Artists Against Fracking: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Organisation of artists protesting against a method natural gas extraction}}

'''Artists Against Fracking''' is an association of artists started by [[Yoko Ono]] and her son, [[Sean Lennon]], also including [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Robert de Niro]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Lady Gaga]]<ref name="huffpost">{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yoko-ono-jimmy-fallon-sean-lennon-frack-mother_n_1680464 | title=Yoko Ono's Anti-Fracking Coalition Includes Lady Gaga And...Paul McCartney? | newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=29 October 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2020 | author=ALEX KATZ}}</ref> and [[Deepak Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|author=George Lerner|accessdate=2019-11-15|title=New York anti-fracking group draws celebrity support|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/29/us/new-york-fracking-artists-protest/index.html|website=CNN|date=30 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Adam|last1=Gabbatt|accessdate=2019-11-15|title=Yoko Ono and Susan Sarandon star in new anti-fracking music video|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/mar/11/yoko-ono-susan-sarandon-anti-fracking-video|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 March 2013|issn=0261-3077|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Patrick|last1=Flanary|accessdate=2019-11-15|title=Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Unite Artists Against Fracking in New York|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-unite-artists-against-fracking-in-new-york-189850/|date=29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Mandy |last1=Adwell |date=2012-10-11 |accessdate=2012-10-11|title=Gaga Promotes Yoko Ono's Anti-Fracking Org To 80M Fans In Social Media|url= http://www.the9billion.com/2012/10/11/gaga-promotes-yoko-ono-anti-fracking-org/|website=The 9 Billion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529135630/http://www.the9billion.com/2012/10/11/gaga-promotes-yoko-ono-anti-fracking-org/ |archive-date= May 29, 2015 }}</ref>

As of August 2012, 180 artists were part of the group, which opposes [[natural gas]] [[gas drilling|drilling]] in the [[Marcellus shale]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news | url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-organize-artists-against-fracking/ | title=Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Organize Artists Against Fracking | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=29 August 2012 | accessdate=17 May 2016 | author=Mireya Navarro}}</ref>

In March 2013, the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York filed a complaint with the [[New York Lobbying Board]] claiming the group had violated [[lobbying]] regulations,<ref name="fox">{{cite web | url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/30/ny-lobby-board-asked-to-investigate-yoko-ono-other-artists-against-fracking/ | title=NY lobby board asked to investigate Yoko Ono, other Artists Against Fracking | work=[[Fox News]] | date=March 30, 2013 | accessdate=18 May 2016 | agency=Associated Press}}</ref> following an [[Associated Press]] news story suggesting that they should formally register as a lobbying group and had not done so.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/mar/18/ny-celebrity-anti-frackers-not-registered-as-lobby/ | title=NY celebrity anti-frackers not registered as lobby | first=MICHAEL | last=GORMLEY | agency=[[Associated Press]] | work=[[The Washington Times]] | date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> [[Hydraulic fracking]] is prohibited in New York state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/news/international/new-york-erlaesst-fracking-verbot|title=New York erlässt Fracking-Verbot|date=18 December 2014|location=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (in German)|access-date=16 December 2016}}</ref>