Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:00 -0400
From: Haw River Assembly
Subject: Frack Free NC Forum Sat. in Bynum
Learn about the dangers of fracking to our waters, land and people, including first hand accounts from Pennsylvania farmers. Hear updates on legislative, and property rights issues and ask questions of those on the front lines of fighting fracking in NC.
Frack Free NC Public Forum – June 22
1-5 pm, Saturday, June 22, 2013
Bynum Ruritan Club – 23 Charlie Fields Rd, Pittsboro, NC 27312 (in Bynum at end of Bynum Rd next to the old bridge)
Register today: $10 in advance, includes Frack-Free NC yard sign! To register go to
http://frackfreenc-forum.eventbrite.com/#
Featured speakers are dairy farmers Carol French and Carolyn Knapp from the center of shale gas extraction in Bradford Co. Pennsylvania, where lives, land and water have been damaged by fracking.
Other presenters include:
Ryke Longest, Director, Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic
Hope Taylor, Exec. Director Clean Water for North Carolina
James Robinson, RAFI-USA Project Manager for Fracking and Landowner Rights
Omega Wilson, Environmental Justice consultant
Elaine Chiosso, Haw Riverkeeper, Haw River Assembly
Sponsored by Waterkeeper Alliance, Haw River Assembly and Clean Water for North Carolina
Elaine Chiosso
Haw Riverkeeper
919-542-5790