Environment/Food/Health

On the 21st of May, the third week-long series of anti-fracking/anti gas export protests began at FERC. FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency has rubber stamped every application they have received for fracking, gas pipeline, and gas export facilities.

Video featuring speakers on harm done to their communities by fracking

On the 13th of May, hundreds of cyclists took over the streets for the second DC Bike Party of 2015. The DC Bike Party departs from Dupont Circle at 8PM sharp on the second Tuesday of the month during the warmer months of the year. DC Bike Parties can draw as many as 600 riders.

Quick video highlights of the daylight portion of the ride (1 min 45 sec)

On the 6th of May, protesters opposing the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Cove Point fracked gas export plant showed up outside Dominion's shareholder meeeting. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a Dominion project, would carry fracked gas, possibly for export. The route passes through Native American burial grounds as well as communities from which some of the protesters came. Other protesters came from Lusby, MD near the Dominion's old LNG plant at Cove Point, which is being converted and enlarged for fracked gas export.