Fractivist, Shane Davis and Honor The Earth's, Winona LaDuke Team up for Anti-Fracking Speaking Tour in Michigan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 6, 2015

Contact: LuAnne Kozma, Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan

(231) 944-8750 luanne@letsbanfracking.org

Winona LaDuke and Shane Davis to speak on fracking and pipelines at “Honor the Earth” events in Detroit and Bloomfield Hills

Charlevoix, Michigan – Internationally known activists and environmentalists Winona LaDuke, of Honor the Earth and Shane Davis, who founded the blog www.fractivist.org, will speak about fracking and pipelines at two events in Bloomfield Hills and Detroit. On April 13 at Birmingham Unitarian Church and on April 14 at Marygrove College, the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan and seven other sponsors are hosting “Honor the Earth.”

Winona LaDuke-- Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, candidate and writer, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, and sustainable development with the non profit organization Honor the Earth (honorearth.org), —and Shane Davis—biologist, data-miner, activist,

researcher, and founder of Fractivist.org, an investigative blog that exposes the harm to the environment by government and the oil and gas industry, empowering the nationwide anti-fracking movement—are also part of the Tar Sands Resistance Tour sponsored by 350.org and Honor the Earth, with events here and in other Midwest states. While in Michigan, Shane and Winona are presenting on these two special nights in support of the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan’s efforts to protect the Earth and ban fracking and frack wastes in Michigan.

 

Event details

April 13, 7-9:30 PM

Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills 48304

Info: 248-390-3198

April 14, 3 to 5 PM

Marygrove College, Liberal Arts Theatre

8425 McNichols, Detroit 48221

Info: (313) 717-6151

The complete list of sponsors:

American Indian Health and Family Services

Birmingham Unitarian Church

Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan

Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit

IHM Justice, Peace and Sustainability Office

Marygrove College

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation

Zero Waste Detroit

The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan is a ballot question committee conducting a ballot initiative that collected over 70,000 signatures in 2013 for a statewide ban on fracking and frack wastes. The group is working on placing a ballot proposal on the next statewide ballot in 2016. The Committee’s website is: www.letsbanfracking.org

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WINONA LADUKE CALLS PRESS CONFERENCE

I am currently on a two hundred mile horse-ride with Winona LaDuke www.HonorTheEarth.org in response to the Enbridge fracked oil pipeline proposal through her sacred native lands. Please visit her website to get more details.

I'll have sparse reception, or none at all for lengths of time, but if you leave me a message I'll respond just as soon as I can.

Cheers!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

3:00 PM Press Conference Thursday, August 28th

@ Enbridge Energy Bemidji Area Office

1129 Industrial Park Dr SE, Bemidji, MN

BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA – Wednesday, August 27th, Winona LaDuke, Executive Director of Honor the Earth, successfully completes 200 mile horse ride against the proposed Enbridge Sandpiper fracking oil pipeline. Partnering with the leadership for the campaign is Shane Davis, Executive Director Fractivist.org, an oil and gas analyst from Colorado.

LaDuke and her team will be holding a press conference this Thursday, August 28th, at 3PM CST at the Enbridge headquarters, 1129 Industrial Park Drive SE, Bemidji, MN 56601.

The epic horseback journey traversed Sandy Lake and Rice Lake watersheds, the mother lode for wild rice in Minnesota. The proposed pipeline would divide the traditional wild rice beds from East to West.

Michael Dahl, Anishinaabe spiritual leader and rider explained, “This is the same path our ancestors walked. Now we are riding in those same footsteps. We are here to protect this land for future generations.”

LaDuke says “Enbridge chose a bad path. The people of Minnesota love their water more than oil and they are standing up against the pipeline. A single leak in the pipeline could discharge 20,000 gallons of fracking oil per minute. This could lead to an environmental catastrophe.”

Honor the Earth is gathering at the Bemidji headquarters of Enbridge to say no to any pipelines going through their lands. LaDuke will be onsite for questions and answers and invites all landowners that would be affected by the fracking oil pipeline, grassroots organizations, general public and all media outlets to attend.

This event is to inform the communities, and affected landowners, about the organization’s recent and upcoming activity for the STOP the Sandpiper campaign. All communities, grassroots organizations, affected landowners, and Enbridge are invited to attend.

Contact:

Alyssa Hoppe

(612) 385 - 1557

Miigwech (thank you)