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Related: About this forumNorth Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening?
Appalachian VoicesNorth Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening?
Posted by Sarah Kellogg
October 20, 2014
More than two dozen environmental and social justice groups came together recently to hand deliver 59,500 petition signatures to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, calling on him and other elected officials to reinstate the ban on hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the state.
Groups of the Frack Free N.C. Alliance, which include environmental organizations, environmental justice groups and grassroots organizations, have been working diligently all across the state to educate citizens about the potential impacts of fracking and encourage them to get involved. The nearly 60,000 petition signatures are a testament to the strong opposition to fracking throughout North Carolina.
Despite a forecast of rain, the organizations and supporters gathered at the governors office last Tuesday to rally and hold a press conference before hand delivering the petitions to McCrorys staff (the governor, unsurprisingly, was unavailable to receive the petitions). Supporters held anti-fracking signs, images of North Carolinas unique landscape, and art created by citizens portraying the dangers of fracking and the value of clean water.
The speakers came from all across the state, and included Kathy Rigsbee from Yadkin-Davie Against Fracking, an every-day citizen and mother turned activist, Hope Taylor, director of Clean Water for N.C., the founding organization of the Frack Free Alliance, and Luke Crawford from EnvironmentaLEE, a grassroots organization in Lee County, home to the largest deposits of natural gas in the state....
MORE at http://appvoices.org/2014/10/20/are-officials-listening-to-citizens-on-fracking/
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North Carolinians speak out against fracking: Are elected officials listening? (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
Oct 2014
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TomHillforCongress
(16 posts)1. I can tell you who's listening:
Me. Only I'm not an elected official yet. Below is the link to my statement opposing fracking. I am running for US House in District 11.
http://www.tomhillforcongress.com/fracking
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)2. Thank you
and Good Luck!
gklagan
(123 posts)3. Facking made gains!
Two WNC pro-fracking ALEC stooges lost their jobs and Lee County scored a dem board of commissioners. Good news on the fracking front.