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May 2013 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 - Day 1 of 3-Day Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee forum on “Domestic Supply and Exports” (open to the public)Time: 10:00 amLocation: US Capitol and Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DCDescription: 10 am The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a series of forums on natural gas in May, none of which can fully represent the many voices impacted by fracking.
Tell Your story or support those impacted by fracking in their states.
3pm Lobbying training with Earthworks Action
6pm Reception with Senators, Rayburn Office Building
event info: http://www.stopthefrackattack.org/ai1ec_event/1408-2/?instance_id=21
22 - Day 2: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee forum on “Domestic Supply and Exports” (open to the public)Time: 8:30 amLocation: Washington, DCDescription: 8am: Lobby training
9:30am to 11:30am: Lobby meetings
12pm to 2pm: Stop the Frack Attack People’s Forum
2:30pm to 4pm: Lobby meetings
event info: http://www.stopthefrackattack.org/ai1ec_event/1408-2/?instance_id=21 - Rally at Democratic Governors' Association Conference, National HarborTime: 5:30 pmLocation: Democratic Governors' Association Conference, National Harbor, Oxen Hill, MDDescription: Non-governmental organizations that oppose fracking in Maryland due to its negative on the economy, environment, health and well-being of communities in other states have organized a rally to challenge Governor O'Malley's apparent shift toward support of writing regulations for the natural gas fracking industry.
map to event: https://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&q=344+Waterfront+Street+Oxon+Hill,+MD+20745&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89b7b074be3d6607:0xd2c531f43f9d71be,344+Waterfront+St,+12,+Oxon+Hill,+MD+20745&gl=us&ei=DxyRUf68MKjfiALFv4CoBQ&ved=0CC8Q8gEwAA
Event details: http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=104681
23 - Day 3: Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee forum on “Shale Development: Best Practices and Environmental Concerns” (open to the public)Time: 10:00 amLocation: Washington, DCDescription: Public invited to join Earthworks Action at the Senate forum on natural gas development.
event info: http://www.stopthefrackattack.org/ai1ec_event/1408-2/?instance_id=21
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Governor’s Commission Split on How to Proceed
Yesterday (5/15/13), CitizenShale joined with a coalition of state and national organizations to send a letter to Maryland’s Secretaries at Department of Environment (MDE) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR), asking that this week’s MSAC meeting be postponed due to concerns about the … More
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Upcoming Events, May 2013
Three programs of interest: May 17 MD Governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission will meet, public input welcomed. May 21-23, Educate Federal Legislators in Washington, DC. May 22 (Following your afternoon in DC) take a ride down the river to the … More
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Canada’s Leading Geoscientist to Speak in Frostburg, MD
The Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science presents a free public lecture, “The Energy Sustainability Dilemma: Powering the Future in a Finite World,” by Canadian geoscientist and unconventional natural gas expert David Hughes. The lecture … More
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Closer to Fracking in Maryland?
Both a proposed moratorium on fracking permitting that allowed time for study and regulatory review, and a proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing were defeated by Maryland’s Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs committee this week. Although similar bills have … More
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