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July 15, 2014

24 Arrested for Anti-Fracking Blockade to Protest Cove Point Terminal 
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In Washington, D.C., 24 people opposed to the gas-drilling technique
known as fracking were arrested Monday after blockading the entrances to
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They were protesting what they
call the agency's rubber stamping of the industry's push to export
natural gas. They focused on Cove Point, a liquified natural gas export
terminal proposed by Dominion Resources in Maryland, which the agency is
due to issue a final decision on next month. On Sunday, more than 1,000
people joined a "people's march" against Cove Point and the boom in
fracking in the United States, which they say imperils health, safety
and the climate.

 

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