Resist Liquid Natural Gas in South Providence: Demonstration TODAY

National Grid wants to build a Liquid Natural Gas facility in the floodplain in the already environmentally compromised/environmentally unjust neighborhood of South Providence. There’s a demonstration against this plan today at the proposed site:

670 Allens Ave, Providence, RI

Wednesday, June 8th,  4-6 pm

Bring water, sunscreen, and signs

 

Get more information and RSVP here.

Here’s some more information about why this plan is bad for Providence and its people.

 

If you live in Providence and you have felt helpless about climate change, ecological degradation and environmental injustice, this is something you can do to resist those things, today.

No Fracked Gas in Burrillville, RI: Public Hearing Tonight

Tonight (Thursday, 3/31) there’s a public hearing in Burrillville, RI where you can register your opposition to the fracked-gas power plant that Invenergy wants to build there.

The hearing is at 6pm tonight at Burrillville High School, 423 East Avenue, Burrillville, RI.

Here’s a Facebook event with more information, and a fact sheet with details of why this plant would be bad for Rhode Island’s living creatures.