A natural gas protest in Bessemer, Pennsylvania, on Saturday proved to be a big bust, as a group called the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective, assembled a handful of protestors in the service of fighting oppression or something used Shell’s operations there as a target of opportunity.

Last week, Dan Alfaro of EID Ohio, says, "my colleagues here at EID Marcellus contacted me with a tip about a protest that was planned for Saturday at a Shell development site in Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. I was close enough to attend and offered to cover it for them, expecting to grab some pictures and video of a large event.

Based on what I read on the Facebook page and website of a group called the Shadbush Environmental Justice Collective it sure sounded like it might be big. The appeal that went out to activists was “Put the Spotlight on Shell–Stop Fracking in Bessemer, PA, Defend the Henry Farm!” Heck, I expect to meet mobs with pitchforks!

What took place was, in the words of Seinfeld, a “show about nothing.” The event was a complete bust and what ever balloon our activist friends hoped to launch with this little show burst wide open in Bessemer."

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