http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9953/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/wolfville-says-no-fracking-way/19887 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Celebrate Our Environment ~ Defend Our Communities </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/coe_doc2-photo1a.jpg" alt="" title="People line up along Main Street, Wolfville on a brisk &amp; busy morning." width="450" height="131" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/doc2-speakers-v2.jpg" alt="" title="A dozen people spoke at the Wolfville rally, addressing topics from sustainable communities and energy alternatives to the bio-solids that result from fracking wastewater, community oriented energy development and support for the First Nations people throughout the Maritimes in their struggle to be heard." width="450" height="450" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/onceyoufrack.jpg" alt="" title="&quot;Once you frack, you can&#039;t go back ... Nooo Fracking Way!&quot; became the chant during the march to the Farmers&#039; Market." width="450" height="630" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/easthants-photo2b.jpg" alt="" title="A combination of handmade &amp; printed signs sent the message out; Kings/Hants does NOT want fracking to happen here! Note, on the far left, one person handing out leaflets to passers-by." width="450" height="191" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/nofracwolfville-j-marchand.jpg" alt="" title="One Acadian demonstrator displayed the Edward Kwong poster, United Against Fracking, &quot;In Solidarity With New Brunswick&quot;" width="376" height="563" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/gpns_sign_2dsc_0055_235.jpg" alt="" title="The Raging Grannies were a hit with their Anti-Fracking song, sung to the melody of I&#039;se the B&#039;ye. They also came back and ended the speakers corner part of the rally." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/nofracwolfville2.jpg" alt="" title="Over the two hour event some 100 people turned up to express their feelings about the development of hydraulic fracturing, pipelines and tar sands development. " width="450" height="207" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>NoFrac Wolfville held a <strong><em>Celebrate Our Environment </em></strong>event on November 16th.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>In doing so the rural Nova Scotia town joined 130 other communities across Canada in the national &ldquo;<strong><em>Defend Our Climate, Defend our Communities</em></strong>&rdquo; day of action, evidence of a growing opposition to the risks posed&nbsp; to our climate </div><p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/wolfville-says-no-fracking-way/19887" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/wolfville-says-no-fracking-way/19887#comments marke slipp Environment Indigenous aboriginal Environmental Concerns fracking protest oil & gas Wolfville Dominion Stories Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:07:26 +0000 marke slipp 19887 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca