Presentation by Ben Price on the purpose and creation of a Rights Based Ban that addresses environmental concerns – at the Youngstown (Ohio) City Council Public Utilities Committee Informational Meeting.

The Youngstown City Council’s Public Utilities Committee (PUC) held an informational meeting with Ben Price on July 22, 2012. Ben presented on the purpose and creation of a Rights Based Ban that addresses environmental concerns by banning fracking within the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Ben answered questions from the PUC members and members of the audience beginning in Part Two at the 17″ point.  The meeting was adjourned at the 28″ point in Part Four. The final 8″ of Part Four are silent, with a slideshow of images about the damage already done to this local area by fracking.

“You don’t really have a fracking problem here, you have a democracy problem,” was the message Ben Price shared. Six of the seven members of the Youngstown City Council were also present at the meeting.

Ben Price’s presentation and Q&A can be heard here in four audio files:

• Part One (30″)
• Part Two (30″)
• Part Three (30″)
• Part Four (36″)