The Global Frackdown involved thousands of people in hundreds of actions across the country urging an end to fracking for methane gas. Fracking has become a major problem in the United States under the mis-leadership of both political parties and the ‘all of the above’ energy strategy put forward by President Obama. Obama has reduced the use of coal by expanding the use of fracking. There is a major week of actions beginning on November 1 — Beyond Extreme Energy — that we urge you to participate in.
Here is how RT, the only mass media outlet to cover the event, described the global day of actions:
Marching across the world to inspire actions on the ecological crisis, thousands of anti-fracking activists in over a dozen countries united against what they call dirty energy technology, which contaminates groundwater and causes health problems.
Over 250 events across all continents are taking place as part of the Global Frackdown day, organized to target fracking, a technique used to extract hydrocarbons by pumping pressurized chemicals underground.
Organized by Food & Water Watch in coalition with hundreds of groups worldwide, activists mobilized all forces in an effort to protect air, water, climate and communities from fracking. Ahead of the international action day, the environmentalist coalition sent a letter urging the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to reject fracking as a part of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
If you care about fracking, please forward this story widely so the citizen’s media can make-up for the failure of the mass corporate media.
In East Lancs for #GlobalFrackdown – protect our water, air & climate … frack-free planet! #Burnley #Accy pic.twitter.com/ezuPFNWLyS
— Frack Free Lancs (@frackfreelancs) October 12, 2014
Dublin – Oct 11th 2014 #irishwater #Right2Water #globalfrackdown @foodandwater @lukeming #fracking pic.twitter.com/6MTY0ViPXh
— No Fracking Ireland (@Notofracking) October 12, 2014
#climatemarch meets #GlobalFrackdown pic.twitter.com/tVEjyawARy
— Monica BeasleyMartin (@Sistapray) October 12, 2014
“Keep country strong and clean” – Borroloola children fight for their future. Protest part of #GlobalFrackDown pic.twitter.com/rvzA1a1Rv1
— Padraic Gibson (@paddygibson) October 12, 2014
#GlobalFrackdown #climatemarch Butler, PA pic.twitter.com/z0ivOLELr2
— ClimateMarch.org (@ClimateMarch) October 11, 2014
#GlobalFrackdown day: World unites to protect environment & health (PHOTOS, VIDEO) http://t.co/A38G4DkI8M pic.twitter.com/Na4iZDM4E4
— RT (@RT_com) October 11, 2014
Don’t #frack the Shawnee! #GlobalFrackdown in Illinois pic.twitter.com/ERRw92F9Xl
— Food & Water Watch (@foodandwater) October 11, 2014
.@MrFrackhead is ‘fracking’ towns across Lancashire today, watch out Preston, Accrington & Burnley! #GlobalFrackdown pic.twitter.com/BEobgBEQiB
— Friends of the Earth (@wwwfoecouk) October 11, 2014
#Globalfrackdown London #o11doa #NoTTIP pic.twitter.com/1I8egkoio2
— Occupy London (@OccupyLondon) October 11, 2014
Ray from dimock challenges @GinaEPA to drink his water as part of the #frackwaterchallenge for #globalfrackdown pic.twitter.com/ThvFrtk7Ay
— Environmental Action (@EnviroAction) October 10, 2014
Emily from @foodandwater kicks us off at @EPA #globalfrackdown #frackwaterchallenge pic.twitter.com/0HT9InbJHB
— Environmental Action (@EnviroAction) October 10, 2014