Protesters block entrance to Ginsburg Well, a fracking disposal waste site, in Athens County, Ohio On November 19th, a group of Athens County residents wearing hazmat style suits, respirators, and carrying large placards emblazoned with skulls, blockaded the front gate of the […]
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Obama’s real birth certificate found in Earth First! Journal office…
Yeah, that’s right, we caught Donald Trump snooping around in our stuff, again. He claims he found the certificate hiding under Uncle Ted’s crusty ol’ tighty-whitees that we won in the government auction last year, but never got around to framing on […]
Continue readingUpdates from Michigan Fracking Protest
Prosecutor caves to pressure and drops the felony charges. Everyone is now out without bail! [Read original story about their action here] 15 people left the Mineral Rights Auction protest at the Lansing Center yesterday and headed to the office of Stuart […]
Continue reading5 Charged with Felonies in Michigan Fracking Protest, Bail Needed
Today, October 24, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Michigan held another Mineral Rights Auction. The DNR is currently auctioning off 196,000 acres of land in Michigan. This auction is one of the first steps toward Horizontal Hydrolic Fracturing in Michigan. […]
Continue readingCroatan Earth First! Locks Down Against Fracking
Seven members of Croatan Earth First! and participants from our Piedmont Direct Action Camp locked together today, barricading the front of North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) building in downtown Raleigh. Providing physical, active resistance against fracking in North […]
Continue readingSunrise Intervention at Gas Industry Convention
It was 7:00 am, the last day of the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s annual convention in Philadelphia, when a group of 40 or so people gathered to meet the gas industry face to face. “We just wanted to see what they had to […]
Continue readingSpectra Showdown: Arrests begin at blockade against pipeline in NYC
Yesterday the ongoing “Spectra Showdown,” turned into the scene of civil disobedience that the group has been anticipating. At least two people have been reportedly arrested. After pre-construction in July, Spectra Energy begins a new phase of construction today that has involved […]
Continue readingProtesters chained to fence outside Inergy gas facility in New York
[UPDATE: 3 arrested for blockade.] By Yvonne Taylor, Co-Founder, Gas Free Seneca I am chained to a fence outside an Inergy facility near Watkins Glen, New York, and I am not alone. We are protesting the gasification of New York. We don’t […]
Continue readingGovernor to open Fracking in New York?
Message from No Fracking Action Media: We know this is short notice! We also know that we need to be ready for quick action to protect our lives and homes! It was recently reported that Governor Cuomo would announce the opening of […]
Continue readingResidents Blockade Injection Well One Week After 1,000 Gallon Fracking Waste Spill
[For updates check ohiofracktion.com] Concerned residents blocked access to an injection well in Trumbull County this morning, protesting the failure of Ohio regulators to adequately test and monitor dumping of toxic fracking waste. At least one protestor has been arrested and at […]
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