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Director of “Gasland” Arrested in Anti-Pipeline Protest (Video)

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(N.Morgan) In the ongoing battle to save our environment Josh Fox and several others were arrested while protesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ongoing role in allowing fossil fuel projects which destroy the environment and accelerate climate change. FERC has also been pushing the use of imminent domain as a way to clear out the land they want to utilize for fracking.

John Fox is known for his film GASLAND, which exposed the environmental horrors that fracking inflict on the land and farms. At this protest Fox and others were serving pancakes made with solar power to demonstrate the need to go more natural in cook food and heating homes. 

While speaking at the protest, Fox exposed the reckless and dangerous behavior of FERC that allowed the Holleran family maple sugar farm to be seized by eminent domain and dozens of other fossil fuel projects that, if permitted, would bring the U.S. and the world well beyond the 2 degree warming limit agreed to by the Obama Administration at Paris Climate Accords.

Fox stated: “Everyone I know is fighting a pipeline or a compressor station or a power plant that is in front of FERC for approval.  It is clear to me that FERC has to be the most destructive agency in the United States right now.  They are faceless, nameless, unelected and ignore citizen input.  I think of FERC as the Phantom Menace.” “The agency’s commissioners have been rubber stamping fracking infrastructure all over country that threatens local communities and the planet by accelerating climate change.”

Fox was in DC screening his latest film, How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change, in which he won the top prize awarded by the DC Environmental Film Festival.

Josh had been scheduled to be on a panel at the American University, whoever due to his arrest it is unclear if he will be released from jail in time to attend.

The video below is footage from one Josh’s past protests when he was arrested at the White House 

Josh Fox Writer & Director of GASLAND Arrested Protesting Tar Sands at White House

References:

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/372493/7a9208063b/1603607689/c337d9228a/

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?JMPVerdant/7a9208063b/c337d9228a/6f19f33594

facebook.com/joshfoxintlwow/videos

http://video.beforeitsnews.com/josh-fox-writer-director-of-gasland-arrested-protesting-tar-sands-at-white-house_3106ccb86.html

http://www.ferc.gov/about/offices.asp

Media Contacts: Julia Pacetti & Jeff Winter, JMP Verdant

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      Global warming is a lot of hot air.
      Without fossil fuels, and their byproducts, a large portion of the world’s population would starve.
      Bite me Attorney Criminal Lynch.

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      There must be better means…

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      Hello Angle#3(prelim),

      Charlie here. I thought this was another health story about beans but I see it’s about gas emissions. Close enough!

      Please keep these health stories going and do one on doughnuts too! America needs her doughnuts!

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