March in Annapolis to Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac!

Maryland has until March to issue a decision about TransCanada’s application to build a fracked gas pipeline under the Potomac River. That’s less than two months away, yet the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is giving no signs that they are conducting a full review of the proposed pipeline’s impact on our water quality according to the Clean Water Act. So, we are bringing our fight to Annapolis to tell Governor Hogan to DO HIS JOB and protect Marylanders, and our regional neighbors, from the harmful effects this pipeline would have on the Potomac River and the drinking water for millions.

Come to Annapolis the evening of February 15th to join concerned citizens of Maryland, Washington, DC, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as we raise our voices in a rally on Lawyer’s Mall (in front of the State House), and then march to encircle the Governor’s Mansion!

Will you join us in telling Gov. Hogan to keep his “fracking” promise?

Here are the details:
Who: You and concerned residents of MD, DC, WV, PA and VA
What: Rally at Lawyer’s Mall and then March to Gov. Hogan’s Mansion, where we will join hands and encircle his home to make sure he hears our voices!
Where: Meet at Lawyer’s Mall, State Circle – Annapolis MD
When: Thursday, February 15th from 6:00 – 7:30pm

RSVP to the Rally here!

Get On the Bus!! We will have a bus picking up and dropping off people at 3 locations. Price: Free! Limited Seating – Sign up for a Bus here

La Vale, MD
Hagerstown, MD
Martinsburg, WV

TransCanada wants to build a pipeline to carry fracked gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia, right through Maryland, tunneling under the C&O Canal and the Potomac River. Residents of WV, MD, VA and DC have been raising our concerns about the dangers of this pipeline for almost a year now! We spent a summer hosting encampments along the C&O Canal. Over 350 of us joined hands across a bridge over the Potomac in October connecting Maryland to West Virginia. Over 300 citizens came to the MDE public hearing in December to express their opposition to the pipeline, while 100 came to the WV Dept of Environment hearing in January. And on January 22 we rallied outside the MDE hearing in Hancock, MD to boycott their process because they are ignoring our request to conduct an individual 401 water certification, which would most certainly deny this pipeline!

Now, We March to STOP this Pipeline!

We need all of you to encircle the Governor’s Mansion and tell Hogan: NO POTOMAC PIPELINE! Since he has not answered our 1,300 letters, emails, or phone calls – we’re taking our message to his doorstep!

Maryland made history by banning fracking within our borders last year. But our state is not safe from the dangers of fracking in neighboring states. Let’s tell Governor Hogan to finish the job of protecting Maryland from fracking by protecting Maryland from fracked gas infrastructure.

Come to Annapolis to tell Gov. Hogan: No Fracked Gas Pipelines!

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P.S. With support from hundreds of our members, we were able to help build a powerful grassroots movement to ban fracking in Maryland. Please consider making a generous donation to help us in this next fight to keep fossil fuel infrastructure from causing irreversible harm to our water supplies!