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Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, March 31, 2014

* Learn About Fracking Impacts April 11 & 12 in Rochester

 Good opportunity to share rides and learn.....plus reminder to get signatures for petition to Governor Dayton (last paragraph).

On Friday, March 28, 2014 11:12 AM, Johanna Rupprecht (LSP) <jrupprecht@landstewardshipproject.org> wrote:
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Dear Bonita,
The Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing
Presented by Wes Wilson, retired geological engineer, and Environmental Protection Agency whistleblower who was featured in the film Gasland.
Oil and gas corporations and their allies want to strip-mine our hills and bluffs for sand to enable hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as fracking) in other states. All stages of this extreme energy extraction practice — including the frac sand mining, processing and transportation threatening our region — harm rural communities. Two upcoming presentations April 11-12 in Rochester are a chance to learn more about the environmental and public health risks to communities at the other end of the process, as well as fracking’s role in worsening global climate change.
Attend the Wes Wilson presentation on
Friday, April 11, 7 p.m. or Saturday, April 12, 1 p.m.
at Assisi Heights, 1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901
This event is co-sponsored by the Land Stewardship Project; Sisters of Saint Francis, Rochester, Minn.; and Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, Wis.
The talks are free and open to the public, but registration is requested. Register online at http://tinyurl.com/frackingfriday or http://tinyurl.com/frackingsaturday, or by contacting Angie at Assisi Heights at 507-280-2195 or ahsc@rochesterfranciscan.org.
Please share this invitation with others who would be interested.
Thank you,
Johanna Rupprecht, Land Stewardship Project organizer
P.S. Sign LSP’s petition to Governor Mark Dayton calling for effective action to protect Minnesota from the frac sand industry. It's available on our website at https://landstewardshipproject.org/forms/fracsandpetition. Please share the petition to help us reach our goal of 5,000 signatures from Minnesotans by Earth Day, April 22!


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