Forging a ‘Different Path,’ Communities Take Fracking Fight to the Ballot
by Andrea Germanos Environmental groups and concerned community members have taken to the streets in their fight to stop fracking—an extraction process they say threatens environmental and public health. But the issue has made its way to the ballot as well; in communities in California, Ohio and Texas, voters have a chance to enact fracking bans on November 4. “People are waking up to the risks,” Susie Beiersdorfer, a member of the bill of rights committee in Youngstown, Ohio