Fracking contaminates water, pollutes air and destroys habitats. | Hashem Al-Ghaili

Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to the wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A spokesman for the environmental group Stop Fracking Around says two activists splashed maple syrup on Carr’s painting “Stumps and Sky,” which is on display at the gallery. Read more at the link in our bio. #CHEKNews #Vancouver Don Marshall, speaking for the environmental group, says the protest act

The gas industry is sucking the life out of our land—literally. By drilling into coal seams, they pump out massive volumes of groundwater, draining the same aquifers our farmers rely on to grow food and raising salty, toxic water to the surface that contaminates soil, rivers, and bores. While farmers are left watching their clean supply disappear, gas companies treat water as just another waste product—walking away with billions in profit while leaving communities and the environment to pay the