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'''Artists Against Fracking''' is an association of artists initiated by [[Yoko Ono]] and her son, [[Sean Lennon]], also including [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Robert de Niro]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Deepak Chopra]]. |
'''Artists Against Fracking''' is an association of artists initiated by [[Yoko Ono]] and her son, [[Sean Lennon]], also including [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Robert de Niro]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Deepak Chopra]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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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 web | url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-organize-artists-against-fracking/?_r=1 | title=Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Organize Artists Against Fracking | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=29 August 2012 | accessdate=17 May 2016 | author=Mireya Navarro}}</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 web | url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-organize-artists-against-fracking/?_r=1 | title=Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Organize Artists Against Fracking | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=29 August 2012 | accessdate=17 May 2016 | author=Mireya Navarro}}</ref> |
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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 | author=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>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/artists-against-fracking-lobbying_n_2899917.html artists-against-fracking-lobbying] 2013/03/18 [[TheHuffingtonPost.com]], Inc. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216151651/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/artists-against-fracking-lobbying_n_2899917.html |date=February 16, 2015 }} |
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 | author=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>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/artists-against-fracking-lobbying_n_2899917.html artists-against-fracking-lobbying] 2013/03/18 [[TheHuffingtonPost.com]], Inc. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216151651/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/artists-against-fracking-lobbying_n_2899917.html |date=February 16, 2015 }}</ref> As of late 2014, [[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> |
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Artists Against Fracking is an association of artists initiated by Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, also including Mark Ruffalo, Robert de Niro, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, and Deepak Chopra.
As of August 2012, 180 artists were part of the group, which opposes natural gas drilling in the Marcellus shale.[1]
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,[2] following an Associated Press news story suggesting that they should formally register as a lobbying group and had not done so.[3] As of late 2014, hydraulic fracking is prohibited in New York state.[4]
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