Thank you so much to everyone who came out on Wednesday! It was such a fun event and we raised just about $2,000!! Amazing!! Special thanks to Bartram's Garden and especially our hosts Zach and Shauna! Thank you to our mind-blowing performers, Stephen Landis, the Philadelphia Women's Slavic Ensemble, and Tristan Dahn! Thanks to Yards and Victory breweries, and Cinder and Standard Tap bars for donating beer! Your care and efforts made the night shine. ***** Camp White Pine, a

From Terrie Baumgardner at Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Committee (marcellusawareness.com) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2017/04/06/Your-health-vs-cracker-plant-jobs/stories/201704300020 Consider the full impact of the massive Shell operation in Beaver County, PA Toxic air + large population = many people in the crosshairs for future harm. Allegheny County has no reason to welcome the cracker when it ranks in the top 2 percent for

Article by our friend Steve Horn at Desmog Blog: https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/04/05/rick-perry-jeff-miller-dakota-access Photo from U.S. Department of Energy From Steve Horn - Federal lobbying disclosure forms for the first quarter of 2017 show that Jeff Miller, campaign manager for U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's 2016 Republican presidential bid, now lobbies for the company which owns the Dakota Access pipeline. #stevehorn #desmogblog #dakotaaccesspipeline #rickperry #

"Maryland is the first state where fracking is geologically possible to prohibit the practice in law," from Pamela Wood, Contact Reporter for The Baltimore Sun Read her full article here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-fracking-bill-signing-20170404-story.html For some backstory on how Maryland banned fracking (i.e., Western Maryland businesses and public pushback, serious health issues, proven water contamination, people power) visit Laurel Pe

From our friends at Public Herald: http://publicherald.org/not-free-pennsylvania-sues-communities-banning-frack-waste/ Grant Township in Indiana County, PA enacted a municipal charter establishing a bill of rights granting certain environmental and democratic rights which include the right to ban fracking waste-water injection wells. Then the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sued the township. "All residents of Grant Township, along with natural communities

Article from Peter Cameron, Staff Writer for The Times-Tribune: http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/outrageous-dimock-twp-plaintiff-reacts-to-judge-s-voiding-of-4-24-million-award-1.2175371 #dimock #watercontiamination #methaneleak #energyjusticenetwork #elyfamily #drinkingwater #banfrackingnow #cabotoil #environmentaljustice