Colorado Moms protest proposed fracking next to elementary school
Outraged by a plan to conduct fracking next to an elementary school, families in Erie, Colorado are conducting a well-orchestrated campaign aimed at stopping it. With their children wearing t-shirts reading “Don’t Frack My School,” parents and the national consumer advocacy organization Food & Water Watch recently delivered more than 21,000 petitions to the head of the company that intends to frack a well located next to Red Hawk Elementary School in Erie.
After delivering the petitions to Encana president Jeff Wojahn, members of Erie Rising and Food & Water Watch brought copies of the petitions to Colorado Governor Hickenlooper, along with a personal invitation to attend their June 2 rally to stop fracking in and near Erie’s backyards and schoolyards.