Twenty-one protesters, including “Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox, were arrested yesterday in Schuyler County in the latest protest against a proposed liquid petroleum gas facility in the Finger Lakes.
The Star-Gazette in Elmira reported that the group was arrested Wednesday morning at the gates of Crestwood Midstream Partners in the Town of Reading, the group, “We Are Seneca Lake,” said.
“People need to see what’s happening at Seneca Lake, and also understand that this isn’t isolated, it is happening everywhere,” Fox told The Daily Beast before the protest. “We need to educate people that our dependency on fossil fuels has got to change, and it has to change now.”
The protesters were taken into custody, charged with trespassing and released.
The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrests, but did not provide any details, the paper said.
Fox wrote and directed “Gasland,” an Academy Award-nominated documentary film that focuses on communities affected by hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Activists and wineries have been calling on state Department of Environmental Conservation to reject gas storage facility near Seneca Lake in Schuyler County.
Fox also posted a YouTube video of his visit.
