The Marcellus Shale and Fracking
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What can you do?
Educate - Inform- Act
1) HOLD A HOUSE PARTY
- get
together some neighbors - grab some popcorn and watch a
movie ..... Really! ---- Here is info on where to find
them : MOVIES
click here
.
If you
would like to invite someone more in the know about
fracking to join
your group,
click here and just
ask.
2) WRITE/CALL ON BEHALF OF
THE ISSUE - Inform yourself first ( see below) then
write to your legislators-- write one letter and send it
to all of them. Start with
your
Commissioner,
and
then
find the others here
- Not in Abington ? - try
http://votesmart.org/official_local.php
and inform yourself before voting.
3) CONNECT YOUR COMMUNITY IN AN INFORMATION
LOOP - Contact all you know and
encourage them toshare web information and to join you
in writing and calling for a change in the current
policies and direction. Ask your neighbors to hold house
party, or to join you in visiting a legislator together
. Host a
"Pizza & Politics" night where you have casual issue
oriented discussion groups at your local
pizza parlour . Inform/Connect/Act.
Food, cameraderie, information - what a wonderful mix.
Share emails -
build an information chain - have fun
while you do it. It will make all the difference.
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contact us
with your own information on these topics and please be sure
to
contact us about any information you believe to be
incorrect -
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They know about these problems - but have just decided to ignore us....
for the whole of Richard Manfredi's time here (with Tom Hecker's consent).
Now, in 2025, we are due to get a new Manager,
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