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Tell President Biden and the Coast Guard to stop SPOT – the Sea Port Oil Terminal

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 23, 2022November 24, 20223 comments

Nov 22 Update: The Biden Administration has unfortunately (and frustratingly) approved the application for the Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT). This is the offshore oil export terminal we told you about a few moths ago (see below for the original post) that will increase cancer-causing air pollutants in Texas’ Brazoria and Harris counties and make …

This Indigenous People’s day, stand with native women to Stop Line 5

by DrewAction, allies, Home October 10, 2022October 10, 2022Comments are Disabled

We’ve told you before about the dangerous Line 5 pipeline proposal and the threat it poses to our climate, and the the Great lakes – the largest source of fresh water on earth. This is the final week that the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is accepting public comments on the draft Environmental Impact Statement …

Victory! We stopped Manchin's Dirty deal. Now what's next

Victory! We stopped Manchin’s dirty deal, and what comes next.

by DrewHome, Opinion September 28, 2022September 28, 20222 comments

We win! First of all thank you, so much, to everyone who called, wrote to members of Congress, signed petitions, came to our Sept 8 rally in DC, visited a local member of Congress’ office or in any other myriad ways stood up and said NO to Manchin’s dirty deal. I made a little video …

No more sacrifice zones – take action to stop Manchin’s dirty deal.

by DrewAction, allies, Home September 27, 2022September 27, 20222 comments

Sept 27 update – The Senate is scheduled to vote today on whether to attach Manchin’s dirty deal to a must pass government funding bill. This is the moment we’ve been fighting for – an up or down vote on Manchin’s dirty deal and every Senator really matters. Click here to call your Senators and …

We can stop Manchin’s dirty deal

by DrewAction, allies, Home September 7, 2022September 21, 20223 comments

Sept 21 update: Today, Joe Manchin (Fossil fascist, WV) is finally releasing the details of his dirty deal. But Manchin’s new deal isn’t a sign of strength. It’s a sign of cowardice. More than 80 Democrats in the US House have pledged to stop Manchin’s dirty deal. Senators Sanders and Markey have also pledged to …

Why I’m suspicious of the Machin-Schumer compromise, and what we do about it

by DrewHome July 27, 2022September 7, 20221 comment

There’s been a lot of hot takes, premature celebration, and doomerism since the Manchin-Schumer compromise deal on a big budget reconciliation bill was announced, which Manchin wants to call the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (🤮 ). I took some time and dug through the bill (yes, I read legislative text when I have to) …

Take Action North Carolina, Duke’s carbon plan is a failure for climate and communities

by DrewAction, allies July 26, 2022July 27, 2022Comments are Disabled

Earlier this spring, Duke Energy finally released a draft plan to reduce global-warming carbon emissions in the Carolinas. Even getting them to unveil a plan was a big struggle, and required an act of the Legislature. Sadly, but not surprisingly, Duke’s carbon plan is a failure for our climate and communities. Local environmental and social …

Tell FERC: no more excuses, deny the MVP extension request.

by DrewAction, allies, Home July 7, 2022July 13, 20224 comments

** Good News Update ** After hammering them with more than 5,000 comments and emails, FERC has agreed to extend the comment period on MVP’s extension request (a little) to July 29. This means we have two more weeks to keep gathering comments before we need to deliver. Here’s how to help with the new …

Tell President Biden to repeal Nationwide Permit 12

Tell President Biden: Close the Nationwide Permit loophole. No more pipelines!

by DrewAction, Home May 26, 2022May 26, 20221 comment

Greedy companies are using a loophole in federal law called Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 to ram through fossil fuel pipelines and other infrastructure at the cost of our climate and communities. But thanks to an executive order from President Biden regarding environmental justice, climate change and drinking water, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) …

Tell FERC not to back down on Climate and Environmental Justice!

Stop FERC’s cowardly Betrayal of climate and environmental justice

by DrewAction, allies, Home April 20, 2022Comments are Disabled

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 …