Appalachia

June 7th - The Marietta Times reported that Crissa Cummings, 42, of Millfield in Athens County was arrested and charged with trespassing for chaining herself to a fence at a fracking waste-transfer station off U.S. 50 near Athens, owned by K & H Partners LLC of Parkersburg. Mrs. Cummings is a member of "Resist", a group concerned that these operations will pollute ground water and local wells. The ODNR has reported that "about 12 tons of waste" have been removed from the site where a casing slipped loose in January, but the operation is still running. She said "I'm afraid I'm going to be forced away from my family." K & H LLC spokesman, Jeff Harper "could not be reached for comment" ... Why is this no surprise? ... BTW - The local "drill, baby, drill" crowd has been busy trashing Mrs. Cummings and suggesting that, if she was "so afraid of contamination", she should not have chained herself to the gate ... Obviously, these characters don't approve of "civil disobedience" - unless it is carried out by thugs who carry long-guns into fast-food restaurants or flock to aid some jerk-wad cattle baron who has been grazing his cattle on public land without paying for it ...