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Energy

Members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) – Women’s Committee picketing the office of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in Ortigas Center, sent this message to oppose an impending new wave of electricity rate hikes.

The National Power Corporation (Napocor) and Power Sector Assets Liabilities Management (PSALM) filed petitions with the ERC for the recovery of stranded debts and contract costs amounting to almost P140 billion. This translates to 40 centavos per kilowatt-hour that, with ERC’s go-ahead, will be collected through the universal charge.

Judy Ann Chan-Miranda of the FDC Women’s Committee urged the regulatory body to junk the petition of Napocor and PSALM, stressing that it is “anti-women” and “anti-poor.”

Labor Candidate Alexander wants to invest $100 billion into electric car manufacturing
 
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A confidential intelligence bulletin sent from the Pennsylvania Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement professionals in late August says drilling opponents have been targeting the energy industry with increasing frequency and that the severity of crimes has increased.

AnaiRhoads.org challenges Massey CEO Don Blankenship in open letter; announces new board of directors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12 April 2010

Media Contact:
Chris Ford (202) 241-5881
chrisford@anairhoads.org

Washington, D.C. – AnaiRhoads.org, a social justice media organization founded in 1996, today launched a campaign targeting Massey Energy Company and its Chairman and CEO, Don Blankenship. The campaign is in response to Massey's extensive history of violating federal safety and environmental regulations, and falls on the heels of last week's tragedy at its Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners.

Protecting Our Waters Hails Philadelphia Weighing In Against Fracking In Delaware Basin Says DRBC Should Heed City Position - Reject Stone Energy Permits Energy Environment Add new comment Read more Conneticuts Natural Gas Explosion Warns: FERC Pending Pipeline Projects in the U.S.A. by NastassjaNoell | 02.10.2010 This past weekend, five workers were killed from a natural gas facility explosion Connecticut. Natural Gas facilities such as refineries, compressor stations, powerplants, and even points where natural gas enters into factories, hotels, etc. can be very dangerous, explosive. Air pollution, Water Pollution, and Noise pollution from natural gas infrastructure also have caused toxic effects on neighboring communities. Protect your human and wild neighbours -- Prevent Natural Gas Infrastructure development in your community. Look through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) list of major proposed pipeline projects, organize your community to fight against these proposed developments -- quickly. Senator Frank Lautenberg is speaking out against natural gas pipeline construction in New Jersey, expressing concern that the pipeline may present danger to New Jersey residents, especially considering the recent explosion at a Natural Gas facility in Connecticut. Organize your town for a meeting to discuss issues associated with natural gas infrastructure and the risks associated with developing these infrastructures in your communities. National - Energy Justice - Gas National - Earthworks: Oil and Gas Accountability Project Energy Environment 2 comments Read more Natural Gas Compressor Station Coats Farmland in Used Gear Oil by NastassjaNoell | 02.10.2010 Spectra Energy's Steckman Ridge Natural Gas Compressor Station sprayed up to 1,629 pounds of used lubricating oil onto fertile farmland and residential property in rural Pennsylvania; crops had to be burned to prevent toxic contamination of consumers. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been misinformed residents for the past six months that the oil residents found coating their blueberries, tomatoes, hay fields. is non-toxic Omala Oil RL 320, but laboratory tests indicate the oil is definitively *not* Omala Oil RL 320. A contamination report recently obtained by Philadelphia Indymedia states that up to 1,629 pounds of used gear-lubricating oil were spilled onto residences and farm fields in Bedford County, Pennsylvania this past August. Despite the presence of this report in Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) files, officials are maintaining to residents and the press that only 20 gallons of gear oil was released, additionally misleading the public to believe that the oil is non-toxic Omala Oil RL 320. Energy Environment 1 comment Read more IRS steals Crow Creek Indian Territory: Tribe occupying stolen land by Nastassja Noell | 12.18.2009 The IRS has stolen 7,100 acres from the Crow Creek Indians; the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has facilitated the land-grab. Tribal leader Brandon Sazue is fasting and occupying the stolen territory with tribal members and supporters. The federales have not yet sent in the army as they did in 1862, resulting in the largest mass execution in US history. In the South Dakota Plains, surrounded by snow and temperatures hovering around 0 degrees, Crow Creek Tribal Chairman Brandon Sazue is fasting to protest the recent IRS auction which stole 7,100 acres of his people's territory; supporters are bringing additional supplies and helping to occupying the vast plains acreage.  The federal government has auctioned off 11 square miles of the Crow Creek Reservation without consent from the tribe which owns the land.  The land has been selected for use as an industrial wind power generating center and stands to make lots of money. Energy indigenous rights Add new comment Read more Climate Change Forum at Ursinus College event details posted by: scenviro begins: Dec 8, 7:00 pm ends: Dec 8, 8:30 pm location: Ursinus College, Pfhaler Hall: Musser Auditorium (room 100) Join the Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Audubin Society for a Climate Change Forum at Ursinus College The United States has a choice to make.  And that choice-for the sake of our economy, the environment, and our communities-must be for a sustainable and efficient energy production and usage that curbs global warming pollution. This will be an opportunity for the community to learn what actions must be taken today to avoid the worse consequences of climate change.  Experts will speak on the science and politics of climate change and what we can do as individuals to help create a clean energy future. climate change Energy Add new comment Read more Industrial Foam found in Bedford County Creek: Natural Gas Production Contamination Suspected by Nastassja Noell | 11.18.2009 Foam has been found in Scheaffer Creek, a tributary of the Juniata River watershed which supplies Pennsylvania's capital. Springs and ponds downhill from Spectra Energy's drilling pads first showed the foam weeks ago. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has not tested for specific chemicals associated with natural gas drilling, and is telling residents that the foam is only laundry soap. Residents are worried that the cancer causing chemical 2-BE is present in their drinking water supplies. A Spring in Clearville Foam in Schaeffer Creek Clearville, Pennsylvania used to be a healthy rural town, a paradise for hunters, fishermen, and farmers.  The town is deep in Bedford County, surrounded by numerous state game lands historically rich with turkey, grouse and deer, streams thick with fish and aquatic life. The soil was black and alive, and the vegetation is thick and green in the summertime.  Folks used to be able to drink straight from these creeks when they were out stalking a deer or taking a hike to pick berries. Energy radical environmentalism 2 comments Read more 123456789…next ›last » © 1999–2008 Philadelphia Independent Media Center Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by PhillyIMC.