Artists Against Fracking

Artists Against Fracking is an association of artists initiated by Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, also including Mark Ruffalo, Robert de Niro, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, and Deepak Chopra.

History

As of August 2012, 180 artists were part of the group, which opposes natural gas drilling in the Marcellus shale.[1]

In March 2013, the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York filed a complaint with the New York Lobbying Board claiming the group had violated lobbying regulations,[2] following an Associated Press news story suggesting that they should formally register as a lobbying group and had not done so.[3] As of late 2014, hydraulic fracking is prohibited in New York state.[4]

References

  1. Mireya Navarro (29 August 2012). "Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Organize Artists Against Fracking". New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. Associated Press (March 30, 2013). "NY lobby board asked to investigate Yoko Ono, other Artists Against Fracking". Fox News. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. artists-against-fracking-lobbying 2013/03/18 TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Archived February 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. http://www.srf.ch/news/international/new-york-erlaesst-fracking-verbot

External links

Official website

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