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Related: About this forumOhio Grass-Roots Anti-Fracking Group Disinvited From Medina County Earth Day Event
A grass-roots anti-fracking group wants to be a part of Medina Countys Earth Day events on April 21, but organizers have told the Concerned Citizens of Medina County they are not welcome. The pulling of the welcome mat has upset the group.
A Medina County committee that oversees the Earth Day festivities says the anti-fracking group is too controversial and too political to be part of the event. This has left the group shocked and surprised, said spokeswoman Kathie Jones of Sharon Township. Her group had intended to distribute educational material about hydraulic fracturing or fracking for natural gas, she said.
Earth Day seemed an appropriate venue to present its information to the public, she said. We intended to be helpful, not harmful, she said. We just wanted to educate people. We never thought it would be a problem.
I feel like we are being discriminated against because of the topic.
Her group had sought approval from a committee of county and local officials involved in organizing Medina Countys 16th annual Earth Day celebration at Hubbard Valley Park in Guilford Township. In an email, committee spokeswoman Shelley Tender said, At this time, we feel it is too controversial a topic and we do not want to appear as if we are endorsing any one opinion about the issue.
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http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/fracking-opponents-unwelcome-at-medina-county-earth-day-events-1.287353
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)AND flammable? This is so stupid.
orwell
(7,773 posts)...Exxon Mobil and all of your friends at Greenwash Corp.
Big Oil and Gas, where every day is Earth Day...as long as you're not really paying attention.
Dead_Parrot
(14,478 posts)Sucky.
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)Too controversial. remember when Earth Day itself was "Too controversial"?
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Nihil
(13,508 posts)> committee spokeswoman Shelley Tender said, At this time, we feel it is too controversial a topic
> and we do not want to appear as if we are endorsing any one opinion about the issue.
So what is "Earth Day" about then if you consider fracking for natural gas extraction to be
"too contraversial"?
This is the opposite of greenwashing: instead of pretending that pollution is good these people
are pretending that environmental awareness is bad.
Way to go corporate marketing monkeys!