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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 06/04/2015 - 20:06
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Calvert County residents march from Solomons to Cove Point against gas export

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/30/2015 - 12:05

On the 30th of May, residents of Calvert County backed by environmentalists marched from Solomons at the southern tip of the county to Cove Point. The ending point was a park close to Dominion's LNG plant, the target of the protest. Dominion has begin construction to convert the old LNG import plant into an export facility for far larger quantities of fracked gas.

We Are Cove Point video of the march

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The march begins-photo by We Are Cove Point

Fracking protesters storm Spectra, ANGA, NPR

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 05/29/2015 - 18:39

The 29th of May was the last day of the third round of daily protests at FERC by Beyond Extreme Energy(BXE). This time around, activists marched from FERC and stormed into the office buildings housing some of their friends. First up was Spectra, builder of the "AIM" pipeline project FERC rubber stamped. Next up was ANGA, "America's Natural Gas Alliance," the notorious gas and fracking lobby. Finally came a suprise: the headquarters of NPR, known for promoting gas fracking with what can only be called public disservice announcements.

Video of the storming of Spectra, ANGA, and NPR

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Activists from Beyond Extreme Energy inside Spectra's building

The Shortwave Report 05/29/15 Listen Globally!

Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 20:09
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Circus act at FERC lampoons revolving door w/ gas industry

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 16:47

On the 28th of May, the Third Siege of FERC continued with the FERCus-go-round, a circus act that emphasized the revolving door between FERC commissioners and the gas/fracking industry. The commissioners were called weasels, images of their faces mounted on mock carousel horses, a turkey, even a seahorse. Meanwhile, very few FERC staffers tried to run the door blockades, one speaker estimated only a tenth of the normal workforce showed up.

Video of the FERCus-go-round

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Five arrested in blockade of FERC

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 05/27/2015 - 17:03

On the 27th of May, five activists were arrested while blocking access to FERC on the 4th day of actions by Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE). They stood their ground when the Federal Protective Services/Homeland Security cops gave the "three warnings" and were arrested after a blockade lasting nearly an hour. Afterwards protesters held a silent vigil lasting until Noon in front of FERC's headquarters. BXE is demanding that FERC stop acting as the gas industry's rubber stamp for seemingly every gas/fracking infrastructure permit to cross their desks.

Video of the FERC rubber stamp brigade running the gauntlet of protesters

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This blockade at FERC's backdoor turned away their staff for nearly an hour before 5 activists were arrested

Fracking/gas export protesters block N Cap st with Tripod near FERC

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 05/26/2015 - 15:53

On the 26th of May, protesters from Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) returned to FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), blocking all known doorways with banners and seeking to shut down this rubber stamp of the fracked gas industry. Everywhere there were calls for reinforcements but none to send-because activsts had quietly slipped away to set up a tripod in the middle of N Capitol St. The resulting road closures and traffic jams effectively barricaded the whole area around FERC.

Video of the tripod raising on N Cap st and surrounding context

Video Planet Media's Youtube video of the tripod sit

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BXE Protests Fracking at the FERCus May 26th

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/26/2015 - 10:03

May 26th 6:30 A.M. Seeds of Peace is serving breakfast in front of Union Station to approximately fifty Beyond Extreme Energy protesters, before the march to the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission to convey dissenting messages in regard to the confusion of fracking shale to extract natural gas, to be processed for eventual sale overseas, regardless of the current depressed price, to keep United States energy companies in business. 

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March on Monsanto hugely outnumbers counterdemonstrators

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/23/2015 - 18:42

On the 23ed of May, the annual March on Monsanto encountered something new at Monsanto's DC lobbying headquarters: a tiny group of counterdemonstrators. Some were reported to hjave been paid by Monsanto to be there. Their presence is proof that the global campaign against Monsanto's patented "Roundup Ready" seeds and glyphosate herbicides is becoming effective.

Video of the march showing how many more protesters than paid Monsanto counterprotesters

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In front of Monsanto

BXE stages sit-in at Dept of Interior against Shell's arctic drilling

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 05/22/2015 - 17:05

The 22nd of May was the second day of Beyond Extreme Energy's series of daily protests against fracking, gas export, and other forms of extreme energy. With FERC heavily guarded by cops, protesters diverted across town to the Department of the Interior. Just as FERC rubberstamps fracking and gas export infrastructure permits, DOI rubberstamps oil drilling permits, including Shell's permits for offshore arctic driling. This protest had originally been planned for later in the day, but this way activsts got inside DOI unopposed for the sit-in while all the cops were still at FERC.

Video of the sit-in

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