Dear Friends,
In response to the New York
Times Article from 6/13: Cuomo
Proposal Would Restrict Gas Drilling to a Struggling Area Here are 4 things you can
do:
1. Read the attached
press release
by the Northeast Organic Farming Association
that will raise an alarm for everyone.
3. Call Governor Cuomo Tuesday, June 26th
and demand that he ban fracking in New York
State: 1-866-
584-6799!
The New York State Legislature
is almost certainly going to end their session this week without protecting New
Yorkers from fracking, particularly
residents of the Southern Tier. Now it’s up to the Governor.
The New York
Times article states that gas permits may begin being issued later
this summer primarily in Broome, Tioga,
Chenango, Chemung and Steuben Counties. In press
interviews over the last couple of days the Governor has tried to backpedal,
claiming that no decisions have been made, but he has not committed to
protecting New Yorkers from fracking. He has not even publically admitted that
the SGEIS is still lacking the necessary health and environmental
studies.
YET: "More than seven out of 10 New York state voters (72 percent)
think that Governor Cuomo should "wait for all the necessary health and
environmental studies to be completed first before opening the state to
fracking," according to a major new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey."
from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/poll-vast-majority-of-new-yorkers-want-cuomo-to-wait-for-more-research-before-opening-empire-state-to-fracking-2012-06-21
In just two days New Yorkers
Against Fracking generated thousands of calls, faxes, Facebook posts
and tweets to Governor Cuomo to ban fracking. Hundreds of us attended rallies across the
state, including one just outside of the Governor’s office in the Capital.
But this has not been enough. We need to work harder to
make our voices heard!
Please, join us Tuesday, June 26th for a call-in day to Governor Cuomo
to demand environmental justice for the Southern
Tier - and the rest of New York:
1-866-584-6799.
Tell him:
No to a fractured New York !
No to sacrifice zones! We are
one New York
!
Families in the Southern Tier deserve
good health and clean water too!
4. Forward and post these requests far
and wide!!
Thank
you!
Anna
Anna Sears and Nedra Harvey
R-CAUSE (Rochesterians Concerned
About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction)
http://www.r-cause.net/
http://www.r-cause.net/
LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO STOP BIG GAS IN NEW YORK STATE!
1 comment:
From the Barnett Shale I cheer you on and say keep up the good fight! Our family, our land, and our eco-system is worth fighting to protect. We must stop the build out now in NY, PA, TX, and across our nation before it's too late. Know that you are not alone in this battle.
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