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Denton Fracking Ban Protest { 9 images } Created 7 Jun 2015

On Sunday May 31 in Denton a rally was held in front of city hall in support of the fracking ban. One Monday, June 1, citizens blocked the entrance of a fracking site and were arrested, and on June 3 citizens turned out in force to a city council meeting to stop the council from repealing the fracking ban. This set has photos from all events. Please note if you would like to purchase prints or license any of the images on this site please contact Julie Dermansky at jsdart@mac.com. Cutting/copying/pasting images for media/web sites/blog use without permission constitutes copyright theft.

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Adam Briggle Tara Linn Hunter and Niki Chochrek, members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group in front of a Vantage Energy fracksite. . Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Adam Briggle, president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Sergeant Jenkins thanks Adam Briggle for his service to the community before arresting him and two other members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, Tara Linn Hunter and Niki Chochrek for criminal trespass. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Tara Linn Hunter, vice-president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Tara Linn Hunter, vice-president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Tara Linn Hunter, vice-president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Niki Chochrek arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site along with other members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Tara Linn Hunter, vice-president of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group, arrested for trespassing at a Vantage frack site. Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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$June 1, 2015, Denton, Texas, Denton police car next to a Vantage frack site as protests begin near by . Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began on June 1 despite a fracking ban the citizens of Denton voted for seven months ago. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation, HB 40, that prohibits cities and towns in Texas from banning fracking$

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