New Anaerobic Digester Facility Proposed at PES Refinery Philadelphia
BREAKING: The PES refinery, Philadelphia's #1 polluter, announced a massive greenwashing campaign today. RNG Energy Solutions will build eight bioreactors at PES to processs 1,100 tons of "organic waste" per day. Mayor Jim Kenney's administration isn't just handing PES a PR gift with this closed-door deal; it's entrusting more waste and pollution to a corporation that can't handle the filth it already has. PES is currently in violation of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, a
Video: Adelphia Gateway Pipeline is Coming to Your Community
Video researched and edited with the help of EDGE members, Pipeline Safety Coalition & Adelphia Community Advocacy Network Another fracked gas pipeline is coming through Pennsylvania communities. Do you know how to Protect your Rights? We can help. Everyone impacted by this project: landowner, neighbor, township, local institution or concerned citizen should file as an intervenor with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Adelphia Gateway Project- DEADLINE 2/13:
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
Hudson Valley Earth First Take To The Trees To Block Valley Lateral Pipeline
Photo and Information from Hudson Valley Earth First WAWAYANDA, New York-December 9 2017- Hudson Valley Earth First has established a one person tree sit blockade in the path of the Valley Lateral Pipeline to stop its construction and to save the forrest. On December 8th, 2017, Millennium Pipeline Company started clearing trees for the Valley Lateral Pipeline, which would connect fracked natural gas from the existing Millennium Pipeline to the scandal-ridden, toxic Competitiv
Project Partner: Water Ways - An Illustrated Series
Water Ways is a series of illustrations telling the story of how the natural gas industry impacts ecosystems, politics, communities, water, and resistance in so-called Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the surrounding area. To date. a large 13' x 10' display print is available for guided, interactive presentations and 27" x 39" posters are available for donation accompanied by a narrative booklet that will guide you through the story. Project website: https://www.thewaterways.org/
Camp White Pine - Forest Defense Camp Resisting Sunoco's Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Camp White Pine is a direct action tree-sit fighting against the Energy Transfer Partners/Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline. Follow Unicorn Riot for up-to-date videos from the Camp! Camp White Pine is preparing for ETP/Sunoco and Police to arrive any day and have built a treesit stronghold to defend this space. But last year, folks arrested there faced bails as high as $200,000 in an attempt to shut down our resistance efforts. They need to build a strong legal fund to support t
We Are Seneca Lake Claims Victory; Crestwood Retreats from Gas Storage Expansion
Image from We Are Seneca Lake Geneva, NY - "We Are Seneca Lake is celebrating a successful campaign forcing Crestwood's retreat from plans to expand methane storage in unstable salt caverns along the shores of Seneca Lake. In a two and a half year campaign, over 650 people from around the region were arrested protesting the Texas based corporation's plans threatening Seneca Lake. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had granted a permit for the gas storage projec
Fundraiser: PA Pipeline Resistance
Thank you so much to everyone who came out on Wednesday! It was such a fun event and we raised just about $2,000!! Amazing!! Special thanks to Bartram's Garden and especially our hosts Zach and Shauna! Thank you to our mind-blowing performers, Stephen Landis, the Philadelphia Women's Slavic Ensemble, and Tristan Dahn! Thanks to Yards and Victory breweries, and Cinder and Standard Tap bars for donating beer! Your care and efforts made the night shine. ***** Camp White Pine, a
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
