A few more events and actions this month, plus, articles and videos coming from COP30 that began in Brazil this week! It’s unacceptable we’re still working to stop possible fracking in NC!
November 15, Door Knocking to Prevent Fracking in Lee County
12-3pm, Cumnock Union Methodist Church, 851 Cumnock RD, Sanford
Learn more about plans to drill and possibly frack a gas well in Lee County, then go door knock in neighborhoods nearby the well to get folks involved. We’ll eat lunch together first, learn, and get out there! Carpooling available from the Triangle. Lunch provided. If you want to carpool contact Steph at [email protected] Register here.
November 18, AnUpdate and Understanding the Urgency of COP30.
2 pm, online
Join 350.org’s Nama Chowdhary and Aggy Appiah-Hall for behind the scenes insight into what is happening at COP30. RSVP here.
November 18, Stop MVP Boost Comment Workshop
6:30-8 pm, online
Learn about the proposed MVP Boost expansion in Virginia and the FERC intervention deadline of November 26th – an outrageously tight window for the public to intervene in formally opposing it! RSVP here.
November 20, No SSEP Virtual Comment Party ~ FERC EA
6:30 pm, online
Join hundreds of people who have spoken out across North Carolina and Virginia on Williams Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) — a 55-mile, high-pressure methane gas pipeline that’s part of a huge expansion of fossil fuels in the Southeast, for this virtual comment party. Learn from community organizers how to draft and submit your comments.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released an Environmental Assessment for the SSEP methane gas pipeline, which claims to analyze the environmental impacts of the SSEP’s multiple sections of pipeline, massive gas compressor station expansions, and additional infrastructure modifications. We have until December 1st to make comments. Register here. Toolkit here.
ACTIONS
Tell Brazil: Lead the World Beyond Fossil Fuelshere.
The time has come for an International Tribunal for Climate Justice and the Rights of Nature! Sign the petition here.
ARTICLES AND VIDEOS
Duke Energy money fuels North Carolina Republicans as they pursue latest gerrymanderby Sue Sturgis here.
Link to recording of 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal: A New Pledge for Mother Nature in Brazil here.
Above link also includes short clips of speakers, including this one of Dr Crystal Cavaliermentioning MVP and Rights of Nature bills introduced in NC.
In Belém, Brazil Tribunal judges presented and signed A New Pledge for Mother Nature, a document which calls for a deep civilizational shift and offers a roadmap for governments, civil society, and international institutions gathered at COP30, denouncing the exponential expansion of fossil fuel extraction and large-scale mining, often disguised as “green transitions”, as direct threats to the planet’s ecological balance and to the guardians of Mother Earth. Document here.
Planet Wreckers: The Global North Countries Fueling the Fire Since the Paris Agreementhere. “Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period.”
Why COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planethere.
Advancing a Fair and Funded Transition Away from Fossil Fuels at COP30here.
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling by Nina Lakhani here.
350.org‘s Andreas Sieber joined others for a press briefing at COP30here.
Advancing a Clean, Equitable Energy Transition through Alternatives to Investor-Owned Utilities by Sophie Loeb, Policy Analyst at Center for Progressive Reform here.
Enjoy the lovely fall weather! Thanks for reading and for taking action!
