With the heat of summer upon us, updates below about the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), Duke Energy’s proposed gas plants, with two events taking place tonight, and more.
VERY UPSETTING NEWS about the MVP!!!
On Monday MVP submitted their ONE DAY REQUEST for in-service permission to FERC here.
Then late Tuesday FERC authorized to commence service of the MVP here.
POWERFUL Statements from POWHR, 7 Directions of Service, Appalachian Voices, and WV Rivers Coalition.
Federal Government Allows Failing Mountain Valley Pipeline To Go In-Servicehere.
“Every system that claims to protect us has failed. We need real transparency and accountability for corrupt politicians and companies, and we demand a livable future amidst climate change. Our fight is not over: We have 303-miles of failing pipes — with at least 130 identified anomalies — pumping methane gas through our communities, and we are being targeted by new projects like Southgate and the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. We deserve better and we are never going to stop demanding better.” Russell Chisholm
“For FERC not even to require the most basic efforts at stabilization before issuing this permission is deplorable.” David Sligh
The Time Bomb is Detonated by Deborah Kushner here.
“Ancient lands have been violated. Pristine streams have been destroyed. Endangered species have been harmed. People’s only water sources have been permanently polluted. Livelihoods impacted. Families and friendships have suffered. Trauma and grief and ever-present. Residents live with the very real danger of death and destruction.”
‘I don’t like them taking my life for money.’ Residents and activists react to MVP approvalhere.
TONIGHT June 13, We Protect Us: A #StopMVP Community Call
7 pm, online
All community members and pipeline-resisters are invited to a community call to discuss the terrifying impact of the news of MVP going in-service, the strength we have built over the past decade fighting the ruinous project, and what we will do next. Register here.
TONIGHT, June 13, Hyco Lake Gas Plant Public Comment Hearing
7 pm, Person County Courthouse, 105 South Main Street, Superior Courtroom, Roxboro
Duke Energy has proposed to build two new methane gas plants near the site of the coal-fired power plant at Hyco Lake. The NC Utilities Commission MUST deny Duke Energy’s proposals! NO new gas-fired plants!
Sign a petition, send comments, and join others at the hearing in Roxboro. More info here,
Submit a comment online and reference Docket No. E-2, Sub 1318 or EC-67, Sub 55 here.
June 20, Frontline Dispatch part 1: Mountain Valley Pipeline
8 pm, online
Hosted by Stop the Money Pipeline, join an educational webinar about the status of the fight against MVP. Learn how you can get involved with Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck of 7 Directions of Service where we will hear the story of her and her community’s fight. Take on the financiers of MVP. Register here.
June 29, Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington D.C. & to the Polls
10 am, Third and Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Join a historic assembly of impacted poor and low-wage workers, representatives from over thirty state coordinating committees, leaders from major religious organizations and denominations, labor unions, and other advocates as we kick off four months of outreach to 15 million poor and low-wage infrequent voters. More info and register here. Sign up for a free bus leaving from several NC cities here.
Save the date!
August 9, Paperhand Puppet’s Earth & Sky: A Great Gathering For All Beings
Takes place weekends beginning Aug 9 – Sept 29
The Forest Theatre, 123 South Boundary Street, Chapel Hill
Tell FERC: NO TRANSCO SSEP (Southeast Supply Enhancement) here!
Now through July 5, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is accepting “scoping” comments from the public about SSEP, to help FERC determine what should be included in their environmental assessment of the pipeline. More information about the proposed project, a guide to making comments, and two upcoming in person meetings here.
Tell President Biden: Declare a climate emergency! here.
Summer of Heat A sustained campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to end financing for fossil fuels kicked off in New York City this week and will last through the summer with different themes each week. More info here.
Protect Native burial sites, NO HB385!
A new bill making its way through the North Carolina General Assembly aims to make it easier for housing developers to bulldoze Native burial sites. This amendment (HB 385-ARI-77) will be very destructive to cultural resources along the North Carolina coast, and will set a dangerous precedent by weakening protections for heritage and Native American burial sites across the state, Contact the Senate Judiciary members. More info here.
ARTICLES and RECORDINGS
NC residents question housing developers’ plans after unearthing major archeological findhere.
How grassroots climate activists are taking on Big Tech by Arielle Samuelson here.
(With Duke Energy using data centers as an excuse to increase their load forecast, therefore pushing more proposed gas plants, this article that came out today is timely!)
Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave, Researchers Step Up Warnings About Risks Extreme Temperatures Pose to Children by Victoria St Martin here.
Revealed: repairing Israel’s destruction of Gaza will come at huge climate cost by Nina Lakhani here.
The Growing Threat of Oceanic Warming by Ruth H Burns here.
Our carbon capture experiment is the antithesis of environmental justice by Robert D. Bullard and Steve Ellis here.
What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic by Michael Lowry here.
Big Banks Are Helping Big Oil Kill the Planet by Peter Kalmus here.
The June 1 Yesah Tribunal: Mountain Valley Pipeline and Rights of Rivers at Haw River SP was the first Indigenous led tribunal of its kind in the world. Experts and witnesses shared violations of the MVP.
The Tribunal concluded with a powerful guilty verdict delivered by President of the Yesah Tribunal Casey Camp Horinek: “The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a violation of the rights of Nature and should be stopped, and the MVP Southgate should not be approved. Section 324 of the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act, which fast-tracked MVP, must be repealed.”
Yesah Tribunal NC Report and Toolkit here and the livestream link of the recording here.
If this river could sue … the Mountain Valley Pipeline gets a ‘Rights of Nature’ hearing here.
Thanks for reading and for taking action. Take care of yourself with this heat!
Peace and love for our beautiful Earth, Karen
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