Stop the Frack Attack National Summit, October 3-5 in Denver, CO

Escalating the Fight between Communities and the Oil and Gas Industry

Join movement leaders, community activists and other people affected by fracking across the country. We are gathering in Denver, CO to participate in non-violent direct action training, communications, share stories and information, become better spokespeople, learn about clean energy alternatives, celebrate victories, and strengthen this growing national and international movement. 

We will also be taking to the streets of Denver to protest the harm that fracking causes to our health, our climate, and our communities. We hope to see you there!

Please register here: http://tinyurl.com/STFACo

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Please circulate our Scholarship CrowRise to your networks. 

STOP THE FRACK ATTACK NATIONAL SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Stop the Frack Attack calls on all those who care about clean water, our climate, and the health of communities to please chip in and donate to our National Summit Scholarship fund. We don't want to leave anyone out in the energy sacrifice zone alone - donate today to make sure no one is left behind by helping them attend our national summit to join with others.  

Your donation will ensure that people like Jenny Lisak can attend. She's an organic farmer from Pennsylvania fighting a fracking well near her family farm. Your donation will help make it possible for Robert Nehman to attend. He's a farmer fighting against frac sand mining companies invading his  small town in Iowa. Jenny are Robert are just two of the 40 activists you will be helping with your donation.

With your help, we aim to raise $15,000 for our scholarship fund, which will cover travel and accommodations for up to 40 local activists who otherwise could not afford to attend.

We are gathering in Denver, CO to share stories, become better spokespeople, learn about clean energy alternatives, celebrate victories, and strengthen this national movement. We will also be taking to the streets of Denver to protest the harm that fracking causes to our health, our climate, and our communities. No one should miss out on the National Summit because they can't afford to get there. Please donate!

NOTE: The vast majority of all fracking operators are not from Colorado! They are from other states and do not live here. The only interest they have is to frack our backyards, contaminate our water, air and soil.  There are no more borders, we are all 'one' against the fracking industry!

Thank you - Shane

New York State to Prohibit Fracking - Quotes from fracking impacted citizens in NY and around the country.

Earthworks et. al.

December 17, 2014

After health review, NY Department of Health commissioner declares he wouldn’t want his children to live near fracking; DEC Commissioner says risks outweigh any benefit

Today New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joseph Martens, and Department of Health Commissioner (DOH) Howard Zucker announced that the state of New York would prohibit high-volume horizontal fracturing of shale after announcing the results of a state-commissioned scientific review of the health impacts of oil and gas development.

“Would I let my child play in a school field near [fracking]?,” asked Health Commissioner Zucker. He continued, “The answer is no.”

In response, Governor Cuomo said, “If you wouldn’t want your children to live near fracking, no one’s children should have to.”

The DEC will include those findings in its own long-awaited impacts document, which will be released in early 2015 with a clear recommendation to prohibit fracking in the state.

Reactions from fracking-impacted communities around the country:

New York statement

"New Yorkers are so fortunate to have decision makers who have listened to the public and the emerging science, and are not willing to sacrifice communities, public health, and local and sustainable economies," says Jill Wiener of Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy and Advisory Council Member for Stop the Frack Attack. "This courageous decision in the face of industry pressure strengthens our resolve to help all our neighbors nationwide who are living with the nightmare of drilling--and who equally deserve protection of their air, water, and health."

California statements

'Congratulations to all of the hardworking communities and activists that worked to protect New York from the many negative impacts of fracking. Let's hope that California's Governor Brown sees the sanity in Governor Cuomo's decision to ban fracking in New York.' -- Paul Ferrazzi, executive director from Citizens Coalition for Safe Community, and Advisory Council Member for Stop the Frack Attack.

“We are thrilled and excited for the win in New York. This is a bold action on fracking, a practice we know well in here California, particularly in the Central Valley. It is damaging and putting residents at risk here. We look to Governor Brown to protect our schools, farms, families, and communities the same way the New York Governor Cuomo has protected the people of NY. Its important to know that 354,000 CA public school students are exposed to the impacts of fracking everyday and this is something NY students will never have to know.” -- Madeline Stano, staff attorney for Center on Race Poverty and the Environment

Colorado statement

'The only path forward regarding fracking industry operations should be to exercise the precautionary principle. It is very clear the fracking industry and the oil and gas regulatory state preemption framework does not conduct itself in a manner consistent with public health safety and welfare.' -- Shane Davis, Executive Director, Fractivist.org and Advisory Council Member for Stop the Frack Attack

- See more at: http://www.earthworksaction.org/media/detail/new_york_state_to_prohibit_fracking#.VJICcyvF-Sr




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Inadequate enforcement means current Colorado oil and gas development is irresponsible

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