Below is Friends of the Earth’s release…We’re now pivoting full force to fight an LNG facility that Duke/Piedmont is proposing to build in the vicinity of where the ACP was routed.

 

Friends of the Earth applauds cancelation of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

July 6, 2020

WASHINGTON – Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced Sunday the cancelation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Friends of the Earth has campaigned for years against this project, that would have caused irreparable damage to the environment and local communities.

Donna Chavis, senior fossil fuel campaigner for Friends of the Earth and an elder of the Lumbee Nation, issued the following statement in response:

Native American, African American, and other affected communities along the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have prevailed in their David versus Goliath struggle against Duke Energy and Dominion Energy. The ACP is now officially dead, and not a moment too soon.

Americans have spoken in the streets, and they have no tolerance for fossil fuel projects that poison the bodies, the land, the air, and the water of Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities.

While we celebrate this victory, we must also continue to fight against this toxic industry. Friends of the Earth will be turning its full force to stop a liquified natural gas (LNG) peaking and storage facility in North Carolina that Piedmont Natural Gas (PNG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy, is planning to develop in the same vicinity as the proposed ACP. Just like ACP, we will ensure that the PNG/Duke project does not see the light of day.

Fossil fuels have no future in North Carolina or the United States.

Background notes:

·       Friends of the Earth and NC WARN in May released an analysis by a former energy executive outlining multiple factors that made the Atlantic Coast Pipeline a risky and unnecessary investment that could leave Dominion and Duke shareholders on the hook for billions of dollars in stranded costs.

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·       On June 18, 2020, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina issued a resolution against the Duke-PNG facility that stated, “The Agriculture/Natural Resources Committee and the 2020 Lumbee Tribal Council do hereby support the landowners in District 5 of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in their efforts to preserve their land, their waterways and future generations from the impacts of the placement of the LNG facility.” 


Communications contact: Aisha Dukule, (202) 893-3502, adukule@foe.org
Expert contact: Donna Chavis, dchavis@foe.org

 

 

From: cdp@groups.b-team.org <cdp@groups.b-team.org> On Behalf Of Collin Rees
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 5:29 PM
To: Combined Defense Project <cdp@groups.b-team.org>
Subject: [cdp] Resources on Atlantic Coast Pipeline win

 

Hi CDPers, 

 

Following on from this morning's call, I wanted to share some resources to help folks understand what a big win this was against the Atlantic Coast pipeline, and to help spread the news. 

 

This is just a small selection of what's out there; everyone please chime in with your own statements, etc. The big takeaways are that when we stand united we win; that gas pipelines are no longer viable projects / investments, and that other projects (Keystone XL, Jordan Cove, Line 3, Mountain Valley, etc.) need to follow suit. 

 

Tweets to Amplify

Statements

Articles

Please let me know if you have any questions / other parts of this to lift up. Definitely not comprehensive here; just wanted to make sure to send around some basic materials to help folks engage and lift up this major win that's the result of so, so many people throwing down for 6+ years. 

 

Thanks, 

Collin

 

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Collin Rees // Senior Campaigner, Oil Change International & Oil Change U.S. // @collinrees // +1 308 293 3159

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