Saturday, July 21, 2012

CELDF and Youngstown City Council Talk Watershed Protection

Frackfree Mahoning Valley                                        News Release
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For Immediate Release:  July 20, 2012
Contact: Tom Cvetkovich:  Phone:  234-201-0402  or E-mail: frackfreemahoning@gmail.com
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PUBLIC MEETING OF THE YOUNGSTOWN PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE TO TAKE PLACE, 1:00 PM, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2012, AT YOUNGSTOWN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS: BEN PRICE OF THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WILL DISCUSS THE YOUNGSTOWN CITIZENS’ RIGHTS-BASED BAN ON FRACKING
 
Youngstown, Ohio, July 20, 2012 – There will be an important meeting of the Public Utilities Committee Sunday, July 22, 2012, at 1:00 PM, at the Youngstown City Council Chambers, 26 S. Phelps St. (6th floor).  Use the Police Department entrance on Boardman St.
Media and the public are encouraged to attend.
The speaker will be Ben Price of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.  Price will discuss the Youngstown Citizens' Rights-Based Ban on Hydrofracturing (fracking) that is currently before the Youngstown City Council for consideration.
National and state laws leave local communities powerless to regulate (zone) the locations of fracking operations (fracking and injection wells). However, dozens of communities have asserted control over the fracking industry by invoking the Constitution of the United States, specifically our right to clean water and air.
As Projects Director of Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, Mr. Price helped draft the first rights-based ban for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an internationally recognized event. 
Citizens are now asking Youngstown authorities to pass such a ban for the local watershed and park, areas critical to the long-term health of the community.
For those concerned about fracking’s health and environmental impacts this is a must-attend event.
 
For media inquiries or more information, e-mail: 
 234-201-0402 
 
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Friday, July 13, 2012

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The State of the Water

We hope this isn't the state of the ODNR's attitude towards river water and all water in Ohio - at an abandoned canoe launch on the Mahoning River, Youngstown, Ohio, across the street from Youngstown City Water Department, "WATER  ....   Ohio Department of Natural Resources ..... US Department of the Interior"

Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Sky Is Pink and We're Not Going To Take It Anymore

Watch this video and then use the map below to locate which bus you are going to ride to Washington D.C. July 28, 2012, to assist in Stopping The Frack Attack.

The local Mahoning Valley will rent a van if they first can fill it with confirmed riders - it will carry 7, 12 or 15 persons. Contact frackfreemahoning@gmail.com  ASAP if interested. Cost will be about $22 - $35 per person.


THE SKY IS PINK from JFOX on Vimeo.


No Frack Ohio Coalition is also sponsoring a bus, leaving from Columbus, to the Stop the Frack Attack Rally in Washington D.C.
To reserve your space on the Bus go to this link and fill out the form http://bit.ly/LE1bPO - - we have 54 spaces to fill.
Then make a donation of $40 on our Crowdrise donation page http://www.crowdrise.com/frackattackcolumbusoh
The Bus will leave Columbus for Washington DC at 12:01 AM July 28th. We will be meeting at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 West Weisheimer, Columbus, Ohio 43214. Please park in the parking lot closest to Weisheimer. Please consider carpooling. The bus will be departing for the return trip home at 10:00pm on the 28th. Cost is $40 per person.
Please Note: your space on the bus will only be confirmed once you have filled out the reservation page and made a donation.

Go here: https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204329725278824230760.0004c3eea779381ca7b66&msa=0 to locate other buses leaving from your own area:
http://www.stopthefrackattack.org Stop The Frack Attack busses to D.C. July 28 map
map of Stop The Frack Attack buses to D.C. July 28

 Go here for more transportation and housing information: http://www.stopthefrackattack.org/buses/
Stop The Frack Attack buses & housing to D.C. July 28