{"id":26906,"date":"2023-06-10T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T03:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26906"},"modified":"2023-06-10T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T03:11:59","slug":"converging-on-white-house-progressives-tell-biden-to-cancel-mountain-valley-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/10\/converging-on-white-house-progressives-tell-biden-to-cancel-mountain-valley-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Converging on White House, Progressives Tell Biden to Cancel Mountain Valley Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\u200bPeople<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

People protest the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline outside the White House on June 8, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Jamie Henn\/Twitter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president “can stop MVP just like he stopped Keystone XL” and “can reclaim his climate legacy by stopping all new fossil fuel projects.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

KENNY STANCIL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jun 08, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progressives descended upon the White House on Thursday to demand<\/a> that U.S. President Joe Biden use his executive authority to cancel the Mountain Valley Pipeline and declare a climate emergency to expedite the end of the fossil fuel era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) was fast-tracked<\/a> last week via the debt ceiling<\/a> agreement that Biden, eschewing<\/a> his options for unilateral action, forged<\/a> with House Republicans who took the global economy hostage. The fracked gas development in Appalachia\u2014pushed<\/a> hard by the GOP and Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-W.Va.), a coal profiteer<\/a> and Congress’ top recipient of Big Oil money\u2014is one of several fossil fuel projects that Biden has the power to stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Biden was inside the White House talking with right-wing United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, hundreds of people gathered outside to remind<\/a> the president that “he can stop MVP just like he stopped Keystone XL.” The rally was organized by People vs. Fossil Fuels, a coalition of more than 1,200 organizations. It marks the start<\/a> of multiple days of action nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BREAKING: Frontline communities (@OurWVRivers<\/a>, @POWHR_Coalition<\/a>, and more) and allies are rallying for Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop dirty oil and gas projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline. pic.twitter.com\/Fl8PxxJDVB<\/a><\/p>— Elise Joshi (@EliseJoshi) June 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>