We extend a big Thank You and Congratulations to all participants for making the June 7, 2016 “Freedom from Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes: National Day of Action” a huge success ! !
       June 7, 2016 was a great and exciting day.  People in sixteen states and Washington D.C. held events and actions to raise general public awareness of the dangers and negative impacts of fracking waste and related processes. Your creativity in how you presented your local issues was impressive and effective!  Collectively, we must have reached thousands with our very important messages.
       We would like to share our collective success by listing some of the mainstream media coverage (links are below) and social media coverage that describes the events of the day.  It was truly an amazing day, as you will see at the following Facebook Event page, where there are a lot of great photos and information.  If you have additional photos, reports, or comments about your local events, would you please let us know, and/or post them to Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1759007060997808/
       This was our third national rally day, and we hope that you will join us again in the near future for the fourth National Day of Action!  (The exact date is to be determined, but, most likely, will be in Fall, 2016). It’s not too early to start spreading the word that the fourth National Day of Action will be in the Fall. We welcome your suggestions for future actions. (Please email:  frackfreeamerica@gmail.com or call us at:   (234) 201-8007)
       Would you please subscribe to the free e-mail listserv to receive fracking-related information and any updates about future actions and/or rallies :  http://frackfreeamerica.us4.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=ba7fe7ec95cf7d5295e545089&id=9c918b0843
       Again, we thank you.  We are grateful for your participation.  Together we can make a difference and stop this madness.  Just like last time, it is very heartwarming to see the beautiful efforts of All to tell the truth about fracking and related processes.  Groups and individuals did a fantastic job that is greatly appreciated!!  Onward to the next event!
From:   The “National Day of Action” Coordinating Team:  Buckeye Forest Council (BFC), The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ),  Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FACT), Frackfree America National Coalition (FANC), Network for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection (NEOGAP), and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA).
       Some links and citations to mainstream media coverage and social media coverage follow:
Please see the Facebook Event page:  There are many photos and information about the June 7, 2016 events. (Please check back for updates):
https://www.facebook.com/events/1759007060997808/
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“Toxic but Terrific Tour of Ashtabula County set for June 4,” Star Beacon, May 27, 2016
http://www.starbeacon.com/community/toxic-but-terrific-tour-of-ashtabula-county-set-for-june/article_01fc0ea8-2dd6-597d-ab7e-6e389a117562.html
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“Watch group hosts tour,” by Warren Dillaway, Star Beacon, June 5, 2016
http://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/watch-group-hosts-tour/article_5fe078e5-d6ba-563e-9b22-54d842098b48.html
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“Activists target fracking waste on Tuesday’s action day,” June 3, 2016, Ohio.com,
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/activists-target-fracking-waste-on-tuesday-s-action-day-1.687745
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“Anti-fracking group plans protest event, June 6, 2016, Parkersburg News and Sentinel
http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/628207/Anti-fracking-group-plans-protest-event.html?nav=5061
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“Calls for Better Fracking Regulations on Day of Action,” Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service – OH, June 6, 2016:
[Includes audio]
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-06-06/environment/calls-for-better-fracking-regulations-on-day-of-action/a52219-1
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“Group plans fracking protest,” by Shawn Taylor, June 7, 2016, The Sanford Herald
http://www.sanfordherald.com/news/group-plans-fracking-protest/article_9590a60a-2c38-11e6-8f97-b37478a199a0.html
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“Frackfree to Demonstrate Against Injection Wells, “ The Business Journal, June 7, 2016
http://businessjournaldaily.com/frackfree-to-demonstrate-against-injection-wells/
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“St. Cyprian’s Church in Perry hosts anti-fracking event,” by Tawana Roberts, The News-Herald, June 7, 2016
http://www.news-herald.com/article/HR/20160607/NEWS/160609595
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“Protesters in Vienna criticize fracking and want the well there shut down,” by Liam Bouquet, Tribune Chronicle, June 8, 2016
http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/674563/Protesters-in-Vienna-criticize-fracking-and-want-the-well-there-shut-down.html?nav=5021
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“Parts of the Valley rally in national protest against fracking,” WFMJ-TV, June 7, 2016
http://www.wfmj.com/story/32168521/parts-of-the-valley-rally-in-national-protest-against-fracking
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“Environmentalists hold Toxic Tea Party to protest fracking: Group leaders said their focus is getting the ODNR to close down the injection well in Vienna,” by WKBN – TV, June 7, 2016
[Includes news video]http://wkbn.com/2016/06/07/environmentalists-hold-toxic-tea-party-to-protest-fracking/
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“Groups gather to protest fracking in Belmont County, by Kendall Forward, June 7, 2016, WTOV9
[Includes news video]
http://wtov9.com/news/local/groups-gather-to-protest-fracking-in-belmont-county
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“Fracking protest has ‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme,” by Todd Baucher, June 7, 2016, The News Center, WTAP
[Includes news video]
http://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/Fracking-protest-has-Alice-in-Wonderland-theme-382140751.html
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“Calhoun residents protest possible fracking,” by Taylor Smith, June 7, 2016
http://www.mypanhandle.com/news/calhoun-residents-protest-possible-fracking
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Vimeo (video) : Lake County, Ohio  Event :  June 7, 2016
https://vimeo.com/169797629
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 “ ‘No fracking way’: Protesters demand landowner rights,” by Shawn Taylor, The Sanford Herald, June 9, 2016
http://www.sanfordherald.com/news/no-fracking-way-protesters-demand-landowner-rights/article_e54fa244-2e5a-11e6-9f65-9b91299a6a74.html
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“County commissioners agree to hold public meeting about national forest oil and gas leases  Connected protest in Torch channels ‘Alice’ “ by David DeWitt, The Athens News, June 8, 2016
http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/county-agrees-to-hold-public-meeting-about-forest-fracking/article_5011a65e-2d98-11e6-a1cd-1fc7ca777990.html
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Thanks, again, to all Participants! 

The list of June 7, 2016 National Day of Action participants follows.  Please check the links to events or websites below for more coverage and photos of the events of June 7, 2016 and solidarity events: 
http://www.frackfreeamerica.org/2016-participants---add-your-town.html

STATES
California    
Ventura, Ventura County, California [ Stop Ventura Fracking ] [ Citizens Opposed To Future Fracking: COFF ]  [ FB PAGE ]

Florida    
Clarksville, Calhoun County, Florida [ Floridians Against Fracking] [ Calhoun County Citizens Against Fracking ]
                                                           [ EVENT here ] [CONTACT: calhounagainstfracking@gmail.com ]
Miami, Dade County, Florida [ Urban Paradise Guild - UPG ] [ EVENT here ]

Illinois   
Golconda, Pope County, Illinois [ EVENT here ] [ Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing our Environment ]
                                                                         [ FB: Fight Fracking in Southern Illinois, Protect the Shawnee ]
                                                          [ Sentinels of the Shawnee Forest and here ]
                                                                         [ HEARTWOOD Regional Network ] [ FB PAGE ]
Kansas   
Anthony, Harper County, Kansas [ Southwind Group Kansas Sierra Club] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]
                                                      [ CONTACT: Lori Lawrence ]

Louisiana   
St.Tammany Parish, Louisiana  [ Voices of St Tammany against Fracking ]  [ FB PAGE ]

Michigan     
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

New Hampshire    
Cheshire, Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties, New Hampshire [ EVENT here ]
                                        [ New Hampshire Spirit - Pipeline Resistance Assistance ]  [ FB PAGE ]                                                              [ ECHO Action] [ ECHO FB PAGE ]
                                          [ Stop The Proposed Northeast Energy Direct - NED Pipeline Project ]
                                  [ No Pipeline in Southern NH ] [ FB PAGE ] 

New Jersey    
Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey [ NJ 5 Garrett Constituents Against the TPP ] [ EVENT here ]

North Carolina    
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina [ EnvironmentaLEE.org and Lee County NC say NO to Fracking] [ EVENT here ]

Ohio
Ashtabula County*, Ohio JUNE 4, 2016 [ Ashtabula -  Ashtabula County Water Watch  ] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]
Athens County, Ohio  [ both Athens and Torch - Athens County Fracking Action Network - ACFAN.org ] [ FB PAGE ]
Belmont County, Ohio [ Barnesville - Concerned Barnesville Area Residents] [ FB PAGE ]
                                    [ Martins Ferry - Ohio Valley P.E.A.C.E.] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]
Carroll County, Ohio
Coshocton County, Ohio [ Coshocton - Coshocton Environmental and Community Awareness (CECA) ]
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio  [ West Shore FaCT (Faith Communities Together for Frack Awareness) ]
                                                           [ EVENT here ]
Franklin County, Ohio [ Columbus ]
Geauga County, Ohio [ both Newbury Township ( EVENT here)  and Chardon Township (EVENT here) ]
Harrison County, Ohio [ Cadiz - Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association ] [ EVENT here ] [ EVENT here on FB ]
                                                                                                                                    [ FB PAGE]
Lake County, Ohio [ Perry - Frack Free Lake County ]
Mahoning County, Ohio [ Youngstown - Frackfree Mahoning Valley] [ EVENT here ] [
Muskingum County, Ohio [ New Concord - Concerned Citizens of New Concord ] [ EVENT here ]
Portage County, Ohio [ Kent ] [ EVENT here ]
Trumbull County, Ohio [ Vienna and Niles - Frackfree Mahoning Valley ] [ EVENT here ] [
Wood County, Ohio [ Waterville/Grand Rapids ] [ EVENT here ]  CONTACT: 419-450-7042

Oklahoma    
Coyle, Logan County, Oklahoma [ Oklahoma Coalition Against Induced Seismicity ] [ EVENT here ]
                                                     [ Stop Fracking Oklahoma] CONTACT: Lisa Griggs
Oklahoma City*, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma [ Oklahoma Sierra Club ] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]

Pennsylvania   
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania [ Our Water, Our Rights ] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania [ Van Wagner] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]
Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania [ Citizens for Clean Water and Air ]  [ FB PAGE ]
                                                                      CONTACT: Vera Scroggins  veraduerga@gmail.com - 607 237 9685
North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania [ group] [ EVENT here ]
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania [ The Fracking Resistance, Lawrence County PA ]

Texas    
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas [ NTLB North Texas Light Brigade and Liveable Arlington ] [ EVENT here ]
                                                     [ FB PAGE ]
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas [ Resilient Nacogdoches ] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]

Virginia     
Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia, [ Protect Our Water - POW ] [
Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia, [ Bold Nebraska ] [ EVENT here ]
Lafayette, Montgomery County, Virginia  [ Bold Nebraska  & Preserve Montgomery County VA ] [ EVENT here ] 
 
Washington, D.C.     
Washington, District of Columbia [ Friends For Environmental Justice ]

West Virginia    
Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia [ Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition ] Event CONTACT: robin@ohvec.org
                                                                   [ FB PAGE ]
Charleston*, Kanawha County, West Virginia JUNE 10, 2016 [ Headwaters Defense ] [ EVENT here ]
                                                                                                    [ EVENT also here ]

Wisconsin    
frac sand land, Wisconsin [ Frac Sand Industry Awareness in Wisconsin] [ EVENT here ] [ FB PAGE ]

* indicates a solidarity event held on an alternate day

Participant images from June 7, 2016 Actions nationwide:

VIEW 2012 actions photos HERE

VIEW 2015 actions photos BELOW:

Thank you and Congratulations! November 21, 2015:
       “Freedom From Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes: A National Day of Action” held on November 17, 2015, was a highly successful, effective, and beautiful day of Truth being told about fracking and related processes! 
       And this success was due to all of our collective joining together to speak with a loud voice that helped raise national public awareness.  A heartfelt thank you and congratulations to All who coordinated and participated in the National Day of Action!  Together we are making a difference!
       We are so pleased with how this day unfolded that we are already planning for another “National Day of Action 2” to be held in late spring or early summer, 2016! 
       We hope you will again join us.  Please consider subscribing to a free email listserv to receive any upcoming updates, announcements about future actions, events, or rallies.  Please subscribe here:  http://frackfreeamerica.us4.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=ba7fe7ec95cf7d5295e545089&id=9c918b0843
       If you have suggestions, comments, or questions regarding how to make the next event even more effective, we’d like to hear them.  
       We are including some of the media coverage urls, social media, or website urls below.  You can also visit the Facebook event page to see continuing updates, photos, or news stories. Information is still coming in! 
       If you have event photos, reports, YouTube videos , news stories, etc., that you want to post on the Facebook event page, please feel free to do so, or e-mail to frackfreeamerica@gmail.com.  We all would love to share our success.    The Facebook event page is here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/447851912082910/ 
       Thanks so much for participating!   It is very heartwarming to see all of the creativity and effort that went into making this National Day of Action successful.   Onward to the next one!
The “National Day of Action” Coordinating Team:
Buckeye Forest Council (BFC), The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FaCT), Frackfree America National Coalition (FANC), Network for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection, (NEOGAP) and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA)
 
       Please visit the following Facebook Event page for event/action information, photos, reports, and news report urls, etc.:  (The page is updated frequently, so please check back:)
https://www.facebook.com/events/447851912082910/ 
       Some examples of media and social media coverage related to November 17, 2015 – “Freedom From Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes: A National Day of Action” follow:

 “Anti-fracking group plans demonstrations in Ohio, elsewhere,“ “By Associated Press,” November 17, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anti-fracking-group-plans-demonstrations-in-ohio-elsewhere/2015/11/17/10b33270-8d02-11e5-934c-a369c80822c2_story.html
 A Google search of the many (!) articles appearing in media titled “Anti-fracking group plans demonstrations in Ohio, elsewhere,” from the Associated Press, November 17, 2015, follows:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22Anti-fracking+group+plans+demonstrations+in+Ohio,+elsewhere%22&start=0&filter=0
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“Painesville protesters raise awareness about fracking for National Day of Action
Duncan Scott – The News-Herald From left, Brian Rice, Justin Simons and Kathy Flora, of Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FaCT), put on a skit Nov. 17 in Painesville for a National Day of Action protest against fracking waste.
By Tawana Roberts, The News-Herald
Posted: 11/17/15, 9:15 PM EST”
http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20151117/painesville-protesters-raise-awareness-about-fracking-for-national-day-of-action
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Irving Impact: event (Texas):
https://www.facebook.com/IrvingImpact/ event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1027394760639031/
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“ 'Oklahoma Shakedown' sheds light on earthquakes
By Christine VanTimmeren Tuesday, November 17th 2015
 'Oklahoma Shakedown' a documentary over man-made earthquakes was shown Tuesday night “ …
http://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-shakedown-sheds-light-on-earthquakes
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Trenton, New Jersey – event:
http://www.cleanwater.org/feature/freedom-frack-waste-day-action
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The Athens Messenger - Letter to the Editor re the November 17th National Day of Action "Time to act is now":
http://www.athensmessenger.com/comment/letters_to_the_editor/time-to-act-is-now/article_9c46cf7f-ab40-544c-beba-1492fdfb2f34.html
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“Ohioans Join Call to End Waste, Quakes Tied to Fracking,” November 17, 2015, Public News Service [Includes audio:]
http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2015-11-17/environment/ohioans-join-call-to-end-waste-quakes-tied-to-fracking/a48991-1
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 “Frackfree Mahoning Valley plans protests on Tuesday,” November 16, 2015, WKBN – TV – 27
http://wkbn.com/2015/11/16/frackfree-mahoning-valley-plans-protests-on-tuesday/
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 “Valley group joins in national anti-fracking event
Posted: Nov 17, 2015 3:06 PM EST Updated: Nov 17, 2015 3:32 PM EST
By Glenn Stevens, Reporter” WFMJ
 TRUMBULL COUNTY, Ohio -
http://www.wfmj.com/story/30540913/valley-group-joins-in-national-anti-fracking-event
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“Local activists have protests at Trumbull County oil-and-gas-waste disposal sites
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Staff report” Vindicator
http://66.232.150.6/news/2015/nov/18/local-activists-protest-fracking-waste-d/?print
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“Frackfree Mahoning Valley holds protests for Day of Action
By WYTV Staff Published: November 17, 2015, 8:50 pm Updated: November 17, 2015, 11:55 pm “ [Includes news video:]
http://wytv.com/2015/11/17/frackfree-mahoning-valley-holds-protests-for-day-of-action/
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The Athens Messenger – “Torch injection well protest,” updated November 18, 2015, photo:
http://www.athensmessenger.com/news/torch-injection-well-protest/image_84ae050c-ecb4-5fc0-bdc2-4c1cd32e646d.html
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“County group launching anti-frackwater campaign
By JUSTIN DENNIS jdennis@starbeacon.com | Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 12:30 am
Ashtabula County Water Watch, an all-volunteer grassroots environmental group, is preparing an educational campaign on the potential dangers of hydraulic fracturing wastewater, or brine, called “Brine Ain’t Fine.”  Star Beacon:
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http://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/county-group-launching-anti-frackwater-campaign/article_50674c2b-81da-586f-8c84-02117b9e3e81.html

[or print version:]

http://www.starbeacon.com/news/local_news/county-group-launching-anti-frackwater-campaign/article_50674c2b-81da-586f-8c84-02117b9e3e81.html?mode=print
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[Includes news video:]
 “Anti-Frackers protest Southeast Ohio drilling projects”
“By: News Center,  Updated: Wed 3:54 PM, Nov 18, 2015”
 [Title/article updated Nov. 19]  “Wayne National Forsest [sic] fracking protest”
 http://www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/Anti-Frackers-protest-Southeast-Ohio-drilling-projects-351426451.html
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Athens News - “featured
Injection wells spark local protests - Protests in Athens, Meigs counties held as part of national day of action
by David DeWitt 
http://www.athensnews.com/news/local/injection-wells-spark-local-protests/article_7a8d0570-8e1c-11e5-a0b8-638ecb40b884.html
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“Portage activists fight injection wells, mark Day of Action “ : November 16, 2015,
http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/portage-activists-fight-injection-wells-mark-day-of-action-1.640171
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“Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Settlement forgives loans for more than 7,000 Ohioans
Top headlines: Potential Lake Erie wind farm to receive $3.7 million federal grant; Activists organize rallies, other events to protest fracking
by WKSU's AMANDA RABINOWITZ  and CORY YORK “
http://www.wksu.org/news/story/44963
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Thanks, again, to all Participants!  Will you please join us for “National Day of Action 2” – date to be announced, sign up to be notified: http://eepurl.com/pkgVP

List of November 17, 2015 participants follows:
(if your event was online, we linked to it as below)

Colorado
Denver, Denver County, Colorado [ Colorado Community Rights Network ]
Idaho
Boise, Ada County, Idaho [ Idaho Residents Against Gas Extraction ]
Kansas
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas
Michigan
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan [Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan]
New Hampshire
Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  [ECHO Action, Monadnock Pipeline Resistance, STOP THE NH PIPELINE: Monadnock Region, Red Light = Pipeline Resistance & PipelineStorm ]
New Jersey
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey [ event on facebook] [ Delaware Riverkeeper Network ]
North Carolina
Glendale Springs, Ashe County, North Carolina [Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League]
Ohio
Ashtabula County, Ohio [ Ashtabula County Water Watch FB, Ashtabula County Water Watch]
Torch, Athens County, Ohio
Belmont County, Ohio
Carroll County, Ohio
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio [ NEO Sierra Club, Faith Communities together for a Sustainable Future and Cleveland Environmental Action Network ]
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio ALSO at 5pm
Jefferson County, Ohio
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Harrison County, Ohio
Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio [Students for Energy Justice]
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio
Painesville, Lake County, Ohio
Portage County, Ohio
Stark County, Ohio
Trumbull County, Ohio
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio [Frackfree Mahoning Valley]
Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania [ The Fracking Resistance, Lawrence County PA ]
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania [ Citizens for Clean Water ]
Rothrock State Forest (Boalsburg), Centre County, Pennsylvania
Texas
Irving/Dallas, Dallas County [Irving Impact], Texas
Virginia
Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia [Preserve Franklin County]
Floyd County, Virginia [ Citizens Preserving Floyd County -CPFC ]
West Virginia
Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia [Headwaters Defense]
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia [FaCT-OV - FaCT of the Ohio Valley]

Random sampling of event pictures from across the country of participants in National Day of Action “Freedom from Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes” November 17, 2015 - pics are linked to their original Posts!

Groups Join Together to Call for a Halt of Toxic Fracking Waste and Man-made Earthquakes in a National Day of Action on Tuesday, November 17, 2015
 
Youngstown, Ohio, November 12, 2015 – Groups of concerned citizens from several states are joining together to call for a halt of toxic fracking waste and related man-made earthquakes in a November 17, 2015 event titled, “Freedom From Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes: A National Day of Action.”
 
       On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, a national coalition of local coordinators and groups will hold rallies or actions throughout the day to shine light on the numerous problems associated with toxic, radioactive fracking waste and its “disposal,” including its links to earthquakes, spills, and leaks. Groups have been communicating with each other to raise public awareness and to call for positive public action to protect their family’s health, safety, and well-being from the onslaught of fracking waste injection and disposal wells or other fracking-related infrastructure or processes, including dumping fracking waste on landfills.The high risks to water, air, and land and pollution due to toxic fracking waste are unacceptable.
 
       The coalition says there is no good or safe solution to the ever growing problem of the constant production of millions of gallons or tons of toxic fracking waste. Where will it all go? They say that injection or disposal wells are being drilled next to homes or in rural or residential areas that should not be heavy industrial toxic waste sites. As evidenced by numerous news reports and other documentation, there is damage to family homes or other structures because of fracking or injection well-related earthquakes. One Oklahoma woman is suing due to injuries she said she experienced during an injection well-related earthquake. The man-made earthquake situation is getting worse, not better.
 
       “The truth about fracking waste, injection wells, and earthquakes is showing itself everywhere. The unfolding of this truth can’t be stopped even if the oil and gas industry, some officials, and their allies want to put their heads in the sand or try to deny or minimize the real unacceptable impacts to people and their air, water, land, and property values and their quality and way of life.  There is no good solution to what to do with, or where to put, unprecedented, massive amounts of toxic fracking waste fluids or solids. There is no safe way to dispose of it. Since the public is suffering and being negatively impacted by current practices, the creation of the waste must stop,” said Teresa Mills of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), founded by Lois Gibbs of Love Canal renown.
 
       The November 17th National Day of Action is being coordinated by the Buckeye Forest Council (www.buckeyeforestcouncil.org), The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ  www.chej.org ), Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FaCT  www.factohio.org  ), Frackfree America National Coalition (www.frackfreeamerica.org ),  Network for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection, (NEOGAP  www.NEOGAP.org ) and Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA  http://www.oeffa.org/).
 
       Coordinators say there is still time for more individuals or groups to get involved in the events planned for November 17, 2015, by contacting Frackfree America National Coalition at: 234-201-8007 or by e-mail at frackfreeamerica@gmail.com or via form here: http://eepurl.com/pkgVP
 
       A previous news release about the Day of Action  is here:  http://www.frackfreeamerica.org/national-rally-ii-freedom-from-fracking-waste/press-release-freedom-from-toxic-fracking-waste-and-earthquakes-concerned-citizens-announce-a-national-day-of-action-for-november-17-2015
       For media inquiries or for more information on fracking and related processes, toxic fracking waste, or how to coordinate or participate in a local rally or action, contact us by phone at 234-201-8007 or by e-mail at frackfreeamerica@gmail.com  .

DOWNLOAD this recruitment flier (shown following) as a WORD DOC file HERE This is only a suggestion, individual local rally coordinators should decide how they want to do their rally or action. This recruiting flyer is one page so it can be posted in supermarkets, bulletin boards, etc.

and Freedom From Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes:  Concerned Citizens Announce a National Day of Action for November 17, 2015
 
Youngstown, Ohio, October 11, 2015 – Five organizations are coordinating a National Day of Action to take place on November 17, 2015 to raise public awareness of the serious threats to public health and safety from toxic and radioactive waste from hydraulic fracturing operations in the United States.  This will be a timely event especially in light of increasing numbers of incidents associated with hydraulic fracturing (frack) waste. 
 
The title of the November 17th nationwide event is: “Freedom from Toxic Fracking Waste and Earthquakes: A National Day of Action.”   On that day, a national coalition of local coordinators and groups in communities across America will hold various events and actions throughout the day to shine light on the numerous problems associated with toxic fracking waste and its disposal, including its links to earthquakes, spills, and leaks.
 
Toxic and/or radioactive waste injected into disposal wells has been linked by scientists as causing earthquakes in Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and other states, including in a number of areas which were previously seismically inactive.  Waste transported and injected into wells also has been associated with contamination of water. 
 
Since the federal classification of the waste from the oil/gas industry is listed as a “solid waste,” many states allow this waste to be dumped into our landfills.  This practice threatens our drinking water.  Some states allow the waste to be used as daily cover on landfills, causing further concerns for air emissions.  In addition, some states allow desiccated oil and gas waste “brine” (dried saline toxic and radioactive waste) to be spread on roadways to melt ice and snow.  Much of this material eventually is picked up by wind and spread into the air, threatening the health of those who might inhale it. This practice also threatens both surface and ground water.
           
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ  www.chej.org ), Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future (FaCT  www.factohio.org  ), Frackfree America National Coalition (www.frackfreeamerica.org ) ,  Network for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection, (NEOGAP  www.NEOGAP.org ) and the Buckeye Forest Council (www.buckeyeforestcouncil.org) and Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA  http://www.oeffa.org/) are coordinating the National Day of Action.
 
According to the coalition, permitted shale development wells will result in tons of radioactive drill cuttings and millions of gallons of toxic fracking wastewater being created, transported, and disposed of somewhere. Although the liquid fracking waste is frequently referred to by the industry or others as “brine,” “saltwater,” or “produced water,” the groups say that these euphemistic terms are highly misleading and give the public a false sense of reassurance about the alleged safety of the fracking waste.
 
Ron Prosek of FaCT – Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future said, “Fracking waste is the kind of thing Pope Francis was referring to when he said that we humans are turning our beautiful Creation into ‘filth.’   And this filth is more than just a defacing.  It is a killing poison.  As people of faith, we appeal to the consciences of all persons of goodwill and ask them to participate in a local action on November 17 to call attention to this moral outrage and to demand that fracking waste be banned.”
 
       The groups cite a recent incident in Vienna, Ohio that demonstrates dangers associated with injection wells (WKBN-TV, April 5, 2015). In Vienna, a release of fluid near an injection well operation destroyed two wetlands and killed fish, turtles, and small mammals. As reported in the WKBN news story, one Vienna resident said regarding her water source: “It is my only source of water, drinking water, food source, bathing water. And if that is contaminated, I don’t know what we are going to do….”
 
[ Please see the following news video and article titled, “Hundreds attend public meeting on Vienna oil spill,” by Derrick Lewis, 4/5/15, WKBN TV 27: ]
http://wkbn.com/2015/04/05/public-meeting-set-in-vienna-to-discuss-chemical-spill/
 
       For media inquiries or for more information on fracking and related processes, injection or disposal wells, toxic and radioactive fracking waste, or how to coordinate or participate in a local rally, please sign up for free e-mail updates on the Frackfree America National Coalition website and/ or contact us by phone, website, Facebook, twitter, or e-mail:
 
For Frackfree America National Coalition
e-mail: frackfreeamerica@gmail.comor call:
234-201-8007
www.frackfreeamerica.org
 
For CHEJ
e-mail: tmills@chej.org or call: 614-539-1471
www.chej.org
 
For NEOGAP
e-mail: neogap.org@gmail.com or call: 440-940-OGAP (6427)
www.NEOGAP.org
 
For Buckeye Forest Council:  
email: Teresa@buckeyeforestcouncil.org
www.BuckeyeForestCouncil.org  or call: 614-487-9290
 
For FaCT-Faith Communities Together
Email: rprosek.factohio@gmail.com or call: 440-974-2035
 www.factohio.org
 
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It's time to halt these atrocities of fracking waste invading our living rooms! This is a Pennsylvania image:

And keeping in mind to have fun but keep it legal, and keep your event nonviolent in action and spirit.

screen a film
candlelight vigil
SWAS - selfie with a sign
march
rally
dance
poetry reading
write a poem
make art
public knitting
group meditation on a main street
tie ribbons on trees
a mock die-in
a teach-in
plant something
bake something
unfurl a banner
project light beam on building
write a letter to the editor of your local paper
mock public ceremony - funeral, etc.
call or visit an office, elected or appointed
concert or a jam session
attend a city council or township mtg
hold a circus
do some street theater
host a toxic tea party
place a full page ad in local newspaper
give a terrible toxic tour
overpass light brigade vigil
hold a townhall
call a radio station
involve your pet
talk to your neighborhood

Watch SLIDE SHOW of variety of activities (at bottom of Post):
http://www.frackfreeamerica.org/national-day-of-action---details-and-updates/thankyou-successful2015dayofaction

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