Protesters the only hiccup for Obama's FERC pick at Senate hearing

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A Senate confirmation hearing for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission nominee Colette Honorable opened today with chanting demonstrators protesting the commission's approval of natural gas infrastructure. Six Beyond Extreme Energy activists dressed in matching red shirts chanted, "FERC doesn't work!" as senators entered the hearing room. "We're hoping this is new fresh blood, a new start," activist Ellen Taylor told reporters before the hearing. Taylor said her group is "cautiously optimistic" that Honorable, a former state regulator from Arkansas, will quickly come up to speed on activists' concerns about hydraulic fracturing and climate change.