Dozens of people will come to Washington D.C. on September 19, 2024 to
protest and interrupt the monthly FERC
commissioners’ meeting. We want to bring so much joyous rebellion to the
FERC meeting they simply cannot continue to
expand fossil fuel infrastructure!
We will replace their bureaucratic jargon with truth and song! We will
force them to face up to what their actions do to communities, to our
planet, to the lives of their own children!
On Friday, August 2, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (CDT), the Committee on Natural
Resources will hold an oversight
hearing
titled “Rigs to Restoration: Examining Gulf Coast Restoration through
Energy Production and Permitting.” The hearing will examine Louisiana’s
experience in coastal restoration, including the barriers encountered
through the permitting process and the shared relationship between
energy production and environmental protection.
This hearing will be held at Nicholls State University, 906 E 1st St.,
Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Witnesses and Testimony
Meg
Bankston,
Executive Director, Parishes Advocating for Coastal Endurance
Kyle
Graham,
Former Executive Director, Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority
Michael
Hecht,
President & CEO, Greater New Orleans, Inc.
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee
executive
session on
Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 10 a.m. EDT to
consider the following legislation and nominations: The following
actions were taken during the Executive Session.
Nomination of Chad M. Cary to be Director of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) and
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) (PN1580)
The full committee is meeting to conduct a
hearing
entitled, “Long-Term Economic Benefits and Impacts from Federal
Infrastructure and Public Transportation Investment.”
Witnesses:
Christopher
Coes,
Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, United States
Department of Transportation
Michael
Knisley,
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Ohio State Building and Construction
Trades Council
Dr. R. Richard
Geddes,
Founding Director, Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Dr. Jesse
Jenkins,
Assistant Professor and Macro-Scale Energy Systems Engineer,
Department of Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering And The Andlinger
Center For Energy and Environment, Princeton University
Britta
Gross,
Director of Transportation, Electric Power Research Institute
Maureen
Hinman,
Co-Founder and Chairwoman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Dave
Schwietert,
Chief Government Affairs and Policy Officer, Alliance For Automotive
Innovation
Jeff
Davis,
Senior Fellow, Eno Center For Transportation
The world is on fire. It’s so hot people are literally dying. Ecosystems
are collapsing. Hundreds of thousands are being displaced from their
homes. And Wall Street is to blame.
Join the
Summer of Heat on Saturday, July 27th for the
CEO Shutdown: March to End Climate
Destruction.
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules Committee has scheduled a
public meeting on July 24 to determine the nominating procedure for the
Democratic presidential candidate. To be determined is whether the
nomination will proceed by a virtual roll call on a date before the
in-person Chicago convention August 19-22nd.
Dozens of people will come to Washington D.C. on September 19, 2024 to
protest and interrupt the monthly FERC
commissioners’ meeting. We want to bring so much joyous rebellion to the
FERC meeting they simply cannot continue to
expand fossil fuel infrastructure!