Three actions during week of Respect and Resistance

[Stef...@aol.com]

Hello All,

This week is Respect and Resistance.  These are actions against pipelines.  A few events are going on.  Two on Thursday and one on Friday...

 

Thursday Dec 18; noon - 1

On Thursday, December 18, from Noon to 1 PM,  members of several New England environmental organizations will be gathering outside Spectra Energy’s New England Regional Headquarters, 890 Winter St, Waltham, to protest the Texas-based company’s plans to locate a high pressure natural gas line through a densely settled residential neighborhood.

Organized by the Committee to Stop Spectra’s West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline

For further information contact:

David Ludlow: davidl...@gmail.com, 617 522 4246

signs will be provided

 

 

At 4 pm

FLOOD BOSTON DEBUTS “RESPECT AND RESISTANCE,” A CLIMATE THEATER PIECE TO CONNECT STATE STREET CORPORATION AND SPECTRA ENERGY

On December 18th, citizens from across Massachusetts will be performing a piece of climate theater to debunk the myths of natural gas as perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry. We will expose State Street Corporation’s investments in Spectra Energy as a driver of runaway climate change. This action is part of the “Week of Respect and Resistance,” a New England-wide campaign against Spectra Energy’s proposed expansion of the “Algonquin” gas pipeline (“AIgonquin” Incremental Market Expansion, or AIM).

The AIM Expansion locks New England into a future of fossil fuel dependence, and directly impacts the safety of Boston communities (running right through West Roxbury). We call on State Street Corporation to divest their holdings of Spectra Energy, and all other extreme energy projects. Spectra Energy is one of the largest natural gas processing, storage, and distribution companies in the United States. State Street Corporation, based right here in Boston, is the second largest shareholder in Spectra Energy, as well as the proposed Kinder Morgan gas pipeline in Massachusetts.

WHAT:

A creative performance at the international State Street Corporation headquarters

WHEN AND WHERE:

Thursday, December 18th at 4:00pm at State Street Corporation (1 Lincoln Street, Boston)

We will be meeting at Chinatown Park at 3:00pm before heading to the plaza at the intersection of Essex and Lincoln.

VISUALS: Activists will bring colorful puppets and banners to perform a cantahistoria-inspired climate theater piece.

LINKS TO MORE INFORMATION:

Flood Boston website: https://floodboston.wordpress.com/

FANG website: http://www.FANGtogether.org

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Friday, Dec 19 from noon - 1

environmentalists will continue their protest at the JFK Federal Building in downtown Boston where delegations will meet with the staffs of Senators Markey and Warren to insist that the Senators take action against the pipeline

Organized by the Committee to Stop Spectra’s West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline

For further information contact:

David Ludlow: davidl...@gmail.com, 617 522 4246

David is unsure if people will even be able to be allowed in to speak to the staff.  He is hopeful to be in contact with the staff, maybe they will come to see us if we're not allowed in.

Stef