“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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected] | 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]