{"id":528,"date":"2012-08-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2024-04-24T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:17:50","slug":"momentum-builds-fracking-truth-danger-spreads-161991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alexanderhiggins.com\/economy\/momentum-builds-fracking-truth-danger-spreads-161991\/","title":{"rendered":"Momentum Builds Against Fracking As Truth About Its Danger Spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As anti-fracking momentum grows nationwide with word being spread the practice permanently destroys water sheds PA activists shutdown a planned operation.<\/h3>\n
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Anti-Fracking Blockade Succeeds in Moshannon State Forest PA \u2013 Blockade at EQT frack site in Moshannon State Forest, PA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The blockade depicted in this video is the latest in a series of escalating actions against hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale. Last May, residents of Butler County occupied the office of State Representative Brian Ellis, demanding accountability for widespread contamination caused by horizontal drilling. In June, seven families, along with dozens of supporters, blocked the entrance to the Riverdale Mobile Home Community to prevent their imminent eviction at the hands of Aqua America PVR. On June 17, 1,000 Ohioans stormed the statehouse in Columbus and passed a \u201cpeople\u2019s resolution\u201d banning hydrofracking. Most recently, a 31-year-old landowner from Athens County, Ohio chained herself to concrete barrels and shut down operations at one of Ohio\u2019s 170 injection wells, which contain about 95% of the toxic and radioactive fracking waste generated from Pennsylvania drilling.<\/p>\n

More on the story from EarthFirst!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Anti-fracking Blockade in Moshannon State\u00a0Forest<\/h1>\n

Tree-Sitters Halt Hydrofracking Operations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Activists from Marcellus Earth First!<\/a> have erected a slash pile blockade and two tree sits blocking an access road to an EQT hydro-fracking site in Moshannon State Forest in Clearfield County, PA., halting drilling operations set to begin this week. The blockaders were joined by 40 supporters and concerned citizens, who turned around a Halliburton truck. The blockade is trying to stop the further destruction of Pennsylvania\u2019s state forests\u2014more than half of which have already been leased for drilling\u2014and call attention to the devastating effects of hydrofracking<\/a> on the state\u2019s communities. The sitters\u2019 anchor lines are blocking the road by crossing each other and the road, and if an anchor line is cut a sitter will fall. This action has been coordinated as the post-Rendezvous action. Each Summer Earth First!ers and allies come together to skill share, take part in discussion workshops, and keep it wild in our last remaining wilderness places in the US. Following a week in the woods, we take part in an action in support of the local organizers hosting the camp out, also know as the Round River Rendezvous, or Rondy.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s blockade is the latest in a series of escalating actions of resistance to the destructive impacts of hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale. Last May, residents of Butler County occupied the office of State Representative Brian Ellis, demanding accountability for widespread contamination caused by horizontal drilling. In June, seven families, along with dozens of supporters, blocked the entrance to the Riverdale Mobile Home Community to prevent their imminent eviction<\/a> at the hands of Aqua America PVR. Aqua sought to destroy their homes and construct a water withdrawal facility permitted to extract up to three million gallons of water from the Susquehanna River daily for use in fracking. Residents were able to maintain the blockade for 12 days. On June 17, 1,000 Ohioans stormed the statehouse in Columbus<\/a> and passed a \u201cpeople\u2019s resolution\u201d banning hydrofracking. Most recently, a 31-year-old landowner from Athens County, Ohio chained herself to concrete barrels<\/a> and shut down operations at one of Ohio\u2019s 170 injection wells, which contain about 95% of the toxic and radioactive fracking waste generated from Pennsylvania drilling.<\/p>\n

Momentum in the anti-fracking battle will continue to build across the Marcellus and Utica shale regions throughout July. Next weekend, residents from Ohio and beyond will gather at an anti-fracking action camp in Youngstown<\/a> and prepare to enforce the \u201cpeople\u2019s resolution\u201d against fracking. The upcoming months show the beginnings of a national rebellion against extractive industry across the board. On July 28, anti-frackers from across the nation will gather in Washington D.C. for \u201cStop the Frack Attack,\u201d the largest mobilization against fracking<\/a> ever. In West Virginia, Appalachians and allies will stand together at the \u201cMountain Mobilization\u201d and shut down an active strip mine<\/a> the last week of July. In Montana,the \u201cCoal Export Action\u201d<\/a>, a ten-day campaign of civil disobedience at the beginning of August will target coal shipments from strip mines in the Powder River Basin, overseas. And later in the month, Texas residents have called for the \u201cTar Sands Blockade\u201d to block the recently approved southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline.<\/a><\/p>\n

Where the government has failed to act to protect communities and the earth from the ravages of an out-of-control energy industry, the people are rising up to resist. No matter where you live, you have the opportunity to join the fight for our future. Find your place, stand your ground, and in the words of Mother Jones, \u201cBoogie Chilluns.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: Earth First!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Check out the full article on\u00a0 Earth First!<\/a> for updates on the clash with police.<\/p>\n

Fracking Hell: The Untold Story<\/h2>\n