On January 23, 2012, more than 800 New Yorkers descended on the New York State Capitol for the 2012 Hydro-Fracking Day of Action organized by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club.
The event was organized to call on elected officials to safeguard vital water resources, air quality, public health, and the environment from industrial gas drilling by means of high volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fracking uses high-pressure injection of water, sand, and unknown chemicals to free natural gas from shale deposits.
"Sierra Club's Atlantic Chapter joined many other folks from across the state last week in standing up for New York's clean water and clean air," said Deb Nardone, Sierra Club Natural Gas Reform Campaign Director. "Right now, the natural gas industry is fracking across the country with few safeguards in place to protect the communities living with it."
Frak the frackers!
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