Building Resistance Tour:
Conversations about Fracking and Pacific Trails Pipeline
2:00pm
Tuesday May 7 2013 - 12:00am
Wednesday May 15 2013
Members of the Rising Tide activist collective are departing Vancouver, on a tour of northern BC to expose the true costs of fracking and support frontline community resistance to pipeline expansion in rural areas.
The 8 day tour will visit communities that have invited Rising Tide to share and gather information, opinions, and stories about fracking. These include Kamloops, Prince George, Smithers, Moricetown and the Unis'tot'en camp of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, Burns Lake, Fort. St. John, and Fort Nelson.
Fracking is short for Hydraulic Fracturing, a non conventional technique used for extracting natural gas from shale rock by drilling down into the ground and then injecting sand, chemicals, and millions of gallons of water at high pressures in order to crack open the rock and draw out the gas. Along with causing problems locally – most notably the use and toxic contamination of vast amounts of surface and ground water and an increase in localized earthquakes - fracking also has negative global impacts. Fracking results in significant methane leakage, a greenhouse gas 105 times more potent than CO2 over 20 years. A recent Cornell University study reported fracked gas to be “worse than coal” for climate stability.
During the tour Rising Tide members will report back regarding the struggles communities face dealing with energy corporations, and offering support to frontline communities dealing with fracking and pipeline expansion. To stay up to date with stories and interviews from the trip, follow twitter and the Rising Tide website:www.risingtide604.ca
May 8th - Kamloops
May 9th - Prince George - 3:30pm Cafe Voltaire, Books and Co.
https://www.facebook.com/events/600455376632304/?ref=3
May 10th - Moricetown - Unis'tot'en camp
May 11th - Smithers - Old Church - Community Dinner/Meeting
May 12th - Burns Lake - Afternoon
May 13th - Fort. St. John / Dawson Creek
May 14th - Fort Nelson
More information: www.risingtide604.ca
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