We Will Not Stop Until You Listen. We Will Not Let You Frack Up Our Land - The People Are Gonna Take A Stand.

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The lyrics are important:
We Will Not Stop (Occupation Songs) by Jonathan Blackshire. (All songs off of Occupation Songs are available for free download, though you can still support Mr. Blackshire by buying them from his store.)

Chorus: We will not stop until you listen.
We will not let you frack up our land.
If you keep putting profits before people,
Then the people are gonna take a stand.

You tried to tell us it was safe.
But, now we know that was a lie.
When people started getting sick,
And they found out they could light their water on fire.
But, when you talked to the SEC.
You told a very different tale.
You said that there were many risks,
Including blowouts, cratering, explosions, and spills.
~Chorus ~
I won't mention the damaged forests.
Don't need to talk about air pollution.
Not going to talk about your pipelines,
Or mention 6 million dollars in campaign contributions.
No, the worst is what you've done to our water.
Because we can't drink your money.
Contaminated with Radium, Barium, Strontium, Benzene, and Toluene.
~Chorus ~
What was it you said to Crystal Stroud,
When she started to lose her hair?
When she had trouble breathing,
You said it wasn't caused by your drilling there.
And what about Mr Terry Greenwood,
When half his calves were dead at birth.
Because his cattle drank from his pond,
That had the chemicals you let leech into the earth.
~Chorus x2~ then repeat last line twice.

(thanks also to Prof. Bob Myers' audio visual presentation at Youngstown's 4th Annual Grey To Green Festival for inspiration for some of the lyrics)

NILES, OHIO City Council, Residents Work To Ensure Fracking Ban in Their City and Protect Their Families From Toxic Wastes In Air, Water, Work:

http://tribune-chronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/592789/Niles-reconsiders-fracking-ban.html

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/sep/10/niles-mulls-voiding-ban-on-drilling/

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/592748/Is--bill-of-rights--wrong-.html

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/sep/08/niles-leaders-plan-to-revisit-their-oppo/

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/592354.html

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/592088/Niles-City-Council-actions-unnecessary.html

http://www.wfmj.com/story/23233337/niles-council-approves-anti-fracking-ordinance

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/591991/Niles-council-votes-to-oppose-drilling.html

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/aug/22/niles-oks-citywide-drilling-ban-on-drill/

Niles, Ohio,  City Council CONTACTS : http://www.thecityofniles.com/council.htm

Youngstown Community Bill of Rights-Vote YES on Nov 5, 2013

 

Youngstown Community Bill of Rights-Vote YES on Nov 5, 2013

ALSO SEE: "Will there be blood on your hands?" Reverend asks Youngstown City Council for Fracking ban at: http://frackfreemahoning.blogspot.com/2012/05/will-there-be-blood-on-your-hands.html


ALSO SEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QWfUxMYz2v0 (soundtrack is We Will Not Stop .)

Find other concerned citizens at: http://frackfreemahoning.blogspot.com/
contact at 330-201-0402 or frackfreemahoning@gmail.com

ALSO SEE: ACTION VIDEOS: http://ohiofracktion.com/media-2/action-video/

Niles, Ohio City Council - Discussion on Rescinding Fracking Ban Sept.9

Niles, Ohio City Council - Discussion on Rescinding Fracking Ban

MONDAY, September 9, 1pm – 2pm34 W State St SE, Niles, OH 44446 (map)  https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=34+W+State+St+SE,+Niles,+OH+44446&source=calendar

Monday’s 1 p.m. public meeting will be in a conference room at City Hall. No legislation will be passed there. http://www.thecityofniles.com/ council.htm 34 W State St SE, Niles, OH 44446 where the Mayor's Office is.
NOT the Police Station place Safety-Service Complex, NOT 15 E. State St., Niles, OH 44446

http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/sep/08/niles-leaders-plan-to-revisit-their-oppo/

Mayor's Office  330-544-9000 Ext. 150

Phone:(330) 652-3415

 

 

 

VOTE YES to protect your family's safe drinking water on Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2013, to amend the Youngstown Home Rule Charter so that the citizens can protect their drinking water, their air and their land. READ MORE: http://www.youngstownrights.org/

Something Is Dreadfully Wrong - Yet Their Suffering Goes Unheeded: As Goes Ohio, So Goes The Nation

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Westwood Lake Park, Trumbull County, Ohio

Westwood Lake Park, Trumbull County, Ohio has been put thru hell. Below is the well in the flaring stage and is what a flare looks like when the well contains wet gas.

 VIDEO 1:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEfXg9km5Q and embedded below



Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBFWo0B3FYo   and embedded below.

Help assist with Community Bill Of Rights HERE: VOTE YES to protect your family's safe drinking water on Tuesday, Nov. 5th, 2013, to amend the Youngstown Home Rule Charter so that the citizens can protect their drinking water, their air and their land. READ MORE: http://www.youngstownrights.org/

and on facebook at:  https://www.facebook.com/YoungstownCommunityBillOfRightsVoteYesOnNov5

Youngstown Earthquake Tremors, Voter Suppression, Toxic Fracking Wastewater To Be Discussed Sept. 5, 2013 Youngstown, Ohio

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Background on the challenge to placing issue on the ballot:
http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/aug/31/legal-challenge-awaits-anti-fracking-pro

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IMPORTANT PUBLIC TOWNHALL STYLE MEETING ORGANIZED BY THE YOUNGSTOWN COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND FRACKFREE MAHONING VALLEY TO TAKE PLACE ON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013, AT THE YOUNGSTOWN UNITARIAN CHURCH AT 7 PM TO 9 PM: ALL MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO ATTEND 

DOWNLOAD FLIER as WORD DOC file HERE
EVENT on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688452794516896/
 

Youngstown, Ohio, September 4, 2013  –  Especially in light of the newly released 109 Youngstown earthquake tremors study and other recent developments, the September 5^th open public townhall style meeting organized by members of the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Committee and Frackfree Mahoning Valley, a group of concerned citizens who oppose fracking and related processes, will be a very important one. 

All members of the media are invited to please attend the townhall, which will take place at The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, located at 1105 Elm St., Youngstown, Ohio (Elm & Illinois) on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 7 PM to 9 PM. 

“The newly released scientific study of the 109 Youngstown earthquakes and other fracking related events further corroborate our position that fracking cannot be done safely with the technology as it stands today.  In addition, the fact that heavy industrial fracking operations are being permitted near homes, children’s schools, farms, parks, forests, or cemeteries provides overwhelming evidence that this needs to stop now in order to protect the public health, safety, well-being, and also private property rights and property values,” said Susie Beiersdorfer.

The group says that this second townhall meeting is designed to help inform the public of all aspects of fracking, injection wells, and other related processes. The group will show some compelling, brief informational films at the beginning, make a statement, and will open up the floor to public or media questions, comments, feedback, or concerns. They also welcome local and state officials to attend the townhall.

To see a flyer for the September 5^th townhall, please visit:

www.frackfreemahoning.blogspot.com

For media inquiries or more information, please contact the group via Frackfree Mahoning Valley at: 

234-201-0402   or  e-mail:  frackfreemahoning@gmail.com

Text from a flyer that the group is distributing appears below:

 

You are invited to an open public Townhall style meeting: Thursday, September 5, 2013 in Youngstown

Are you concerned about fracking earthquakes, safe drinking water issues, pollution, gas flaring, or other fracking-related shale drilling concerns?  Do you want to know more about:

-- Toxic fracking waste injection wells?

-- Private property or property value concerns?  

-- Protecting Mill Creek Park?

Want to learn more about the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment, your right to local self-governance, and how, on Friday Sept. 6^th, 2013 there is a hearing concerning doing away with this right? Would you like to learn about what you can do to protect your community and your family?

Please come to this ”open to the public” forum where we invite you to share your concerns, ask questions, or provide information and feedback – or, if you prefer, just listen and watch the brief informational films and important discussion to follow.

Please come to The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, located at 1105 Elm St., Youngstown, Ohio (Elm & Illinois) on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 7 PM to 9 PM.

Together we can find positive solutions to help our neighborhoods thrive.  Please attend and bring a friend!  Thanks in advance.

For more information, please contact us via Frackfree Mahoning Valley at:  Phone: 234-201-0402   or  e-mail:  frackfreemahoning@gmail.com    For general info see:

www.frackfreeamerica.org  

[This informational meeting is organized by the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Committee and concerned citizens of Frackfree Mahoning Valley.]

PART 2 - FRIDAY 5 PM SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 

You are invited to an open PUBLIC MEETING at the Board of Elections, 345 Oak Hill Ave. 5pm Friday, September 6, 2013 in Youngstown

The citizens of Youngstown signed petitions to place a ballot initiative, The Community Bill of Rights on the November 5, 2013 ballot:

-- to protect our drinking water,

-- to protect our breathable air,  

-- to protect our homes from earthquakes,

no matter what businesses come to Youngstown.

Citizens worked hard to get this issue on the ballot enabling each person to vote for or against local self-governance in order to protect the community.

Now a coalition has filed a protest to keep this important issue off the ballot. Please come to this “open to the public” meeting.

Please come to The Board of Elections on the first floor of the Oakhill Renaissance Center, located at 345 Oak Hill Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio  on Friday, September 6, 2013 at 5PM.

The legal counsel for the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights will defend the citizens’ right to vote.  Please attend and bring a friend!  Thanks in advance.

For more information, please contact us via Frackfree Mahoning Valley at:  Phone: 234-201-0402   or  e-mail:  frackfreemahoning@gmail.com    For general info see:
www.frackfreeamerica.org  
[This informational meeting is organized by the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Committee and concerned citizens of Frackfree Mahoning Valley.]
 

Townhall - Youngstown, OH, Learn About Fracking Earthquakes, safe drinking water issues, pollution, gas flaring, or other fracking-related shale drilling concerns

Post by Youngstown Community Bill of Rights-Vote YES on Nov 5.

You are invited to an open public Townhall style meeting: Thursday, September 5, 2013 in Youngstown, Ohio

DOWNLOAD FLIER as WORD DOC file HERE
EVENT on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/688452794516896/

Are you concerned about fracking earthquakes, safe drinking water issues, pollution, gas flaring, or other fracking-related shale drilling concerns?  Do you want to know more about:

-- Toxic fracking waste injection wells?

-- Private property or property value concerns?  

-- Protecting Mill Creek Park?

Want to learn more about the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment, your right to local self-governance, and what you can do to protect your community and your family?

Please come to this ”open to the public” forum where we invite you to share your concerns, ask questions, or provide information and feedback – or, if you prefer, just listen and watch the brief informational films and important discussion to follow.

Please come to The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, located at 1105 Elm St., Youngstown, Ohio (Elm & Illinois) on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 7 PM to 9 PM.

Together we can find positive solutions to help our neighborhoods thrive.  Please attend and bring a friend!  Thanks in advance.

For more information, please contact us via Frackfree Mahoning Valley at:  Phone: 234-201-0402   or  e-mail:  frackfreemahoning@gmail.com    For general info see:

www.frackfreeamerica.org  

[This informational meeting is organized by the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights Committee and concerned citizens of Frackfree Mahoning Valley.]

Youngstown, OH - National Tour of New Fracking Documentary Starts in Ohio - Triple Divide Screenings

Triple Divide Screening @ Youngstown's B&O Brewery / Banquet Hall

530 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown, OH 44502

Sunday, September 22, 2013 

PDF link to download poster: www.dropbox.com/s/zylbfory4w7dpjg/Ohio_Triple_Divide_Tour...

 PDF link to download Youngstown fliers:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/vnf7ogfsn2llbr0/triple_divide_youngstown_flyer.pdf

from the filmmakers' Flickr caption:

New Fracking Documentary Starts National Tour in Ohio

A new documentary, Triple Divide, investigates the impacts of fracking for shale gas in Pennsylvania, and is headed to the Heartland this September for the Ohio Triple Divide Tour: 10 dates in 10 locations. It’s the beginning of a national tour covering eight states in shale plays across the U.S.
Academy Award nominated actor Mark Ruffalo co-narrates the film, taking part in the project after being shown an online screener a few weeks before the final release.
Triple Divide is said to be the only documentary of its kind on the controversial subject of fracking capable of speaking to all sides, with exclusive interviews from the industry, experts, and Americans suffering in the wake of shale gas development.
“It’s hard to imagine anyone could have a fully-informed opinion about fracking without seeing Triple Divide,” said Jed Thorp of the Ohio Sierra Club.

The evidence in Triple Divide is built on cradle-to-grave investigations throughout the film’s 10 chapters, which cover waste, injection wells, drinking water contamination, split-estates, the “pre-drill test scandal”, and the “pressure bulb” to name a few. The 90-minute documentary is a project by PublicHerald.org, a nonprofit organization co-founded by journalists Joshua Pribanic & Melissa Troutman, who are also the film’s co-directors.

Pribanic is an Ohio native, who says the tour is an educational opportunity for all communities. “Audiences should expect to see things they've never witnessed or heard before,” remarked Pribanic. “We offer raw data and evidence from the field, something that's neither republican nor democrat.”
Hard-hitting, Triple Divide is also fair. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is highlighted in the film for weakly enforced regulations, but “the head of ‘Oil & Gas’ at DEP, Scott Perry, told me he's seen the film and it’s very well done,” said Troutman. “This attests to Public Herald's journalistic integrity and ability to reach both ends of the public spectrum: community members and heads of state.
“Triple Divide is a springboard for discussion about the real impacts from fracking, and it’s a forewarning for states like Ohio, New York and California.”

Troutman hails from the triple continental divide in Potter County, Pennsylvania where much of the documentary is set. It’s also where the most highly regulated classified streams are located but have been damaged by fracking — a story documented in the “Exceptional Value” chapter of the film. 

The tour launches in Columbus, OH on September 10th, 7:00PM at the Gateway Film Center, hosted by the Ohio Environmental Council. On September 12, the filmmakers travel to Mansfield, OH for a free 6:00PM show at Relax It’s Just Coffee, with eight additional screenings before the month’s end, closing out the tour in Sandusky, OH at Harlequins Community Theatre — the oldest running community theatre in the state.

For a detailed list of screening times and locations for the Ohio Triple Divide Tour, see tripledividefilm.org/screenings. Email Melissa@publicherlad.org and Joshua@publicherald.org, or call (419) 202-8503 for more information and to schedule interviews with the filmmakers.

For photographs and stills from the film: flic.kr/s/aHsjE3Tb8F

Trailer: vimeo.com/ondemand/tripledivide/63571188

Reviews: tripledividefilm.org/about/reviews/

The filmmakers have made one chapter “Good Neighbor” available for online preview: vimeo.com/publicherald/goodneighbor

*Based on our experiences as journalists in the shale fields, the term ‘fracking’ has transformed from a nickname for the process of hydraulic fracturing to meaning the complete picture of shale gas extraction. See Public Herald’s “What is Fracking?” video for a simplified explanation of the concept behind the practice.

PUBLIC HERALD
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Joshua B. Pribanic, Editor-in-Chief
p: 419.202.8503
t: @jbpribanic
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p: 724.388.0464
t: @melissat22

THE YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS COMMITTEE SEEKS YOUNGSTOWN VOTER SIGNATURES TO PUT A QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER 2013 BALLOT TO UPHOLD LOCAL CONTROL AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO CLEAN AIR AND WATER

 

Youngstown, Ohio, July 19, 2013 – They’re back and more determined than ever to win on election day in November 2013. The Youngstown, Ohio, Community Bill of Rights Committee is coordinating a new door-to-door campaign to get the required number of registered Youngstown voter signatures to put a question on the November ballot. 

The group says that a Yes vote on that ballot question would uphold Youngstown citizens’ fundamental rights to protect their family’s safe drinking water, clean air, and land, and to local self-governance.

“We came so close to winning last time that we fully expect to win the vote in November. In this past May’s election, we only needed 8 percent more to pass the Community Bill of Rights charter amendment.  We had almost 3,000 Youngstown voters who did the right thing by voting Yes, and that is very impressive and very good news. We thank them,” said Youngstown resident Lynn Anderson.

The group believes that the increasing number of high-profile scientific findings, government reports, news reports and claims by people living near fracking-related operations is awakening more and more people to the need for a Community Bill of Rights to help Youngstown prevent dangers, civil rights violations, and risks associated with fracking and related processes, infrastructure, and millions of gallons of fracking waste.

“Nationwide and locally there are unconventional fracking wells and heavy industrial infrastructure that are way too close to homes, schools, parks, cemeteries, farms, and forests. Millions of gallons of our precious drinking water are being made permanently unusable due to the massive amounts of water used to frack each well.  Each well pad can have numerous legs that can also be fracked. How can these heavy industrialized operations be permitted so close to homes, farms, or residential areas? This is not right.  We need local control to protect our community’s public health and safety and to enforce how we want our communities to be. When the Community Bill of Rights passes in November, 2013, fracking and related activities will be banned in Youngstown as violations of the community’s fundamental rights,” said Susie Beiersdorfer.

The Community Bill of Rights Committee points to unconventional fracking going on in the protected area of this local region’s drinking water, a source for at least 200,000 people as a risky activity and one that should never have been allowed to occur. They wonder how the state could have permitted fracking operations so close to a source of drinking water, our Meander Reservoir Drinking Water Source Protection Area.

The group cites an example from nearby Weathersfield Township of what could come to Youngstown if the Community Bill of Rights does not pass in November.  An unconventional horizontal fracking well operation was placed very close to Westwood Lake Mobile Home Park residents, many of whom are retired.   Since then, residents have experienced diesel fumes, vibrations so strong that pictures on the wall moved, continuous noise, bright lights, and other nightmares that severely, unfairly, and adversely affect their quality of life.  Recently, Westwood Lake residents had to contend with extreme noise and air quality issues from flaring of the well.  The following video shows their suffering:

“Westwood Lake Nightmare” (published June 23, 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEfXg9km5Q

“Think about it. What if this was your mother, grandmother or another family member being forced to endure this unfair and unhealthy situation?  We need to protect our loved ones from this kind of unjust intrusion and threat to public health, safety, and well-being. This is America. We can do better than this. In America we all equally deserve liberty and justice – fairness is not just for the few, “ said Susie Beiersdorfer.

The Community Bill of Rights Committee and supporters say that a Yes vote will protect our inalienable rights and clarify that local elected authorities do indeed have the power – and the duty - to protect their constituents’ public health, safety, and well-being, and families in their jurisdiction.  The fundamental rights of local communities cannot be legislated away by state governments.  The Community Bill of Rights will be a much-needed return to the rule of law. 

The group cites the earthquakes as another big concern for our area and other states. For a recent mention of the now-famous 4.0 magnitude Youngstown fracking waste injection well-related earthquake and important new earthquake/injection well scientific information, please see:

Reuters: “Distant seismic activity can trigger quakes at ‘fracking’ sites,” by Sharon Begley, July 11, 2013 at:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/11/science-fracking-earthquakes-idUSL1N0FG0VT20130711

The group will soon announce a newly revised website where visitors can volunteer, donate, or get further information about the Community Bill of Rights.
For media inquiries, more information, and/or to volunteer to help the Community Bill of Rights effort, please contact the group via Frackfree Mahoning Valley at: 
234-201-0402   or  e-mail:  frackfreemahoning@gmail.com
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