Details for March 30 DPU hearing:
*Wednesday, March 30, 7pm.* *ALL OUT!!* DPU Public Comment Session for
Northeast Energy Direct (NED) Survey Petitions, Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company (TGP). Greenfield Middle School Auditorium, 195 Federal St.,
Greenfield, MA. Kinder Morgan’s subsidiary, TGP, filed three petitions
with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) seeking
authority to enter some 450 private properties to conduct “surveys
preliminary to eminent domain” for the proposed NED fracked gas pipeline
project. Many landowners have received multiple letters and visits from the
company’s agents over the course of two years, even after denying survey
permission on multiple occasions. The pipeline company’s recent DPU filings
do not include a request to enter the majority of the 100+ publicly and
privately held conservation parcels in Massachusetts that are on the
proposed pipeline route, the majority of which are protected from
development under the Massachusetts constitution. Written comments may be
submitted through Friday May 6, 2016. Written comments should be emailed
to: dpu.efiling@xxxxxxxxxxx and Hearing Officer Stephen August at
Stephen.August@xxxxxxxxxxx. More here:
www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/ned-survey-hearing-schedule.pdf
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Martin Dagoberto <radoptimist@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello friends,
It's probably a good idea for us to all figure out which events are coming
up where we should have a presence. I certainly hope that we will all do
our best to support the SugarShack events and to help build bridges with
our friends allies there! We need to be working together.
I'll be sending out an "about us" quarter sheet to have on hand. Hopefully
we will connect with SSA soon on the Pledge of Resistance, which should be
a great way to coalesce our base of support.
In solidarity,
Marty
*Please post here any events that you're aware of. *These are the one's
I'm aware of so far. Please provide any corrections or additional info you
may have for the incomplete listings:
*Thursday, March 17, 7PM: *Film Screening and Discussion with Josh Fox -
Taking Steps to a Renewable Future
<https://www.facebook.com/events/1056923937698472/?ref=1&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D>.
First Congregational Church, Ashfield.
* This is a public event part of the Taking Steps to a Renewable Future
<https://www.facebook.com/events/961602713928982/?action_history=null>
walk from March 17-20. Join us for the first evening event of the walk
along the pipeline route. *
Oscar-nominated Josh Fox will be screening his new film, "How To Let Go
of the World -and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change
<https://www.facebook.com/HowToLetGoOfTheWorld/>," recently selected for
the 2016 Sundance
Fox will lead a Q&A after the screening of the film. *Massachusetts
Representative Steve Kulik
<https://www.facebook.com/Representative-Steve-Kulik-321483201335221/> will
begin the evening with a talk about the pipeline and local organizing. *
*Friday, March 18, 7PM: *Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir -
Taking Steps to a Renewable Future.
<https://www.facebook.com/events/434478423407837/?ref=1&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D>
Cowell Gym, Shelburne Falls. ***The is a public event during the Taking
Steps to a Renewable Future
<https://www.facebook.com/events/961602713928982/?action_history=null>
Walk that's happening from March 17-20.*** Join us as we come together in
song and dance after our second day of walking to stop the pipeline!
"Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical
performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the
thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving
urban activists who have worked with communities on four continents
defending community, life and imagination." For more info on the walk and
to register, visit http://sugarshackalliance.org/
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsugarshackalliance.org%2F&h=5AQFPPjL3&enc=AZPSZZOv6O0Vn777z3glIWk3v4lcY5tPADLu388hJDoXfSJzfhR68o9xcd-1aZTwQGM&s=1>
*Thursday, March 24th, 7 - 8:30 PM:* DPU Prep meeting. Irving.
[DETAILS???]
*Saturday, March 26, 1 to 3:30pm.* *Poets Against the Pipeline reading &
fundraiser*. Arts Block, Greenfield, MA. Poets, wordsmiths, songsters!
Putting our solidarity into words: Stop the Pipeline, NOW! The Enviro
Show’s d.o. will be there! You? Go to:
www.facebook.com/groups/PoetsAgainstThePipeline/
*Wednesday, March 30th: *DPU Hearing in Greenfield [DETAILS???]
*Sunday, April 3rd, 1 to 3:30pm: *Sugar Shack Alliance meeting at Green
Fields Market
*Saturday, April 9th, 9:30 AM to 6 PM: *Non-Violent Direct Action (NVDA)
Training <https://www.facebook.com/events/963327847091826/>, Conway, MA.
(3:15 to 6 PM for Part II only) - People do NOT need to be already in an
affinity group to participate nor do they need to already know whether they
are prepared to risk arrest. If you have already taken Part 1 or have been
in an affinity group in the last 5 years and participated in a large action
that could have included civil disobedience, you can come for the afternoon
part of the day, Part 2. There is no charge, but we do pass a hat to cover
costs of materials, gas and time for the trainers. Folks usually throw in
from $5 to $20 each. TO REGISTER: write to Amanda NoTeaParty@xxxxxxxxx
with your name, phone number, e-mail address, town and whether you’re
registering for whole day or just Part II. Thanks!
*Saturday April 10th, all day (TENTATIVE, TO BE CONFIRMED)* - Occupy the
Pipeline Strategy Summit, Montague area (stay tuned for details as it comes
together!)
--
martin dagoberto a.k.a. marty
dedicated catalyst
freelance solutionary
c: 508.361.0136
@radicaloptimist
*"All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration."
- the Hopi*
