Hundreds Shut Down Chemical Supplier in NC Fracking Protest

8 July 2013 UPDATE: Many have been arrest­ed at today’s action for blockad­ing chem­i­cal ship­ments and in attempt­ed lock­downs. One activist is still up in a tri­pod and being denied sup­port. Please sup­port them by send­ing dona­tions to the Croatan Earth First! legal fund here 

More pho­tos of the action here

By halting delivery of fracking proppants protesters hope to stall fracking efforts in North Carolina. See bottom of article for list of Momentive facilities worldwide, and take action! 

Mor­gan­ton, NC – On the edge of the west­ern moun­tain range, pro­test­ers with Croatan Earth First! are cur­rent­ly occu­py­ing an indus­tri­al man­u­fac­tur­ing facil­i­ty owned by Momen­tive and locat­ed at 114 Indus­tri­al Dri­ve.  North Car­olini­ans, who have been fight­ing to pre­vent hydraulic frac­tur­ing from com­ing to cen­tral North Car­oli­na are joined in this action by peo­ple from around the coun­try who also oppose shale gas extrac­tion nation­wide.  Momen­tive is one of the largest world­wide dis­trib­u­tors of “resin coat­ed prop­pants,”  a nec­es­sary com­po­nent for frack­ing.  Each frac­tur­ing stage requires approx­i­mate­ly 136 tonnes of prop­pants.   

 “We are here to send a mes­sage to the oil and gas indus­tries: we will not stand idly by as you destroy this land, or any oth­er, for your per­son­al prof­it. Respect exis­tence, or expect resis­tance,” said an Earth First! activist.

 

The North Car­oli­na leg­is­la­ture plans to begin per­mit­ting frack sites as ear­ly as March 2015 in the Cum­nock Shale Basin locat­ed under­neath Lee, Moore, Chatham, and sur­round­ing coun­ties.  Frack­ing has been tied to water aquifer con­t­a­m­i­na­tion in Pavil­ion, Wyoming accord­ing to an EPA study and linked to high lev­els of methane in Penn­syl­va­nia water wells accord­ing to a study by Duke Uni­ver­si­ty.  Researchers with Cor­nell Uni­ver­si­ty found that frack­ing oper­a­tions nation­wide released mas­sive amounts of methane (a green­house gas) straight into the atmos­phere, and con­clud­ed that, if not curbed, would speed cli­mate change faster than car­bon emis­sions. 

The NC leg­is­la­ture is nego­ti­at­ing on the pos­si­bil­i­ty of legal­iz­ing tox­ic waste­water injec­tion in state or trans­port­ing it else­where.  The process uses 1–8 mil­lion gal­lons of clean water each time a well is fracked.

  “We are under drought con­di­tions already, yet the oil and gas indus­try is allowed to pump mil­lions of gal­lons of water out of our streams.  This is dev­as­tat­ing life in our rivers and streams.  To make mat­ters worse they send this water back into the river­ways poi­soned with radioac­tive mate­ri­als,” said orga­niz­er Lydia Nick­les.  “Pre­serv­ing our waters is pre­serv­ing our lives and all life. We want an end to shale gas extrac­tion every­where.”     

Activists with the Earth First! Move­ment are call­ing on peo­ple nation­wide to resist frack­ing where they live and orga­nize sol­i­dar­i­ty actions. 

“Even if you don’t have a rig in your area to shut down, you can affect the indus­try.   Momen­tive and oth­er com­pa­nies that cre­ate prop­pants for the gas indus­try have facil­i­ties nation­wide as well as inter­na­tion­al­ly.  It’s time to dis­rupt the chain of sup­ply.  Go to www.frackindustry.org and orga­nize to take action now!” 

Momentive’s world­wide head­quar­ters are locat­ed in Colum­bus, Ohio and oth­er loca­tions can be found online at:  http://www.momentive.com/locations_home.aspx?id=293

A mes­sage from Croatan Earth First!:  “We are act­ing in sol­i­dar­i­ty with and take inspi­ra­tion from the coura­geous many who have been stand­ing togeth­er to take action in the North Car­oli­na cap­i­tal dur­ing Moral Mon­days, and we encour­age every­one to con­tin­ue to show our col­lec­tive pow­er, act­ing up against the repres­sive cor­po­rate and leg­isla­tive pow­ers for the lib­er­a­tion of all and the integri­ty of land, water and air.”

 

Croatan Earth First! encourages others to follow this example and take action against fracking and proppant manufacturing facilities. Find a location near you:

Momentive Worldwide Locations

Amer­i­c­as

Brazil

Cotia Par­que Alexan­dre 502Cotia, SP06714–285 Brazil	Curiti­ba  Rua Cyro Cor­rea Pereira,2525 – CICCuriti­ba, PR81450–090 Brazil
Itat­i­ba Rodovia Engen­heiro Con­stan­cio Cin­tra Km 78,5 Dis­tri­to Indus­tri­al Alfre­do Rela Itat­i­ba, Brazil 13255–846	Mon­tene­gro  RS 124, esquina com via 2Mon­tene­groBrazil
Paulinia  Fazen­da São Fran­cis­cos/n° CP 921,Paulinia, Sao Paulo13140–000 Brazil

Cana­da

Cal­gary 633 6th Avenue, SW, #400Cal­gary, ABT2P 2Y5 Cana­da	Edmon­ton 12621 156th St NWEdmon­ton, ABT5V 1E1 Cana­da
St-Romuald 675 Per­reaultSt-Romuald, QuébecG6W 7Z9 Cana­da	Stur­geon 305 Park RdFort Saskatchewan, ABCana­da

Colom­bia

Cali Calle 154  #1–25Cali, Yum­boColom­bia

Mex­i­co

Mex­i­co  Aveni­da Juarez No. 40 Int.206 Col. ExHa­cien­da San­ta Mon­i­ca EDM 54050, Mex­i­co

Unit­ed States

Alaba­ma

Demopo­lis, AL 1700 Lock & Dam RoadDemopo­lis, AL36732 USA

Arkansas

Batesville, AR 2120 N. St Louis StBatesville, AR 72501

Hope, AR 185 North Indus­tri­al Dri­veHope, AR71801 USA

Cal­i­for­nia

Chi­no, CA  4045 Cheyenne Court Chi­no, CA 91710 USA

Fre­mont, CA 41100 Boyce RoadFre­mont, CA94538 USA

Flori­da

Lake­land, FL 2525 South Combee RoadLake­land, FL33801 USA

New Smyr­na Beach, FL 703 South Street  New Smyr­na Beach, FL 32168–5867 USA

Geor­gia

Colum­bus, GA 6906 Dix­ie StreetColum­bus, GA31907 USA

Colum­bus, GA 1201 10th AvenueColum­bus, GA31901 USA

Illi­nois

Argo, IL 8600 West 71st StreetBed­ford Park, IL60501 USA	Ore­gon, IL 1449 Devil’s Back­bone RoadOre­gon, IL61061 USA
West­mont, IL 630 Oak­mont LaneWest­mont, IL60559 USA

Indi­ana

Gar­rett, IN  500 North Tay­lor Road Gar­rett, IN 46738–1846 USA

Ken­tucky

Louisville, KY 1800 Mei­dinger Tow­erLouisville,  KY 40216	Louisville, KY 6200 Camp­ground RoadLouisville, KY40216 USA
Louisville, KY(2) 6210 Camp­ground RoadLouisville, KY40216

Louisiana

Alexan­dria, LA  3901 Sug­ar House RoadAlexan­dria, LA71302 USA	Baton Rouge, LA  18167 East Petro­le­um Dri­veBaton Rouge, LA70809 USA
Geis­mar, LA 9288 Hwy. 75Geis­mar, LA70734 USA	Gon­za­les, LA  9288 Hwy. 75 Riv­er RoadGeis­mar, LA70734 USA
Nor­co, LA 16122 Riv­er RoadWest Site Admin Bldg.Nor­co, LA70079 USA

Mon­tana

Mis­soula, MT 3670 Grant Creek RoadMis­soula, MT59808 USA

New York

More­au, NY 64 Far­nan RoadSouth Glens Falls, NY12803 USA	Tar­ry­town, NY  769 Old Saw Mill Riv­er Road Tar­ry­town, NY 10591 USA
Water­ford, NY  260 Hud­son Riv­er Road Water­ford, NY 12188 USA

North Car­oli­na

Acme, NC  333 Neils Eddy RoadRiegel­wood, NC28456 USA	Char­lotte  1950 Con­ti­nen­tal Boule­vard Char­lotte, NC 28273 USA
Fayet­teville, NC 1411 Indus­tri­al Dri­veFayet­teville, NC28301 USA	High Point, NC 1717 Ward StreetHigh Point, NC27260 USA
Huntersville  9930 Kincey Avenue Huntersville, NC 28078–6468 USA	Lenoir, NC Miller Hill RoadLenoir, NC28645 USA
Mor­gan­ton, NC 114 Indus­tri­al Blvd.Mor­gan­ton, NC28655 USA	Reigel­wood, NC 333 Neils Eddy RoadReigel­wood, NC 28456

Ohio

Colum­bus, OH  180 East Broad  StreetColum­bus, OH43215 USA	Gahan­na, OH 630 Mor­ri­son Rd, Suite 300Gahan­na, OH43232 USA
Newark, OH  611 O’Neill Dri­ve SE Hebron, OH 43025–9680 USA	Rich­mond Heights, OH  24400 High­land Road Rich­mond Heights, OH 44143–2503 USA
Strongsville, OH  22557 West Lunn Road Strongsville, OH 44149–4871 USA	Tole­do, OH  4243 South AvenueTole­do, OH43615 USA
Willough­by, OH  4901 Camp­bell Road Willough­by, OH 44094–3366 USA

Okla­homa

Okla­homa City, OK 4601 S. MacArthurOkla­homa City, OK73179 USA

Ore­gon

LaGrande, OR 62575 Ore­gon Hwy 82Island City, OR97850 USA	Port­land, OR 10915 N. Lom­bardPort­land, OR97203 USA
Spring­field, OR 470 South Sec­ond StreetSpring­field, OR97477 USA	Spring­field, OR 610 South Sec­ond StreetSpring­field, OR97477 USA
Spring­field, OR(2) 155 West “A” A‑1Spring­field, OR 97477

Penn­syl­va­nia

Mount Jew­ett, PA 253 Bor­den Dri­veMount Jew­ett, PA16740 USA

South Car­oli­na

Roe­buck, SC 200 Rail­road StreetRoe­buck, SC29376 USA

Texas

Bay­town, TX 8450 West Bay RoadBay­town, TX77520 USA	Brady, TX 45 Acfrac Rd. & Old Mason RoadBrady, TX76825 USA
Cle­burne, TX 3202 Wind­mill RoadCle­burne, TX76033 USA	Deer Park, TX 5900 High­way 225Deer Park, TX77536 USA
Diboll, TX 100 W. Bor­den Dri­veDiboll, TX75941 USA	Hous­ton, TX 12650 Direc­tors Dr, Suite 100Stafford, TX77477 USA
Hous­ton, TX 15366 Park RowHous­ton, TX77084 USA	Longview, TX 10 Robert Wil­son RoadLongview, TX75602–4886 USA

Wash­ing­ton

Belle­vue, WA  520 112th Ave NE, Suite 220Belle­vue, WA98004 USA

West Vir­ginia

Sis­tersville, WV 3500 South State Route 2 Friend­ly, WV 26146–9750 USA

Wis­con­sin

She­boy­gan, WI  2522 South 24th StreetShe­boy­gan, WI53081 USA

 

Asia Pacif­ic

Aus­tralia

Brim­bank  Gate 3 – 765 Bal­larat Road Deer Park, VIC 3023 Aus­tralia	Bris­bane 194 Paringa RdGib­son Island, Murar­rie, QLD4172 Aus­tralia
Somers­by 3 War­ringah CloseSomers­by, NSW2250 Aus­tralia

Chi­na

Nan­tong Nan­tong Eco­nom­ic Tech Devel­op­ment ParkNan­tong, Chi­na

Shang­hai No. 227 Lib­ing Road Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong Shang­hai 201203 Chi­na

India

Ban­ga­lore  The Mil­lenia, Tow­er B, 4th Floor, Mur­phy Road, Ulsoor Ban­ga­lore – 560008 India

Japan

Kobe Kobe Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness Cen­ter, North5–5‑2 Mina­to­ji­ma Minami­machi,Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyo­go650‑0047	Kozu­ki Kozu­ki580–39 Aza Koseno-uchiKuza­ki-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyo­go679‑5641
Ohta  Ohta133, Nishi-shin­machiOhta, Gun­ma373‑8505 Japan	Tokyo Akasa­ka Park Build­ing5–2‑20, Akasa­kaMina­to-ku, Tokyo107‑6109Japan

Korea

Seoul Gu-Plaza Bldg, 8th Fl,63–14,  Sin­su DongSEOUL, 121–854, KOREA

Ulsan 580–3, Hwasan-ri, Onsan-eup, Ulju-gunUlsan,Korea

Malaysia

Sg. Petani Petani Sdn Bhd (370808‑K)C 22 Susur Lencon­gan Timur Kanan, Kawasan Perindus­tri­an Cen­dana Sun­gai Petani0800 Malaysia

New Zealand

Horn­by 135 ‑147 Water­loo Road – Horn­by Christchurch, Can­ter­bury 8042 New Zealand

Mountview 165 Totara Street Mt. Maun­ganui 3118 New Zealand

Sin­ga­pore

Sin­ga­pore 100 Beach Road#20–01/02 Shaw Tow­erSin­ga­pore 189702

Tai­wan

Taipei 11F‑1, No. 171 Sung Der RoadTaipei11085 Tai­wan

Thai­land

Bangkok 3195/6, Vibulthani Tow­er 11st Floor, Rama IV RoadKlong­ton, Klong­toeyBangkok10110 Thai­land	Ray­ong  1/2 M00 4 Asia Indus­tri­al Estate Ray­ong 21130 Thai­land
Samut­sako­rn 84/2 Moo 4, Tam­bol Bang­torad Rama II Road, km 41Samut­sako­rn7400 Thai­land

 

Europe, Mid­dle East and Africa

Bel­gium

Lou­vain Avenue Jean Mon­net 1Ottig­nies Lou­vain-la-Neuve,1348 Bel­gium

Zwi­jn­drecht  Haven 1053 Nieuwe Weg 1 2070 Zwi­jn­drecht Bel­gium

Czech Repub­lic

Par­du­bice Are­al Uma53354 Par­du­bice SemtínCzech Repub­lic	Prague  Luz­na 716/2 16000 Prague 6 Czech Repub­lic
Sokolov Tovární c.p. 209335601 SokolovCzech Repub­lic

Fin­land

Puhos Teol­lisu­ustie 20 BPuhos,FIN-82430 Fin­land

France

La Rochette  41 Rue Corot 77000 La Rochette France	Ribé­court 704, rue Pierre et Marie Curie60772 Ribé­courtFrance
Rouen  3 et 5 Rue Bar­bet76250 Déville-les-Rouen,France

Ger­many

Duis­burg Varzin­er Str. 4947138 Duis­burgGer­many	Frie­len­dorf Glock­en­rain 234621 Frie­len­dorfGer­many
Geesthacht  Bor­sigstraße 1–7 21502 Geesthacht Ger­many	Iser­lohn-Let­mathe Gen­naer Str. 2–458642 Iser­lohnGer­many
Leu­na Am Haupt­tor, Bau 610106237 Leu­naGer­many	Lev­erkusen  Chempark, Build­ing V 7 51368 Lev­erkusen Ger­many
Stuttgart Fritz Mueller Str. 114Esslin­gen am Neckar,D‑73730Ger­many	Wes­sel­ing, Ger­many Bruh­ler Strasse 1450389 Wes­sel­ingGer­many

Italy

Sant Albano Via Moroz­zo, 2712040 Sant Albano Stu­raItaly	Sol­bi­ate Olona Via Mazz­i­ni, 104I‑21058 Sol­bi­ate Olona, VAItaly
Ter­moli  Zona Indus­tri­ale, Calle Poste 79CP 79 86039 Ter­moli (CB) Italy

Nether­lands

Cham­ber of Com­merce Num­ber 2429476

Bergen op Zoom Plas­tic­slaan 1, 4612 PX Bergen op Zoom The Nether­lands	Moerdijk, Nether­lands Chemieweg 254782SJ Moerdijk,The Nether­lands
Per­nis Von­delin­gen­weg 601Har­bour no. 31903196 KK Hoogvli­et Rt, Per­nisThe Nether­lands	Rot­ter­dam Seat­tleweg 173195 ND Rot­ter­dam, Port­parkThe Nether­lands
Rot­ter­dam, Botlek Chemies­traat 303197 KB Rot­ter­dam, BotlekThe Nether­lands

Poland

Warza­wa  Odd­zial w Polsce ul. Smolen­skiego 4/10 01 – 698 Warza­wa Poland

Rus­sia

Moscow  Ulit­sa Smol­naya 24 D125445 MoscowRus­sia

South Africa

South Africa  10 Quark Cres­cent, Lin­bro Busi­ness Park, Sand­ton 2065 South Africa, Merid­i­an Com­mer­cial Tow­er South Africa

Spain

Asua Camino de San­groniz num 848150 Sondi­ka (Viz­caya)Spain	Bar­bas­tro Pol.  Indus­tri­al Valle del Cina22300 Bar­bas­tro (Huesca)Spain
Lan­tarón Pol. Ind. De Lantero cp 121301213 Lan­tarón (Ala­va)Spain

Turkey

Turkey Beykoz, Kavacik Mahalle­si Cavus­basi Cad­de­si Yayabey Sok­a­gi no. 12, c/o South­ern Chem­i­cals (Pty) Turkey

UK

Bar­ry Sul­ly Moors RoadSul­ly Penarth, South Glam­or­ganCF64 5YU Unit­ed King­dom	Chan­dlers Ford School LaneChan­dlers FordUnit­ed King­dom
Clay­ton Ash­ton New RoadClay­ton, Man­ches­terM11 4AT Unit­ed King­dom	Cowie Sta­tion RoadCowie, Stir­lingFK7 7BQ Unit­ed King­dom
Lostock  5, Cran­field Road, Lostock Indus­tri­al Estate, Lostock Bolton BL 64QD Unit­ed King­dom	Peter­lee North West Indus­tri­al EstatePeter­lee, Co. DurhamSR8 2HR Unit­ed King­dom
Stan­low, Unit­ed King­dom Stan­low Mfg Com­plexEllesmere PortCH65 4HB Unit­ed King­dom

Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates

Dubai

PO Box 17193Jebel AliDubai