News from Yesterday’s March Against Fracking and More…

Raw footage (the long version) of  our May 19th March Against Fracking (speeches towards the middle of the video):

NC Fracking Foes March in Raleigh (<—- Click to see Channel 5video)

Channel 17 News Coverage: Anti-Fracking Forces March

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Leukemia, breast cancer, brain tumors: 3 more reasons to consider stopping fracking with civil disobedience and direct action:

Gasland Screening Tonight
The non- profit Food and Water Watch is hosting a showing of the award
winning film “GASLAND” at the Depot in Hillsborough on Sunday, May 20th at
7pm. GASLAND exposes the environmental and public health effects of the
controversial new method of drilling for natural gas known as “fracking”.
Following the film will be a short information session on possible
fracking in North Carolina and ways that you can take action.
The Depot in Hillsborough 246 South Nash Street

UNC Seminar on Health Affects

SEMINAR TITLE:  “Hydrofracking: Public Health Issues and Impacts”

SPEAKER:   Trevor M. Penning, Ph.D. WHEN:  Wednesday 23 May, 2012; 1:30 PM WHERE:  Rosenau Auditorium (Room 133)
The UNC-CH Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility is pleased to announce the Seminar “Hydrofracking: Public Health Issues and Impacts”, to be presented by Trevor M. Penning, Ph.D. Dr. Penning is The Thelma Brown and Henry Charles Molinoff Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Biochemistry&  Biophysics and OB/GYN, and Director of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is related to how polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) cause cancer in humans. Access to the live webcast of the seminar will be available on the UNC CEHS website. of Fracking

A Day of Action Against Extraction: Saturday May 19

Join us in the capital to march through downtown Raleigh and raise awareness about the resistance to fracking in North Carolina.  We’ll be at Nash Square (200 McDowell St) around 11:30 a.m. and  around 12 noon marching to the Legislative Building at 16 West Jones Street.  We encourage folks to bring musical instruments: drums, violins, trumpets, colorful banners and signs, puppets… anything that will make this fun.  The march is family friendly and fully permitted.  If your group would like to officially sign onto the march as a co-sponsor contact us at dontfracknc@riseup.net or call 919-200-0061 for more details.  We encourage everyone to share this event on their facebook or on listserves they are on.  This date is within the legislative session that begins in May where legislators plan to legalize fracking and wastewater injection in our state despite public outcry.  This also happens on the heels of a massive blowout in Wyoming at a Chesapeak Enegy drill site where 70 residents within a 5 mile radius had to be evacuated.  It’s time to let legislators and industry know we won’t let this happen here.  See you in the streets!

This event is also cosponsored by Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League & Cumnock Preservation Association.

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This event is in coalition with Occupy Well Street and the national day of action.