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24 People Arrested Blocking Entrances to FERC to Protest Proposed Fracked Gas Export Facility

Submitted by x332349 on Mon, 07/21/2014 - 16:39

By Chesapeake Climate Action Network - Originally Published at Popular Resistance, July 14, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC—Residents impacted by shale gas infrastructure and their supporters blocked the entrances to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) headquarters today in protest of the proposed Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility and others proposed around the country.

This is the second consecutive day of action to demand that the Obama administration take the voices of impacted communities seriously in the federal regulatory process, and that FERC reject Dominion Resources’ proposed LNG export facility in Cove Point, Maryland, just 50 miles south of the White House on the Chesapeake Bay. Over a thousand people rallied on the National Mall and marched to FERC yesterday despite scorching heat and high humidity.

Protesters linked arms and blocked the main entrance and a secondary entrance of FERC as employees came in to work this morning. A total of 24 people were arrested for the shut down, including participants from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. The protesters were arrested by Homeland Security police and then turned over to the DC Metropolitan Police for processing. They were charged with “incommoding,” or blocking a public passageway, and are being released with a citation and $50 fine.

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN)
Cove Point
natural gas
exports
fracking
tar sands
Marcellus Shale
Alex Lotorto
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

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