1. Presentation to Council of Club Leaders
Beyond Dirty Fuels
Presentation to Council of Club Leaders
September 2016
Lena and Dan 
The Dirty Fuels Campaign is Part of the Club’s Our Wild America Campaign
Working with volunteers around the country to protect the wild places we cherish
WHY We must move beyond fossil fuels
to:
Combat catastrophic climate change
Protect public lands and wildlife
Protect communities from pollution
Secure just transition to a clean energy future
Combat stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry on our democracy

2. Beyond Dirty Fuels
The Dirty Fuels Campaign is Part of the Club’s Our Wild America Campaign
Working with volunteers around the country to build a movement to protect the wild places we cherish and avoid catastrophic climate change
Combined Beyond Oil and Beyond Gas Campaigns
Photo courtesy of Roger M Richards

3. A Growing “Keep it in the Ground” Movement
Known fossil fuel reserves contain more carbon than we can afford to burn
We must do more than countries have committed to if we hope to keep warming below 2° C
Photo courtesy of Roger M Richards

4. Momentum since Keystone XL rejection

6. Ongoing Dakota Access protest

7. How can you get involved?

8. How can you get involved to stop Dakota Access?
Host or attend a solidarity rally on 9/13 during the national day of solidarity
Call the White House and ask President Obama to direct Army Corp to revoke permits ( )
Donate resources
Join our Beyond Dirty Fuels volunteer list
Join monthly Beyond Dirty Fuels volunteer calls

9. Gas pipelines: a growing threat
“Pipeline construction runs into anti-fossil fuel movement”
- Houston Chronicle headline,
May
19 proposed gas transmission lines out of the Marcellus and Utica shale alone
Would carry 15.2 bcf/d gas, enabling 116 trillion cft gas production by 2050
Projected gas increase would make it impossible for US to meet our climate goals
Significant methane leakage, damage to our climate
More fracking, water pollution, local impacts
As of May 16, 2016
271 Units and 147 Plants in Remaining (includes Edwardsport IGCC)
SOURCE: Oil Change International

10. The “Keystone-ization” of Energy Fights
Success on Constitution pipeline, NED, Forest Service denied permit for Atlantic Coast pipeline

11. How can you get involved to stop gas pipelines?
Request approval for your chapter to formally intervene against the project
Submit comments to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Attend a public hearing held by FERC
Request a meeting with your Representative and Senator to ask them to oppose gas and your specific pipeline
Work with Dirty Fuels team to demand reforms at FERC