas-pipelines-denied-400-approved-1999-rule Perhaps the most vocal #FERC critic, the group Beyond Extreme Energy #BXE has said that it does not trust the agency and remains s
Jury Acquits Grandmas Who Chained Themselves To Equipment At Tacoma’s LNG Construction Site
Photo by Peter Haley: phaley@thenewstribune.com A jury found two protectors who chained themselves to equipment this past spring at a liquified natural gas plant under construction in Tacoma, WA not guilty Thursday of criminal trespass and obstructing an officer. Read the full article here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article189889664.html #noLNG253 #DirectAction #StandwithPuyallup #Frontline #WaterProtection #NoFrackedGas ***Now, let's find everyone NOT GU
Frontline-Frontline Community Response And Mobilization To Hurricane Harvey
From 'Another Gulf is Possible' - collaborative for a just transition in the Gulf: This webpage is being continually updated and is serving as a central information source for frontline-to-frontline direct resource & support mobilization. https://anothergulf.com/a-just-harvey-recovery/ Do Not donate to such entities as the Red Cross. Support frontline efforts instead. Please donate to the "T.E.J.A.S. Harvey Fund" (#tejasharveyfund) to support a group - Texas Environmental Jus
Who Cleans Up The Mess? All Pipelines Leak!
From our friends at Resist Sunoco PA: "The rush to build massive pipelines began before the election of President Trump, spurred in part by Congress's repeal of a 40-year-old ban on oil exports in December 2015 (backed by then-President Barack Obama). Even before that decision, the United States was already the world's largest exporter of diesel, gasoline, and aviation fuel, and a net exporter of coal. With a glut of oil and gas discoveries in the Marcellus, Barnett, and Bakk
Full Frontal Assault vs. Back Door Attacks on the Environment
Sourced, copy and photo from Maya van Rossum of Delaware Riverkeeper Network View full report here: https://medium.com/@DelawareRiverkeeper/full-frontal-assault-vs-back-door-attacks-on-the-environment-9dd118b2d979#.3mp41417u I learned, last minute that today, February 28, there was to be a “listening session” at the PADEP regional office in Norristown seeking input on the very important Section 102 regulations focused on stream protection and pollution prevention. It was near
Illustration: Any Day Is A Good Day To Defend
This poster, drawn in pencil by an EDGE member, is dedicated to all those who are fighting to defend their human rights and those who are fighting with them. If you are interested in getting a 12"x16" poster, contact us HERE. #pipeline #philadelphia #stopoiltrains #dakotaaccesspipeline #standingrock #banfracking #water #frontlinecommunities #waterislife #resistance #hydraulicfracturing
“To Hell With Us” – Records of Misconduct Found Inside Pa. Drinking Water Investigations
New report from our friends at Public Herald: http://publicherald.org/to-hell-with-us-records-of-misconduct-found-inside-pa-drinking-water-investigations/ “I think the state is in bed with the gas companies. My husband calls them DGP – Department of Gas Protection – because that’s what they’re about. To hell with us.” – Angela Smith, Bedford County Since 2011, Public Herald has accumulated evidence that the Department either fails to follow the law or cannot properly address
