[MCN] Help Stop Energy Bill's Poison Pills for Wildlife & Clean Energy

[Matthew Koehler]

Please don't believe the hype!

It’s supposedly an Energy Bill, but the "North American Energy
Infrastructure Act of 2016" contains a *lethal dose of anti-wildlife
amendments* that will lead to dead wolves, dead bears and the destruction
of many important wildlife protections.

*And while pro-oil, pro-coal, climate change denying provisions are
despicable, the anti-wildlife measures are equally catastrophic.*

TAKE ACTION via this alert from Defenders of Wildlife here: bit.ly/1Zt03BI

Or contact the Montana delegation directly.

EMAIL Senator Tester here: https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator

EMAIL Senator Daines here: https://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve

EMAIL Rep Ryan Zinke here: https://zinke.house.gov/contact/email

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Also, please consider joining the national conference call on June 23 to
learn more about the other "Poison Pills" in the Energy Bill.

*From: *Allison Fisher <afisher at citizen.org>
*Subject: **National Call: First energy package in nearly a decade*
*Date: *June 16, 2016 at 12:44:51 PM EDT

Dear Friend,

On *Thursday, June 23rd at 3 pm Eastern / 2 pm Central / 1 pm Mountain /
12 noon Pacific time*, the Climate Reality Check team will hold the latest
in our series of national conference calls to help strengthen community
organizing on climate, entitled:

*The Energy Policy Modernization Act: Poison Pills*

Join Jean Su of the Center for Biological Diversity, Mitch Jones of Food &
Water Watch and Mary Booth of the Partnership for Policy Integrity to learn
more about the first energy bill to pass out of both houses in nearly a
decade.  What is in the energy package? How would it affect our work? What
are the next steps in stopping its passage?

Even if you can’t make it on the 23rd, register to receive a recording of
the call. <http://goo.gl/forms/b5ndjaZHmS3H2l9g1>

The Energy Policy Modernization Act (SB 2012) passed in the Senate two
months ago. Though containing some positive provisions, those are
outweighed by a number of poison pills. The bill, if signed into law, would:

·         expedite the approval of liquefied natural gas (LNG) export
terminals

·         further reduce the options for public input into FERC’s
decision-making processes

·         weaken the powers of state governments in relation to FERC

The Senate legislation would also classify biomass as “carbon neutral,”
increase investment in under-the-ocean methane hydrates and nukes, and
repeal a requirement to make all federal buildings fossil free by 2030.

*You won’t want to miss this cal*l—*RSVP here*:
http://goo.gl/forms/b5ndjaZHmS3H2l9g1

Talk to you soon!

The CRC team* – Allison, Nancy, Rose and Ted

*The CRC team is Allison Fisher, Public Citizen, Nancy LaPlaca, NC WARN,
Rose Braz, the Center for Biological Diversity and Ted Glick, Beyond
Extreme Energy and movement builder.

*Learn more about our speakers:*

*Jean Su* is a Staff Attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity,
where she focuses on protecting the climate and wildlife. Before joining
the Center, Jean was a project finance attorney for renewable energy with
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy LLP in Singapore and Los Angeles. Prior to
law school, Jean worked in the climate change and development fields with
CARE International in Madagascar, McKinsey & Company, and the Clinton
Climate Initiative. Jean holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton
University, a master's of science degree from the London School of
Economics and Political Science, and a J.D. from the University of
California, Irvine, School of Law.

*Mitch Jones* is a Senior Policy Advocate at Food & Water Watch. He
represents the organization in Congress and in Maryland on a range of
issues including fracking, water infrastructure, and agricultural policy.
Prior to joining Food & Water Watch, he worked at the United Food and
Commercial Workers International Union, focusing on issues related to food
safety and renewable fuel policy. He has appeared on CNBC, Al Jazeera
English, and various radio stations across America. He has been quoted in
the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Baltimore
Sun and other publications. He holds a B.A. in history and philosophy from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a M.A.L.A. from St.
John’s College, Santa Fe.

*Dr. Mary S. Booth, PhD. *received her Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees at
the University of Massachusetts, and her doctoral degree in Ecology at Utah
State University, focusing on biogeochemistry and plant ecophysiology. She
completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Ecosystems Center at the Woods
Hole Biological Laboratory and the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
She currently directs PFPI’s science and advocacy work on greenhouse gas,
air pollutant, and forest impacts of biomass energy.
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