Sentences with phrase «against fracking»

Last Monday, a three - judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court revived a trespass claim against a fracking company.

Politically, the rest of Canada may continue rushing to all things tar sands and unconventional fossil fuels, but Quebec is a different story: Vancouver Sun reports that Quebec's new natural resources minister has come out swinging against fracking.

Following in the footsteps of tiny Licking Township in taking action against fracking when the state of Pennsylvania won't, Pittsburgh has banned corporations drilling for natural gas within the city limits.

• Along with Californians Against Fracking and many local partners, banned fracking in numerous California communities while building momentum for a statewide ban.

After learning last fall that she had won the prize, which is given in honor of the late U.S. Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania, Steingraber thought for months before deciding to donate most of it to a new group that calls itself New Yorkers Against Fracking.

Above is an interview that they gave with CBS, but really, it's best to go directly to the source: Here is their opinion piece in the New York Times, and here's their website: Artists Against Fracking.

New Yorkers Against Fracking has characterized these areas as «sacrifice zones» and that's certainly what it feels like.

Well Artists Against Fracking has launched a video contest, with the prize being your work being used in a television ad campaign, as well as lunch with Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, who will be judging the contest.

Plus, more on misinformation about Keystone XL and US energy independence, New Yorkers speak out against fracking, plus Occupy Wall Street energy bikes redeployed to Occupy DC.

Want to help in the fight against fracking and have some video skills?

«While Americans are increasingly turning against fracking and fossil fuels, President Obama has shockingly seen fit to double down on oil extraction to facilitate needless exports,» said Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter.

One of the harshest charges against fracking, often leveled with apocalyptic intensity by its foes, is that it indiscriminately contaminates vital drinking water supplies.

This, then, is our background context, and we'd best remember it when calling upon human rights to argue against fracking.

Protests against fracking have continued at the Port of Olympia (Olympia Confronting Climate Crisis)

That may be why California has not taken strong action against fracking until recently when the state banned new permits for offshore fracking.

Today, at nearly 200 members, Artists Against Fracking works to expose and stop the harmful and contaminating practice of fracking for natural gas and oil through mass awareness and peaceful democratic action.

Artists Against Fracking founders Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon are asking you to help convince New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking in New York.

In less than 10 days, they gathered nearly 150 fellow artists to join them in the founding of Artists Against Fracking in August 2012.

Local organizing is winning big fights against fracking and tar - sands pipelines.

There are numerous other myths, misstatements, half - truths, and canards parading as legitimate in the war against fracking.

Yet another waste of time movie filled with lies, distortions, and just plain made - up fiction designed to skew public opinion against fracking.

350.org and No Fracking Coalition exposed the success of the campaign against fracking and fossil fuels in Brazil and Latin America

(This is why activists have so quickly marshaled against fracking.)

The event ended with an illustrative session of intense social confrontations in the fight against fracking and oil exploration in Brazil and Latin America, in the United Kingdom and in the fight against coal in Germany, with international representatives from 350.org Brazil, the No Fracking Coalition, as well as from the organizations Reclaim The Power in the United Kingdom, and Ende Gelände in Germany.

And while he's best known for his laidback hipster performances in films like The Kids Are All Right, Mark Ruffalo emerged as a tireless, serious activist against fracking — especially in his home state of New York.

Barclays is withdrawing its investments from fracking company Third Energy, according to a response by Chairman John McFarlane to a 70,000 - strong petition against fracking that was presented to him at the company's AGM in May.

After over six years of campaigning against fracking by Friends of the Earth Scotland and local communities, the Scottish government announced on 3 October to effectively ban unconventional oil and gas extraction - in short: fracking — in the whole country.

350 Brazil, along with the Latin American Coalition Against Fracking (COESUS), have achieved over 350 municipal fracking bans in Brazil with campaigns active in 75 cities.

The victories against fracking aren't only in Brazil.

According to my friend Helen Robertson, who was reporting from the protests for Petroleum Economist, the activists» arguments against fracking were largely derived from the film Gasland.

But it appears that environmentalists have lost the war against fracking.

«Town by town, New Yorkers have taken a stand against fracking.

It is also in Russia's best interest to fund those environmental groups which are committed to campaigning against fracking.»

Working with clean energy coalitions and grassroots organizations, Kathleen empowers communities to fight against fracking and works with the Policy & Legislation team to have their message heard by legislators.

According to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, no political party, gender, age group, or regional interest group disapproves of the ban against fracking in New York State.

We also have a ziplining bulldog, pigs playing with iPads, the fight against fracking, a device that turns just about anything into a speaker, great vegetarian recipes for the holidays, and more.

Artists Against Fracking was formed by Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon in August 2012.

«Don't frack my mother» is a new song and music video from Artists Against Fracking that aims to put public pressure on Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban natural gas fracking in New York.

The paper would have been an unremarkable draft of a graduate student's research results had it not been disseminated last week with the help of a public relations firm retained by the nonprofit group New Yorkers Against Fracking and featured at a public forum run in Manhattan by Democrats in the State Senate.

But momentum is sustained through fine performances, particularly by Jeff McCarthy as the Hansen - like scientist and George Bartenieff as the aging uncle who is the steward of the family estate and takes up arms against the fracking plan.

@revkin @nygovcuomo Walter, @FrackAction, @AFF, New Yorkers against Fracking, Catskill Mountain Keeper, it was groups working together.

To posit the argument against fracking, a highly likable Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) acts as a roving environmentalist plastering signs about the town condemning the fracking, even accepting a bribe from Global's agents and, rather than keeping quiet, using the money to buy more signs opposing the offers by Big Gas.

The arguments for and against fracking are numerous: there is even a group of residents from Armstrong County in Pennsylvania where photography took place, that protest the film, accusing the film studios who aimed their cameras in their backyards that the movie would be fair to the drillers.

Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono look on as Mark Ruffalo speaks at the Artists Against Fracking Coaltion Event in New York City on August 29th, 2012.

It is a powerful dystopian vision, though the Paris - based duo behind it, HeHe, claim not to be making judgements for or against fracking, but say they are merely trying to stimulate discussion.

She then told the audience she had worked with many of them in the fight against fracking in New York.

Karen Moreau, with the Petroleum Council, says it appears the verbal «attacks» were to set up the pro-fracking movement as the fall guys if the decision is ultimately against fracking.

A rally against fracking was held Thursday in Albany's West Capitol Park.

I will stand against any fracking in Llanharan and push for a much - needed bypass for the town.»

Ms. Teachout is against fracking — the drilling into shale for gas — which she called «a threat to the water supply.»