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FW: FrackFree Colorado: Free Concert, Famous Speakers, and Rally OCT
23 Denver 3-7 pm!




For all those who haven't heard:
There will be an extraordinary event in Denver this Tuesday, Oct 23,
 in Civic Park  (the amphitheatre by the Capitol)   from 3-7 pm:

A free benefit concert, amazing collection of speakers, and public
rally,
 for an event called FRACK FREE COLORADO: Choose Your Future !

Music:
The Wallflowers,  Elephant Revival, Earth Guardians,  and others

Speakers:
Darryl Hannah
Muriel Hemmingway
Sondra Steingraber
Russell Mendell from Mark Ruffalo's Water Defence
and others

Sponsored by:
Patagonia,  Prana,  Black Diamond,  New Belgium Brewing Company,
Backpacker’s Pantry,  Vibrant Planet, Conscious Global Leadership,
The Invisible Spark,  1% for the Planet  and  Backbone Media.

The event’s co-organizers include actor Mark Ruffalo’s Water Defense,
Food & Water Watch, Clean Water Action, CREDO, Sierra Club, etown,
Fractivist, Rock the Earth, East Boulder County United, Wilderness
Workshop, Erie Rising, The Mothers Project, Adams County Unite Now,
Boulder County Citizens for Community Rights, Our Health Our Future
Our Longmont   What the Frack?! Arapahoe  and Earth Guardians.


This is a huge event, organized to inform more Coloradans about the
harms and risks of fracking in our state,
the valiant fight of the city of Longmont to ban it in their city and
the extraordinary efforts of Longmont residents to sucessfully get a
ban on the current ballot (so that all residents can vote on this
issue), and what all the rest of us can do to protect the health and
welfare of our state.

Come join us for this extraordinary event and rally!      Please
circulate this announcement widely!
We hope to see you there!

What the Frack?! Arapahoe

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 Celebrities, Business Leaders and Non-profits Unite to Demand a Frack
Free Colorado
Rally and concert on October 23, from 3-7 p.m. at Civic Park in
Denver, features Jakob Dylan, Mariel Hemingway and Daryl Hannah
For more information, visit www.frackfreeco.com on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/frackfreeco and Twitter @FrackFreeCo.



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October 16, 2012
Print Pitch
(Denver, Colo.) A rapidly growing list of business and environmental
leaders, non-profits and entertainers are joining forces to fight
against hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” in Colorado. On October
23, at Civic Park on Capitol Hill in Denver, a coalition called “Frack
Free Colorado” will draw attention to the dangers of fracking and call
for a concrete plan to move the state of Colorado away from natural
gas and other dirty extractive industries and toward a renewable
energy economy.

“As Coloradans, we feel that it’s imperative to assess the
environmental and health impacts of the fracking process,” says
Allison Wolff, CEO of Vibrant Planet and co-organizer of Frack Free
CO. “The collective goal of everyone involved in Frack Free Colorado
is to open up a dialogue regarding the effects of fracking on our
communities, families and environment. We want to educate the public
on the dangers of this process and discuss clean energy alternatives.”

Fracking is a technique used to extract gas and oil from rocks that
are 2,000 to 10,000 feet below the earth’s surface. Deep wells are
drilled through the aquifer to reach shale rock formations and then
millions of gallons of chemicals, sand and water are injected at high
pressure into the soft, sedimentary rock, breaking it apart and
releasing stores of methane and oil. The natural gas industry enjoys
special exemption from The Safe Drinking Water Act, The Clean Water
Act, The Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act for
this dangerous fracking process. A single fracked well requires an
access road, 2-8 million gallons of fresh water, between 10,000 and
40,000 gallons of chemicals, many of them known carcinogens and
endocrine disrupters, and at least 1,000 diesel truck trips. There are
over 45,000 fracked wells in Colorado, with plans to triple that
number in the next decade. The enduring effects of fracking are
unknown.

The Frack Free Colorado event on October 23rd, is modeled after the
successful New York event “Songs Against Drilling” earlier this year
blending education with entertainment as celebrities and experts take
the stage to voice their concerns about fracking and celebrate our
opportunity to move to renewable energy today. Celebrities in
attendance will include Daryl Hannah, Mariel Hemmingway and Leilani
Munter (car racing’s Carbon Free Girl). Jakob Dylan and Rami Jaffee of
the Wallflowers and Colorado band, Elephant Revival will perform along
with other to be announced musicians. Fracking experts like acclaimed
ecologist and author Sandra Steingraber and Sam Schabacker from Food &
Water Watch will help educate the public about fracking.

“The natural gas industry, which has been mistakenly touted as a clean
energy provider, is polluting our rivers, aquifers, wildlife and
citizens,” explains Tara Sheahan, founder of Global Conscious
Leadership. “In addtion, oil and gas companies estimate that they will
use approximately 6.5 billion gallons of water in Colorado this year.
Our state does not have enough water to support this growing industry.
Frack Free Colorado’s goal is to help people take action to lessen
their dependence on natural gas and move everything from their
consumer spending to investments to businesses that support a
sustainable future—we need to start living like First Nation people
who view the earth as a relative versus a resource to exploit. Post
event, we are organizing a number of meetings with leaders across
government, business, and nonprofit sectors to design a plan for
speeding Colorado’s economy toward one based on renewable energy and
sustainable food systems.”

Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia, explains, “clean water is
the most important element on the planet. According to environmental
futurists such as Lester Brown, we will run out of water well before
we run out of oil or topsoil. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that
further accelerates the decline of our clean water supplies.”

Frack Free Colorado is sponsored by Patagonia, Prana, Black Diamond,
New Belgium Brewing Company, Backpacker’s Pantry, Vibrant Planet,
Conscious Global Leadership, The Invisible Spark, 1% for the Planet
and Backbone Media. The event’s co-organizers include actor Mark
Ruffalo’s Water Defense, Food & Water Watch, Clean Water Action,
CREDO, Sierra Club, etown, Fractivist, Rock the Earth, East Boulder
County United, Wilderness Workshop, Erie Rising, The Mothers Project,
Adams County Unite Now, Boulder County Citizens for Community Rights,
Our Health Our Future Our Longmont What the Frack?! Arapahoe and Earth
Guardians.

For more information, visit www.frackfreeco.com on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/frackfreeco and Twitter @FrackFreeCo.

press release :
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