WE DID IT!!!
**STATE COLLEGE VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVE COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS TO BAN FRACKING** What: the first popular vote in the nation on Community Rights to Ban Fracking When: Tuesday November 8th Where:...
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Boom, Bust and our Energy Future
Well Flare, courtesy of mojomom.com Below is a good synopsis of the economic bubble facing the fracking industry. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/shale-gas-bubble-insiders_b_1199138.html...
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Was the Keystone XL Really a Victory for Environmentalists?
The environmental movement deserves enormous credit for stopping the approval of the Keystone XL. Consistent pressure put upon the administration by activists and powerful advocates triumphed in the...
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Braden Crooks awarded “2012 Progressive of the Year”
Braden Crooks Each year Voices of Central PA, a regional periodical, chooses one person from the region to receive their “Progressive of the Year” award. This year the award went our very own Braden...
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Groundswell Rocks the BANFF Film Festival
From left to right: Chris Danilo, Dipak Sahoo, Annalisa Barron With email sign-up sheets in hand, Groundswellians took to the Banff Film Festival for some terrific films and community organizing. At...
View ArticleBIG NIGHT!
Community Rights Amendments were enacted by way of popular vote referendums in four towns in Colorado, Ohio and Pennsylvania last night. BEN PRICE of the COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND...
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PSU PIPELINE VIOLATES COMMUNITY BILL OF RIGHTS
Penn State’s plan to convert its campus power plant to natural gas has crashed head-on into the rights of the citizens of State College, PA, as enumerated in Article XI of their borough charter. The...
View ArticleInvolvement Meeting – 2pm Saturday at Webster’s
Stop the PSU Pipeline – Defend the Bill of Rights —-INVOLVEMENT MEETING—- This Saturday, March 30th, at 2pm in Webster’s 133 E Beaver Ave An open invitation to all involved in stopping the Penn State...
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STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH GOV DENIES PIPELINE PERMIT: FIGHT ISN’T OVER
On Monday April 1st, the State College Borough Council held an information meeting about the dangerous Penn State Pipeline –a potential high pressure, 12″ pipeline carrying fracked natural gas through...
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