Join us for Berks Gas Truth’s organizing meeting on Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at 1251 Front Street, Reading 19601. We’ve got lots to discuss — pipelines, power plants, People’s Climate March, and more!<\/p>\n
Agenda:<\/p>\n
Introductions<\/p>\n
Announcements (see below)<\/p>\n
Quick Group Project<\/p>\n
DRBC Moratorium<\/p>\n
DTE Pipeline\/Birdsboro Power Plant<\/p>\n
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:<\/p>\n
Pennsylvanians Against Fracking is supporting Public Herald\u2019s call for PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro to investigate the DEP in the wake of its findings of malfeasance, misfeasance, and negligence in the thousands of fracking-related complaints the agency has received.<\/p>\n
Organizations, sign the coalition letter to AG Shapiro to be delivered on 3\/14<\/a><\/p>\n Individuals, sign and share our petition that will also be delivered on 3\/14<\/a><\/p>\n Take part in our call-in day on 3\/14 and invite your friends make calls, too<\/a>. If you\u2019re not on FB, but would like to invite your friends, here\u2019s the information you can share with them:<\/p>\n Join the call-in to Attorney General Josh Shapiro on March 14 to demand that he investigates the DEP.<\/p>\n Call 866-946-1451 early and often on March 14th!<\/p>\n New information from a team of investigative journalists at Public Herald shows Department of Environmental Protection has systematically handled fracking-related complaints with misconduct.<\/p>\n Investigators fought with DEP for three years to obtain information on fracking-related complaints. What they uncovered is jarring. DEP has received over 9,400 complaints related to gas and oil impact. Within this data, the Public Herald alleges to have identified at least 177 water contamination investigations wherein DEP committed one or more of three types of official misconduct: malfeasance, misfeasance, and negligence.<\/p>\n Pursuing this potential criminal activity is the responsibility of the Office of the Attorney General.<\/p>\n *** We mentioned on the call this evening that you can make a short video that will be edited together with others making their own that we\u2019ll use on Tuesday to promote the call in day<\/p>\n Here are scripts for individuals or organizations.<\/p>\n I\u2019m _________________ from _________________. I\u2019m calling Attorney General Shapiro now! Make the call!<\/strong><\/p>\n We are XXX and we\u2019re calling \u00a0Attorney General Shapiro now! Make the call!<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s all there is to it! When you\u2019ve finished recording, email your videos to Sam Bernhardt at sbernhardt@fwwatch.org<\/a>. Please get them to Sam by close of business on Friday to give the videographer time to do the editing!<\/p>\n To read the full Public Herald report, visit publicherald.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find organizational and individual sign on letters and information about escalting actions to send a strong message to the Delaware River Basin Commission that it\u2019s time to ban fracking in the basin at .<\/p>\n Watch the pilot of the show Chuck Gallagher and Karen Feridun will host on BCTV<\/a> at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n Join the meeting at 1251 Front Street, Reading, 19601 – BGT participates in the environmental committee<\/p>\n BGT leads an environmental breakout at these meetings that are held in different locations throughout Berks. The location of the next meeting will be posted here when it’s announced, but it will begin at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Karen Feridun will speak on protest on a panel hosted by Indivisible Berks, First UU Church, 416 Franklin Street Reading<\/p>\n Location TBD. Organizations fighting the PennEast pipeline will invite Governor Wolf to address questions about the state’s premature permitting of natural gas pipelines. It is the first of several town halls we’re planning across the state.<\/p>\n Karen Feridun will speak about fracking, climate, and energy policy as a panelist after the film Dirty Business<\/em> at 7 p.m. Location TBD.<\/p>\n Free event featuring the founder of 350.org. Reserve seats here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marches in D.C. and across the country. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n BGT is hosting a bus to the Washington, D.C. march. Sister marches are being planned across the country. BGT’s bus leaves from Penn State Berks where riders can park their cars at 7 a.m. Tickets are $30, but some free tickets are available for those who can comfortably afford $30. We’ve also provided a donation button for those who would like to contribute to the purchase of a seat for someone needing a free ticket. Reserve seats here<\/a>. More details to come about our bus trip. Find details about the march here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In recent weeks, the Atlantic Sunrise, Rover, and Northern Access Pipelines were approved by FERC and the Mariner East II natural gas liquid line and the PennEast pipeline received water permits from the PA DEP. Across the state, communities are fighting cracker plants, natural gas power plants, and other dirty energy infrastructure. Encampments are being established by communities fighting the Atlantic Sunrise and Mariner East II pipelines. For more information on how to connect with these fights, email us at berksgastruth@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join us for Berks Gas Truth’s organizing meeting on Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at 1251 Front Street, Reading 19601. 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March 21:\u00a0Take a Deep Breath pilot on BCTV<\/h4>\n
March 23:\u00a0Berks Progressives for Truth and Justice<\/h4>\n
March 25: Berks Progressive Volunteers in Action<\/h4>\n
March 26:\u00a0Citizen Activism 101<\/h4>\n
April 1:\u00a0Wolf Town Hall<\/h4>\n
April 17:\u00a0Penn State Berks Earth Day screening and panel discussion<\/h4>\n
April 19: Bill McKibben at Northampton Community College<\/h4>\n
April 22:\u00a0March for Science<\/h4>\n
April 22: People’s Climate March<\/h4>\n
Engage in Pipeline and Infrastructure Fights<\/h4>\n