Tag: frack free
Grassroots campaigns can stop fracking one town at a time
City councils and local activists have stymied shale gas mining in New York, and could prove an example for others to follow. By Richard Schiffman Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/13/fracking-new-york-grassroots-campaign-to-stop Accounts of flammable tap water and sudden sickness in rural Pennsylvania have spurred questions as to the safety of shale gas mining. Photograph: Jim…
Colorado goes fracking free: we have the power
Renewable energy is real and happening – and we can persuade industry to find better ways than fracking guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 October 2012 19.25 BST Mariel Hemingway: 'It's important that we find a cleaner way to power our lives.' Photograph: Alamy Recently, I joined a movement called Frack Free Colorado,…