be the change you want to see in the
world that may sound like a bumper
sticker or a facebook bio but when will
you actually take these words to heart
my parents would always tell me that
quote from Gandhi they taught me to
stand up for what is right and for what
I believe in but most parents tell their
kids to do the right thing that’s been
explained to us throughout all of our
lives but there comes a time when just
believing is not enough to stand up and
share your ideas of the world so for me
activism has been part of my life ever
since I was little an activism requires
much more than a bumper sticker it
requires perseverance and confidence
because people are know what I was going
to language you have to say but who
cares say it anyway now I myself am NOT
a very outgoing person but when I feel
very strongly about something I want to
do whatever it takes to have my voice
heard and I think anyone can do it I’m
relatively new to protesting and have
only recently begun attending organized
marches and other events largely related
to the environment I recently attended a
protest against a CPV power plant in
upstate New York close to where I live
the competitive power ventures plane
would use fracas brought across almost
eight miles of local farmland and the
electricity produced would not benefit
local residents and would be instead
sold on the wholesale market misses
studies also show that there is no
supply need in her area last June when I
accompanied protect Orange County and a
march against New York Governor Cuomo’s
office in Albany we demanded hello
construction of all pipelines plants and
refineries in New York State so being in
the state building last summer was a bit
overwhelming it was my first protest and
the place looked like Hogwarts
the group was relatively small but a
moment was James Cromwell and he was one
of the waywe on the six but they were
like our superheroes they were the most
active and most passionate about our
fight they’d also each been arrested at
least twice so one more reason to be
overwhelmed we stood for almost two
hours on the stairwell just listening to
speaker after speaker let their voice
reverberate off of the old architecture
yelling and rallying that the change
needed to be made
eventually we’re stopped by Cuomo’s
assistant but hopefully we succeeded to
some level I feel very strongly about
trying to educate people about fragment
because I don’t feel like it gets enough
attention in the media or conversation
the main problem is that people think
it’s so far away concerned that they
don’t have to worry about it but that’s
just it so think of the rumor PO
mountains we’re all close proximity to
them some may even have visited them now
think of a chemical processing station
may not look like much now go back to
the room foam mountains but this time
picture that compound their congruence
is seen doesn’t it well it’s actually
they’re not this exact one but an
interconnecting checkpoint for the
Millennium natural gas pipeline is
positioned at the heart of the Ramapo
Mountains so for those who don’t know
pipelines are miles and miles in length
that transport frag natural gas or crude
oil across a large region of land and
fracking is short for hydraulic
fracturing the process of injecting
chemicals at a high pressure into
subterranean rocks so as to force open
existing fissures and extract oil and
gas use for energy the u.s. actually has
the largest network of pipelines is
almost over 2.4 million miles of pipe
now I want to make it very clear that is
not the oil or gas that’s hurting the
environment is the chemicals is what is
really detrimental to it so pipelines
are not the safest way to transport oil
or gas but neither are bomb trains and
bomb trains or train cars that carry the
product
to refineries to be shipped out
unfortunately boiler gas is very
flammable in one spark could set up a
chain explosion these are very common
but pipelines are no better than Bob
trains because they still hold the same
risk of exploding or leaking like last
May Spectre energy pipeline crossing
through Pennsylvania exploded entirely
too close to a major highway there were
no casualties but many other accidents
have happened since then so the Franklin
business is not always truthful they
suppress the scientific evidence
speaking out against what they are doing
and they lie to the surrounding
population for instance they are not
specifying the exact name or make up for
these harmful chemicals or that they use
them at all but contrary protect Orange
County has footage to infrared lenses
that chemical waste is released into the
air after sunset making them invisible
to the naked eye most common health
effects this has on the surrounding
population are frequent bloody noses or
stilted hormone growth and young adults
or children but the fracking business
prevents that from being put out there
because that would put their business
and their profits to blame but oil and
gas are non-renewable energy sources
what the earth has it has and that’s it
also it creates lots of jobs for the
construction of the pipeline or plant so
chore lived recently two executive
orders are signed allowing both the
Dakota access pipeline and the Keystone
pipeline to proceed with construction
still Dakota access would cross the
sacred native land in North Dakota and
it completely omitted the existence of
the Standing Rock reservation which
directly violates the u.s. environmental
justice policies but the standing world
protests are peaceful and nonviolent so
though the local police used tear gas
and rubber bullets on the reservationist
maybe it hopes it will drive away the
protestors have been hashtag standing
the Standing Rock since 2014 including
notable divergent actress
shailene woodley who was arrested this
past October for trespassing on private
property
and she is currently under federal
investigation local officials also
charged award-winning documentary
filmmaker – schlossberg with three
felonies for filming an act of civil
disobedience in which climate is
manually turned off the safety valves on
pipelines spending you as a
she has sentenced for up to 45 years in
federal prison
so the question we to be asking
ourselves is is it really worth it all
of the illnesses corruption
environmental problems in some cases
violence if we really now benefit anyone
in the long run it will put money in the
pockets of a select few for now but in
the end we will be facing any enormous
environmental crisis so stand up for
what you believe in whether it be
political religious environmental or
other have your voice heard don’t just
sit back and expect a change to happen
the activist life has made me a stronger
person emotionally it has taught me to
be steadfast in my beliefs and no matter
if people throw things at you or if they
just yell state send yourself like a
tree and say no you move
world that may sound like a bumper
sticker or a facebook bio but when will
you actually take these words to heart
my parents would always tell me that
quote from Gandhi they taught me to
stand up for what is right and for what
I believe in but most parents tell their
kids to do the right thing that’s been
explained to us throughout all of our
lives but there comes a time when just
believing is not enough to stand up and
share your ideas of the world so for me
activism has been part of my life ever
since I was little an activism requires
much more than a bumper sticker it
requires perseverance and confidence
because people are know what I was going
to language you have to say but who
cares say it anyway now I myself am NOT
a very outgoing person but when I feel
very strongly about something I want to
do whatever it takes to have my voice
heard and I think anyone can do it I’m
relatively new to protesting and have
only recently begun attending organized
marches and other events largely related
to the environment I recently attended a
protest against a CPV power plant in
upstate New York close to where I live
the competitive power ventures plane
would use fracas brought across almost
eight miles of local farmland and the
electricity produced would not benefit
local residents and would be instead
sold on the wholesale market misses
studies also show that there is no
supply need in her area last June when I
accompanied protect Orange County and a
march against New York Governor Cuomo’s
office in Albany we demanded hello
construction of all pipelines plants and
refineries in New York State so being in
the state building last summer was a bit
overwhelming it was my first protest and
the place looked like Hogwarts
the group was relatively small but a
moment was James Cromwell and he was one
of the waywe on the six but they were
like our superheroes they were the most
active and most passionate about our
fight they’d also each been arrested at
least twice so one more reason to be
overwhelmed we stood for almost two
hours on the stairwell just listening to
speaker after speaker let their voice
reverberate off of the old architecture
yelling and rallying that the change
needed to be made
eventually we’re stopped by Cuomo’s
assistant but hopefully we succeeded to
some level I feel very strongly about
trying to educate people about fragment
because I don’t feel like it gets enough
attention in the media or conversation
the main problem is that people think
it’s so far away concerned that they
don’t have to worry about it but that’s
just it so think of the rumor PO
mountains we’re all close proximity to
them some may even have visited them now
think of a chemical processing station
may not look like much now go back to
the room foam mountains but this time
picture that compound their congruence
is seen doesn’t it well it’s actually
they’re not this exact one but an
interconnecting checkpoint for the
Millennium natural gas pipeline is
positioned at the heart of the Ramapo
Mountains so for those who don’t know
pipelines are miles and miles in length
that transport frag natural gas or crude
oil across a large region of land and
fracking is short for hydraulic
fracturing the process of injecting
chemicals at a high pressure into
subterranean rocks so as to force open
existing fissures and extract oil and
gas use for energy the u.s. actually has
the largest network of pipelines is
almost over 2.4 million miles of pipe
now I want to make it very clear that is
not the oil or gas that’s hurting the
environment is the chemicals is what is
really detrimental to it so pipelines
are not the safest way to transport oil
or gas but neither are bomb trains and
bomb trains or train cars that carry the
product
to refineries to be shipped out
unfortunately boiler gas is very
flammable in one spark could set up a
chain explosion these are very common
but pipelines are no better than Bob
trains because they still hold the same
risk of exploding or leaking like last
May Spectre energy pipeline crossing
through Pennsylvania exploded entirely
too close to a major highway there were
no casualties but many other accidents
have happened since then so the Franklin
business is not always truthful they
suppress the scientific evidence
speaking out against what they are doing
and they lie to the surrounding
population for instance they are not
specifying the exact name or make up for
these harmful chemicals or that they use
them at all but contrary protect Orange
County has footage to infrared lenses
that chemical waste is released into the
air after sunset making them invisible
to the naked eye most common health
effects this has on the surrounding
population are frequent bloody noses or
stilted hormone growth and young adults
or children but the fracking business
prevents that from being put out there
because that would put their business
and their profits to blame but oil and
gas are non-renewable energy sources
what the earth has it has and that’s it
also it creates lots of jobs for the
construction of the pipeline or plant so
chore lived recently two executive
orders are signed allowing both the
Dakota access pipeline and the Keystone
pipeline to proceed with construction
still Dakota access would cross the
sacred native land in North Dakota and
it completely omitted the existence of
the Standing Rock reservation which
directly violates the u.s. environmental
justice policies but the standing world
protests are peaceful and nonviolent so
though the local police used tear gas
and rubber bullets on the reservationist
maybe it hopes it will drive away the
protestors have been hashtag standing
the Standing Rock since 2014 including
notable divergent actress
shailene woodley who was arrested this
past October for trespassing on private
property
and she is currently under federal
investigation local officials also
charged award-winning documentary
filmmaker – schlossberg with three
felonies for filming an act of civil
disobedience in which climate is
manually turned off the safety valves on
pipelines spending you as a
she has sentenced for up to 45 years in
federal prison
so the question we to be asking
ourselves is is it really worth it all
of the illnesses corruption
environmental problems in some cases
violence if we really now benefit anyone
in the long run it will put money in the
pockets of a select few for now but in
the end we will be facing any enormous
environmental crisis so stand up for
what you believe in whether it be
political religious environmental or
other have your voice heard don’t just
sit back and expect a change to happen
the activist life has made me a stronger
person emotionally it has taught me to
be steadfast in my beliefs and no matter
if people throw things at you or if they
just yell state send yourself like a
tree and say no you move
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