Will Gov. Cuomo Frack New York State? We Can Help Stop Him!

Here's what we can do to try to stop this ghastly plan that Cuomo has come up with:

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.

2. Watch: THE SKY IS PINK: Josh Fox's 18 minute short created for Governor Cuomo and released by Rolling Stone Magazine,

and read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/new-anti-fracking-film-by-gaslands-josh-fox-targets-cuomo-governor-what-color-will-the-sky-be-over-new-york-20120620

3. Call Governor Cuomo Tuesday, June 26^th 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 26^th 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/

LET'S DO ALL WE CAN TO STOP BIG GAS IN NEW YORK STATE!



The Sky Is Pink: Josh Fox's New Movie For NY

Dear Friends,

I know I don’t have to tell any of you what a vulnerable moment this is for New York and all New Yorkers. The New York Times has reported that Governor Andrew Cuomo will soon announce that drilling will be permitted in parts of the following five New York Counties: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga in the Southern Tier. The Governor’s office has made no official announcement as yet, but all indications suggest that the counties listed above will be the first to be sacrificed and that drilling may be permitted as early as this summer. We’ve made a new short film, The Sky is Pink, which has just been released at Rolling Stone Magazine online. The Sky Is Pink details the shocking campaign of misinformation perpetuated by the gas industry, their flagrant disregard for the health and safety of the communities they ravage, and the historic decision that Governor Cuomo is about to make. We’re telling Governor Cuomo that there are no expendable counties or communities in New York State and that we are not willing to allow the gas industry to exploit or endanger any of our fellow citizens. Governor Cuomo and his administration must be held to their promise to make decisions on behalf of New Yorkers based on sound science and they must provide the people of New York with a full Health Impact Assessment. We demand that no weak compromises or deals are cut that send New York down the slippery slope toward a full-scale assault by the gas industry. I’m asking you to help us make sure this film reaches far and wide. Clearly the 60,000 comments received by New York’s Department of Environmental Protection have been ignored. Clearly, we’re going to need to be even louder this time if we are going to be heard. We need to tell Governor that hydraulic fracturing is not safe, not now, not ever and not in New York State.

Read Jeff Goodell's article at Rolling Stone Magazine here: You`can also watch the full film here:
 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/new-anti-fracking-film-by-gaslands-josh-fox-targets-cuomo-governor-what-color-will-the-sky-be-over-new-york-20120620

 Please, send it to everyone you know. Post it everywhere you can.

Love, Josh

Southern Tier (NY) Guinea Pig

Governor Cuomo, do not frack New York State! No experimentation on human beings!

Exposing the Oil and Gas Industry: Ponzi Scheme?

Food and Water Watch has created a new video exposing the oil and gas industry for its misleading claims and calling on Governor Cuomo to ban fracking in New York.

Click here to find out more.