Fracking Equipment Set Ablaze in Elsipogtog!

26 June 2013

Hal­i­fax Media Co-op reports that a piece of drilling equip­ment was set ablaze on the 24th, by per­son or per­sons unknown.  This comes amidst esca­lat­ing resis­tance to hydraulic frac­tur­ing by indige­nous peo­ples in Elsi­pog­tog, “New Brunswick”.

This comes after numer­ous direct actions, the mid­night seizure of drilling equip­ment, and a local man being struck by a contractor’s vehi­cle.