Florida rallies to ban fracking on Tuesday in Ft. Myers & December in Tampa

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Sign at anti-fracking press conference. By Seán Kinane / WMNF News (Feb. 2016)

Will 2018 be the year a statewide ban on fracking finally passes the Florida Legislature? That’s the hope of environmentalists rallying Tuesday afternoon in Ft. Myers. WMNF News interviewed one organizer, Michelle Allen with Food and Water Watch.

There will also be a ban fracking rally in Tampa in December.

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