COLORADO: Energy Transfer Partners Corporate Tactics to Silence TRUTH
This egregious tactic deserves to stand alone since it threatens us all. By now, the adverse consequences of FRACKING are known. An affluent community didn't want FRACKING next to their school, so Energy Transfer Partners chose another site in a poor community - environmental racism. To silence protesters, municipal assistance was required and SLAPP suits were filed. Energy Transfer Partners has a poor environmental record elsewhere, ignoring safety and failing to take actions to protect the environment. There is nothing to indicate Energy Transfer Partners will be responsible environmental stewards. Silencing protesters violates the First Amendment: The amendment as adopted in 1791 reads as follows: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government f...