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Dan Nisbit’s CD Corp. Sand Fracking Facility near the Mississippi River
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Police arrested 35 people for trespassing Monday during a protest of frack sand mining in Winona.
Officers arrested 19 people at the city’s commercial dock after protesters were asked multiple times to leave the private property. Police then responded to a sand processing plant on Winona’s west end, where another 16 people were arrested, the Winona Daily News reported. Winona Catholic Workers organized the protest. Protesters say their goal was to halt business operations at each site.
“I think people see that the issue of silica sand is something affecting the entire region,” protester Molly Greening said. “They’ve come to stand in solidarity with this issue.”
Dan Nisbit, owner of CD Corp., which leases the commercial dock, says the protest created a distraction for workers and temporarily slowed operations at the facility.
“Obstructing business isn’t the right way to go about things,” Nisbit said.
Frack sand is used by oil and gas drilling companies. Opponents of frack sand mining have raised environmental concerns.
Monday’s protest was part of an annual celebration of the regional Catholic Worker community. Volunteers from Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states in the Midwest traveled to Winona to participate.
“As Catholic Workers living with the poor and marginalize, we come to this land to prevent the desecration of this land and the health of this community,” they wrote in a statement Sunday evening. “We declare Monday to be a moratorium of business as usual at the sites of production of silica sand to eliminate a necessary component of fracking.”
Catholic Workers and others in the Winona area have protested the industry for more than a year. They have blocked a rail loading terminal, demonstrated at the steps of the Winona City Hall prior to a city council meeting on frack sand regulations, and held other rallies.
During one rally at city hall in May 2012, a protester was cited for littering after he threw a handful of frack sand on the front steps.
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Information from: Winona Daily News
Article Source: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/04/29/regional/frac-sand-protests
Note: Dan Nisbit stated that “Obstructing business isn’t the right way to go about things,” yet he continues to ruin the environment and the safety of animals and humans including his own workers?! Hypocrite!!
Let Dan Nisbit know what you think of him and his environmentally destructive and human Silicosis and cancer-causing business:
CD Corp. of Winona – Address: 978 Riverview Dr. Winona, MN 55987. Telephone: (507) 454-5421. Fax: (507) 454-6230. EMAIL Dan Nisbit: DNisbit@rconnect.com
