Protest in Rochester, NY: Cuomo's Visit

New Yorkers Against Fracking
February 20, 2013
Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY



 

Forty protesters rallied against fracking outside of Gov. Cuomo's presentation Feb. 20th in the snow.

Barbara Boyce of Churchville explained: “The controversy is huge, the environmental impacts are real, there is a risk to our water supply … we want [Governor Cuomo] to know that he has huge support to move to green renewable energy.”

 

Not one well!  Not one well!  Ban fracking in New York State!

Yoko Ono and Artists Against Fracking

Artists Against Fracking is a coalition dedicated to banning hydraulic fracking everywhere. Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon took a tour of Northeast PA in January. This is their story and their plea.

Don't frack New York State!

Imagine there's no fracking...

Filming by Josh Fox

Voices Against Fracking in NY

Susan Sarandon, Arun Gandhi, Yoko Ono, and Sean Lennon speak to reporters about their deep concern about hydrofracking in New York State and the world. (January 2013)

Pete Seeger: Dear Governor Cuomo

Folk music legend Pete Seeger is trying to form an unlikely musical alliance with Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "Dear Mr. Governor, I've got a song half written," Seeger, a longtime Fishkill resident, scrawled on a piece of blank sheet music paper, proposing the two make some sweet music together with a new song about banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a nonprofit group founded by Seeger in 1966, tweeted a photo of the note on Friday, the final day in the public comment period on fracking. Cuomo is weighing whether to allow shale gas drilling using high-volume fracking in the state, as state regulators near completion of a 4-and-a-half-year environmental review. Seeger is an outspoken fracking opponent. The note was not the long-time environmentalist's only attempt at making his stance known to the governor. He performed at an anti-fracking rally before the State of the State address in Albany on Wednesday. No word yet on whether Cuomo - or his speechwriters - are planning to help Seeger with his writer's block.

Thank you, Yoko

 

 

 

Yoko Ono was one of many today who delivered more than 200,000 comments to the NY DEC about fracking and other concerns about the whole drilling process.  The day before, upwards of 2,000 gathered at the NY Capitol Building in Albany, the same day as Governor Cuomo's State of the State Address.  He never mentioned fracking.  The crowd which filled the entire concourse chanted for hours.  Ban fracking now!  Hey, hey, Cuomo!  Gas drilling has got to go!  It was a wonderful day of action.  Pete Seeger, Debra Winger, Sandra Steingraber, and other notables were there, too!

A Report on Horizontal Gas Drilling in NY State

HUDSON VALLEY, NY (WAMC) - December 3, 2009
A coalition of environmental groups today have delivered a letter to the governor demanding that New York scrap what they call inadequate new environmental safeguards for horizontal gas drilling while the state faces pressure to find new sources of revenue. Hudson Valley bureau chief Susan Barnett reports. © Copyright 2009, WAMC

Listen to this report here.

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