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==Allegedly illegal pipeline installation==
In 2008, hearings were held after Encana allegedly installed a pipeline across a Canadian ecological reserve without a permit.<ref>TMCnet.com [http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/09/19/3659866.htm Preliminary hearing for oil giant EnCana on environmental charge set for April], published article, September 19, 2009</ref>
==Citizen action==
===Citizens march to deliver signatures opposing fracking operation===
In June 2012 a group of mothers and children living in Colorado marched into [[EnCana Corporation]] headquarters in Denver to deliver a petition signed by 21,000 people demanding the company pull the plug on its project near the town of Erie, Colorado. Encana is preparing to drill a well in Canyon Creek, where a prairie rife with birds and a wetland alive with waterfowl separate it from hundreds of houses in the nearby Creekside neighborhood. An elementary school is located a few hundreds yards south of the drilling site, which is at a legal distance.
Industry representatives dismissed the petition. A large rally was planned for June 9, 2012 to try to draw more attention to the drilling noise and pollution that burden affected citizens.<ref>[http://www.realaspen.com/article/1164/Fracking-under-way-near-Colorado-schools "Fracking under way near Colorado schools"] Troy Hooper, The Colorado Independent, June 5, 2012.</ref>
==Public relations efforts==
