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Let’s Give Clean Water a Chance
Posted by EcoWatch: Yoko Ono on April 23rd, 2013
EcoWatch: I was proud to be a part of the gathering of hundreds of clean water supporters at the recent Riverkeeper`s Fishermen`s Ball. It was a true celebration of the power of the grassroots movement for clean water and sustainable energy.
"Big Fish" honoree and fellow "frack"tivist Mark Ruffalo, Yoko Ono and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Riverkeeper Fishermen`s Ball on April 16 in New York. Photo credit: Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan
Through this event and my involvement with the fight against fracking...
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Imagine NY Without Fracking
Posted by EcoWatch: Yoko Ono on January 11th, 2013
EcoWatch: My husband, John Lennon, and I bought a beautiful farm in rural New York more than 30 years ago. We loved the tranquility and beauty of the area. Our son, Sean, spent many precious days there growing up. Our family still enjoys it now.
Like the rest of our state, this peaceful farming community is threatened by fracking for gas. Giant pipelines, thousands of tractor-trailer trucks ripping up roads, loud air compressors, air pollution--and most of all, the certainty of poisoned drinking water....