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Connie Harris has been involved with activism in Columbus for many years. Presently working with Occupy Mansfield, she came to the State Capital on Jan 10 to protest for a moratorium on fracking.
“We had a great turnout. If people keep pushing hard enough, maybe they (politicians) will listen. In Mansfield, the Occupy group was able to work with the city government, Republicans and Democrats. They’re building a so-called war chest to build a fund to keep fighting for laws for better oversight (of fracking).”
Harris said the moratorium would allow time for properly assessing the risks and possible benefits of fracking.
“ A lot of these communities, they’re losing all their factory work and other jobs. They’re treating some of these communities like wastelands. People have to live there and work and send their children to school. This is some real dangerous stuff. They (government officials and industry) don’t know enough about it. We don’t know enough about it.
She said her recent involvement with fracking ties into other activism she has done over the years. The common theme is that politicians are not in tune with the will of the people.
“Government agencies are doing what they want to do. They’re definitely more interested in mulah than the safety of our communities. I just happen to be living in a town where they want to build two (fracking) wells. They want to give the underground an enema.”
Photos taken at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver at the Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
Photos taken at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver at the Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Photo credit: Roger Smith @rjsphoto
Stop the Frack Attack National Summit at Holiday Inn - Stapleton in Denver, Oct 3-5
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Photos taken at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver at the Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Photo credit: Roger Smith @rjsphoto
Stop the Frack Attack National Summit at Holiday Inn - Stapleton in Denver, Oct 3-5
Photos taken at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver at the Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Credit: Thomas Jefferson
Anti-fracking sentiment spotted in the Kiltyclogher area of north Co. Leitrim. This remote, rugged landscape, as well as adjoining parts of western Co. Fermanagh across the border, contains a substantial natural gas field which has been identified by Australian mining company Tamboran Resources as suitable for fracking. This controversial process of extracting shale gas has been opposed by local residents because of safety and environmental concerns.
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Hundreds of students from around the country have come together to learn about divestment campaigning, so that they can go back home and help their universities divest from dirty energy companies and re-invest in a clean energy future.
Photo by: Shadia Fayne Wood
Day 105 of 365 (Year Three)
So I got up this morning and grabbed the first shirt off of the top of the laundry basket. It just happened to be my FRACK ME shirt. I put it on and didn't think anything of it.
This afternoon, after finishing her homework. Savanah looks up at me and asks, "Daddy, what does Frack Me mean?"
Ummmmmmm, how do you explain Frack Me to a seven year old? I sort of stammered out some lame explanation of how it is an adult way expressing displeasure when something goes wrong. I also told her she wasn't allowed to say it. I can only imagine the phone call from the school when something doesn't go her way and she blurts out "Frack Me!"
Who would have thought BSG would complicate my life like this? I love that she is so inquisitive, but sometimes it can be a tad bit troublesome. Why did we ever teach her to read? LOL
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Photos at the 2015 Stop the Frack Attack National Summit in Denver, Holiday Inn - Stapleton
Photo credit: Roger Smith
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
OIL, GAS, AND RENEWABLES: WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
The fracking gas boom continues to put pressure on wind, solar, and other renewables, not to mention coal. With gas prices extremely cheap, utilities are building more natural gas power plants than ever before. This expansion is making it hard for wind and solar, which are still more expensive than gas, to compete. What will it take for renewables to become more competitive?
Panelists:
David Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy
David Hawkins, Director, Climate Programs, National Resources Defense Council
Andy Karsner, Executive Chairman and Founder, Manifest Energy
Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Co. and Director, Upstream Americas, Royal Dutch Shell
Moderator: Brian Dumaine, Fortune
Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Brainstorm Green