For those of you who need context: From March-May, we held press conferences with frontline organizers, wheatpasted the FERC chair's neighborhood, and disrupted FERC's monthly meeting over 16 times! All as part of our expanding campaign to UnFrack FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
But a lot has changed, some of it very recently, at FERC since then. Three new Commissioners have taken seats at FERC, which could be enough to enact real changes — if they vote for it. And the D.C. Circuit Court has been striking at the heart of FERC's broken permitting process.
They vacated the permits for a Williams pipeline in New Jersey, and then the Rio Grande LNG, TX LNG, and Rio Bravo pipelines in Texas! The court found the permits invalid due to lack of climate emission analysis and clear violations of environmental justice standards — just what we've been telling FERC for years and all spring with the unFrack FERC campaign!
All of which sets up the next commissioners meeting on September 19, 2024, as a critical moment for the Fall of FERC and the end of fossil fuels.
Along with our friends at BXE, we're are looking for dozens of people to come to Washington D.C. September 18 – 19. We also looking for those of you who've never been to a FERC meeting before to help us deliver the message where FERC commissioners meeting can't miss it. We want to bring so much joyous rebellion to the FERC meeting that they simply cannot continue to approve fossil fuels!*
We will replace their bureaucratic jargon with truth and song!
We will force them to face up to what their actions do to communities, to our planet, to the lives of their own children!
We will UNFRACK FERC!
You can learn more by attending our Action Orientation meeting online on August 26th 6PM (EST).
Thanks,
Drew and the 198 reasons to topple a fossil fueled empire crew
*With recognition that violence and repression against climate protestors is increasing around the world, and this week's shocking news that a Citi security guard punched a protestor in New York, a quick note from BXE on legal risk:
BXE has been disrupting FERC meetings for a decade – and in all of our years of interrupting- no arrests have ever been made! Disrupters are simply removed from the meeting, and banned from future FERC meetings. Nevertheless, we have a lawyer on hand for anything that goes wrong! And we’ll have lots of support staff and allies to keep you safe, briefed, and cared for. FERC actions are an opportunity to speak truth to power with visible impact!
