Fractivists with Marcellus Shale EarthFirst, Pennsylvania residents and students took action to halt Anadarko’s fracking operation
in the Tiadaghton State Forest. Protestors blocked the only access road
to a wellpad by locking themselves to barrels of concrete, preventing
workers from entering the site. The police have placed at
least two people in handcuffs and one person has been cut out of the arm lock. The protesters are demanding an immediate halt to all plans for
new drilling on Pennsyvlania’s public lands.
“As a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania, I feel a moral responsibility
to protect my home from the malicious onslaught of an industry with a
track record of environmental degradation and human rights violations,”.
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