State Rep. Robert Hagan Lends Support to Nationwide Anti-Fracking Protests

State Rep. Robert Hagan Lends Support to Nationwide Anti-Fracking Protests

National Call to Action Day Highlights Continued Risks Posed by Industry

COLUMBUS, OH – State Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) released the following statement in support of the national call to action day to ban fracking:

“Today, in Youngstown and all across the country, people concerned about the dangers of fracking and injection wells are coming together to stand up against the big-money oil and gas industry. Legitimate concerns remain about an industry that has the potential to devastate our communities and environment, and from which there has been a staggering lack of transparency. This call to action day is an opportunity for the public to put pressure on and demand answers from these companies that have so far shown blatant disregard for anything other than their bottom line.”
 - published in Activists Protest Fracking, Regional Chamber Responds, The Business Journal, Thursday, September 13, 2012, By Dan O'Brien
http://businessjournaldaily.com/drilling-down/activists-protest-fracking-regional-chamber-responds-2012-9-13

The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition (based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org

Actions were held across the nation on the same day.

The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org  More photos <here>

The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition (based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org More photos <here>

Speakers were local historian, author, lawyer and activist Staughton Lynd, and Doug Shields, the former Pittsburgh City Council president who led the charge to ban nat. gas drilling in that city. The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition (based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org More photos <here>

Speakers were local historian, author, lawyer and activist Staughton Lynd, and Doug Shields, the former Pittsburgh City Council president who led the charge to ban nat. gas drilling in that city. The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition (based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org More photos <here>

The Youngstown forum, march and rally culminating in demand delivered to city hall was one of the nationwide rallies of the Freedom From Fracking Toxic Waste: National Rally Day organized by F.A.N.C.y Frackfree America National Coalition (based in Youngstown, Ohio) and NEOGAP.org More photos <here>