Post by Kelley Groome on Feb 1, 2013 14:16:46 GMT -5
Many people can only see the $$ signs but as a parent of a neurologically damaged child (Autism) I cannot stand the thought of Fracking in NY. It is TOXIC and harmful in so many ways to human health.
IT'S NOT WORTH IT!
It's BANNED in other countries for a reason!
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Franklin Register FOILS DEC Revealing Suspicion that DEC Destroyed Documents to Keep Them From the Public
In 1994, IOGCC and the US EPA did a review of New York's oil and gas regulatory program, which the DEC did no follow up on. In 1997 they held hearings and allowed public comments to draft new regulations, but those regs have never been made public. The DEC claims they were accidentally destroyed.
US DOT Draft Report: Leak Detection Study for Hazardous Liquids and Natural Gas Pipelines
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Fracking Know-How: Risks and Risk Allocation in High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas
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Jan 23, 2013 Ingraffea/Engelder debate--Englender slides. Audio separately posted.
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Congressional Letter to Secretary Chu, DOE Regarding LNG Exports/ NERA Study
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Jessica Ernst, The Consequences of Fracking
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Don't Frack New York's Farms!
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Jill Wiener of Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy at Albany press conference to deliver to both Governor Cuomo and the NYS DEC our 204,000 public comments. 1/11/2013
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Rally to Stop Fracking in NY - Governor Cuomo's - State of the State 2013
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Rev. Billy at Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State 1/9/2013 Fuller Script
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Sandra Steingraber of NYAF at Albany press conference to deliver to both Governor Cuomo and the NYS DEC our 204,000 public comments. 1/11/2013
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Sean Lennon of Artists Against Fracking at Albany press conference to deliver to both Governor Cuomo and the NYS DEC our 204,000 public comments. 1/11/2013
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Yoko Ono of Artists Against Fracking at Albany press conference to deliver to both Governor Cuomo and the NYS DEC our 204,000 public comments. 1/11/2013
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Zack Malitz of Credo Action at Albany press conference to deliver to both Governor Cuomo and the NYS DEC our 204,000 public comments. 1/11/2013
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White Paper: Utilization of Mine Influenced Water for Natural Gas Extraction Activities
The Department of Environmental Protection has developed a White Paper outlining how the department can promote the voluntary use of mine-influenced water by the oil and gas industry. The White Paper also establishes a process for DEP to review and evaluate proposals to use mine-influenced water for natural gas extraction activities. Posted on this website Jan 11, 2013
Rally in Albany 9th Jan 2013 for Cuomo's SOS
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Field Surveillance and Operations Branch Provincial Summary 2010
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Economic Impact of Shale Gas Drilling
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Can New York Learn from Texas?. Economist Jannette BarthÃs latest analysis of the economic impact of shale gas plays.
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Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy is an all volunteer grassroots organization working to prohibit dangerous hydraulic fracturing (fracking) since 2008.
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bit.ly/107Zcek FRACK AMERICA, SHIP GAS OVERSEAS?
Another Critical Deadline Looming
While those of us who live in New York were scrambling to meet the state’s deadline for commenting on proposed fracking regulations, another deadline is fast approaching – one that could affect every American, no matter where they live. January 24th is the last day to submit comments on a deeply flawed economic study that the Obama Administration will use to decide whether or not to permit gas corporations to export liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The consequences of this decision could have a major impact - if the gas industry can’t export gas overseas, it will, at least in the short term, have to scale back fracking because it’s already producing more shale gas than the U.S. market can readily absorb. On the other hand, if the industry is allowed to ship shale gas to countries where natural gas is four or five times more expensive than it is here at home, then the financial incentive to frack every square of inch America will be tremendous. Unfortunately it appears that the Obama Administration isn’t even considering the environmental and health impacts of fracking as it formulates export policy.
Tell the U.S. Department of Energy to reject the flawed economic study.
Tell the Obama Administration it must not permit fracked gas to be sold to foreign countries.
CATSKILL CITIZENS REACHES OUT
TO RESIDENTS OF “TARGET” COUNTIES
Governor Cuomo hasn’t leveled with New Yorkers, so no one can predict exactly when or where high-volume hydraulic fracturing may be introduced in the state. One thing is already clear: politically powerful constituencies like New York City will be given a measure of protection that won’t be extended to rural communities. Last summer the Cuomo administration leaked a plan to let the gas industry “frack” five Southern Tier counties while temporarily keeping other areas of the state off-limits. Now those five counties - Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga - are in the industry’s crosshairs.
Next week Catskill Citizens will begin mailing an informational brochure to over 190,000 households in these five target counties. It poses the question “Are you ready to be part of Governor Cuomo’s experiment?” The brochure describes industry exemptions from key environmental laws that can lead to drinking water contamination, and points out that individual property rights are no match for powerful gas drilling corporations.
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GOVERNOR CUOMO,
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?
On Friday, January 11th, we sent Governor Cuomo an unmistakable message:
We will not be fracked!
Our message was delivered in the form of over 200,000 comments and letters sharply critical of the state’s proposed fracking regulations. Cuomo’s regs are a disgrace. They read as though they were written by industry lobbyists, and maybe they were. Important scientific research was utterly ignored. Instead, the state’s Division of Mineral Resources offered up baseless statements and assumptions pulled from a hole as deep as a Marcellus well - exactly what you’d expect when environmental policy is put in the hands of an avowed climate change denier.
The overwhelming public response to Cuomo’s ill-conceived attempt to permit fracking was a collaborative effort on the part of thousands of individuals and dozens of organizations including Artists Against Fracking, and Grassroots Environmental Education. Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy is pleased to be submitting almost 24,000 letters from its members – not bad for an organization that doesn’t have a single paid staff member, or even an office.
Heartfelt thanks to all who made this effort such a resounding success.
Tell Governor Cuomo "Don’t Frack New York!"
What you can do to prevent fracking.
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The Governor may ignore our letters, phone calls, emails and faxes, so let's try another approach: let's friend him on Facebook - and turn his homepage into one of the biggest online anti-fracking sites in the country!
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