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Rally to Ban Frac Sand Mining and Address Climate Change May 10 5 pm La Crosse Center

(rain is scheduled to end by 3! but the rally goes on - rain or shine!)

The Alliance to Ban Frac Sand Mining and Address Climate Change is holding a Rally on May 10 at the La Crosse Center. It will be on the Plaza in front of the Center at 5 pm. There will be pre-rally activities starting two hours before. Several elected officials and representatives of major groups leading the opposition to frac sand mining will speak at the rally. This will be an opportunity to support the goals of the Alliance.

Join us in demanding action by our government representatives to chart a different, better energy future starting with banning frac sand mining and fracking for gas and oil.

This is a very important opportunity to refute the Koch Brothers-backed message of Climate Denial and support for extreme energy production. FRAC SAND mining is the first step in a dangerous and earth killing process of extracting and using fossil fuels.

[ View Fracking 101 from the Sierra Club: https://youtu.be/FuQNqm6dk2g ]

The Rally coincides with a Frac Sand Industry Conference also being held at the La Crosse Center at the same time. The frac sand industry representatives at this conference are whistling in the dark. They ignorantly believe or deceptively say that in the long term they are a viable industry. They are attempting to convince the public and elected officials into believing this. In the short term they want to continue to profit by exploiting our region for sand, making possible fracking for oil and gas that are locked deep in the earth and that require extreme measures to extract. In the long term, their industry will collapse.

Please make a real effort to join our Rally to Stop Frac Sand Mining and Address Climate Change. And help us spread the word about this Rally by forwarding this email to your friends and other likeminded people.