The Mattapan Action Network is joining with @350NewEngland's Stop the #TarSandsNE Pipeline Action. (See previous post to see why.)
Yesterday, though few, we took a stand at one of our neighborhood ExxonMobil stations, in solidarity with a statewide action coordinated through 350NewEngland to raise awareness about ExxonMobil's plans to bring tar sands oil into the Northeast region.
At minimum, ExxonMobil should not be able to pipeline oil sands through our communities without even an environmental impact study on the harm it might cause.
BE #IdleNoMore! Follow us @MattapanAction or use #TarSandsNE to track the issue. Please consider the following action steps: 1. sign 350NewEngland's Pledge of Resistance; 2. ask your elected US Representative to request Pres. Obama require a Presidential permit for this pipeline; and 3. join the @350MA TarSands Pipeline Action Campaign.
Never hesitate to contact your elected representatives. It's especially urgent that you contact US Senators--John Kerry and Elizabeth Warren.
Calling Sen. Kerry is particular key since he's soon to become Secretary of State. (The US State Dept. conducts the Presidential permitting process related to pipelines crossing US borders.) You can even call his office now: 617.565.8519 or 202.224.2742. Sen. Warren's office needs to hear it directly from you as well: 617.565.3170 or 202.224.4543.
US Rep. Ed Markey sits on two of the House's key committees related to oil and gas: the Energy and Commerce Committee; and its Committee on Natural Resources.
Contact all of them over the next week. In all cases, ASK her or him to request a Presidential permit for the project.
(Right now, ExxonMobil's trying to exploit a use permit associated with an existing pipeline in order to channel tar sands oil through the northeast region. A Presidential permit would trigger an environmental impact review that its current use permit does not require.)
BE #IdleNoMore! Engage. Email us: MattapanAction@gmail.com if you'd like to join an #EnvironmentalJustice meetUp to soon come. Use #EJmeetUp and #TarSandsNE to track the issue on Twitter.
No comments:
Post a Comment