frackwater

At a regularly scheduled Township meeting, the Board of Supervisors for Licking Township voted unanimously to adopt the “Licking Township Community Water Rights and Self-Government Ordinance.” This is the first community rights ordinance adopted in the state to confront the threat of Marcellus Shale drilling by asserting the inalienable right to local self-government.There's more…

Sandra Steingraber has published a fracking call to action that brings tears to my ears. "Extracting natural gas from shale," she writes, "is the environmental issue of our time." A new documentary based on her book Living Downstream is a powerful reminder of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land and water.There's more…