Source: www.alternet.org --- Tuesday, November 03, 2015
As Andrew Luck's Colts and Cam Newton's Panthers tore up the rain-soaked turf, two daredevils unfurled a banner protesting BofA's investment in fracking. As many as 74,000 NFL fans at last night's Colts v. Panthers game in Charlotte, North Carolina, witnessed two people rappel from the upper deck of Bank of America Stadium in the pouring rain. The "fracktivists" — who were later arrested — suspended themselves in front of the press box and unfurled a banner from the railing above which read, “BoA: Dump Dominion, WeAreCovePoint.org .” The stunt was broadcast live on ESPN's Monday Night Football, which had an audience of more than 12 million last week. Rappelling, anti-fracking protesters disrupt 'Monday Night Football' game https://t.co/L4t9uFr6Lt #MNF http://pic.twitter.com/5re9KLzUGF — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 3, 2015 Carried out during one of the biggest match-ups of the season between the Carolina Panthers and the Indianapolis Colts, the banner drop was designed to shame stadium sponsor Bank of America for its financial backing of a gas liquefaction project on the Chesapeake Bay. photo: We Are Cove Point Dominion Cove Point, now under construction, is poised to become one of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the United States to export natural gas. It is so far the only terminal geographically situated to export gas produced by the expanding hydraulic fracking industry of the Marcellus Shale. RELATED: How Dick Ch ...
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