Thousands of "fracktivists" will travel to Washington D.C. this week for Stop the Frack Attack, billed as the first-ever national protest to stop hydraulic fracturing.
The three-day summit will culminate in a rally on the west lawn of the Capitol on Saturday, July 28, at 2 p.m., followed by a march at 3:30 p.m. to the headquarters of America's Natural Gas Alliance and the American Petroleum Institute.
The rally is organized by a coalition of community groups, citizen activists and environmental organizations from throughout the country. Its advisory council draws from eight states where hydraulic fracturing is or could be used by the oil and gas industry.
A roster of 136 local, state and national organizations are joining the summit "to call on Congress to take action to protect community rights, public health, drinking water, and the global climate from the impacts of fracking," according to a media release.
"They also will demand the closure of legal loopholes that allow the oil and gas industry to ignore parts of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other bedrock environmental laws while fracking," the release reads.
Scheduled speakers include Bill McKibben, board president and co-founder of 350.org; Josh Fox, producer of "Gasland"; Calvin Tillman, former mayor of Dish, Texas; Ann Chin, board president of the Sierra Club; and community members from swing states experiencing hydraulic fracturing.
The rally schedule and other information are available online.
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