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Voices from Gasland: Rally/Music & Speak Out for a moratorium on hydro-fracking

Josh Fox, Mark Ruffalo, and members of congress will be speaking at this event, featuring music by Sim Redmond and more:

AUGUST 12, 2010, 12-6pm
rallies: 12-3pm & 5-6pm/tabling/music/speakers: 3-5pm

Binghamton University Campus
Courtyard North of Bartle Library Tower
4400 Vestal Pkwy, Vestal, NY 13850

Hear from the people who’s lives have been devastated by the toxic aftermath of gas drilling and those concerned about public health and our precious water sources.

Make your voices heard for a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and a repeal of industry exemptions to The Safe Drinking Water Act and other environmental protections.

Make your voices heard for a rejection of dirty, dead-end fossil fuels and a shift to truly clean renewable energy resources.

Safeguard our future and the lives of generations to come…because You can’t drink natural gas!

Speakers include:
Josh Fox; Mark Ruffalo; Congressmen Hinchey & Acuri; Sandra Steingraber; Martha Robertson; Oren Lyons, Onandaga Faithkeeper and more….

Bands include:
Sim Redmond; Sophistafunks; Driftwood; Tim Herron Corporation; Dutch Bucket System; Yolk, the String Band; Tioga County Heymakers; Monkeys Typing; Lutheran Skirts; the Love Volcanoes; Tyson Alston; Mathis Kamin & Friends and other guests…

For RT busing from NYC, volunteer opportunities or housing sign up here: tinyurl.com/Aug12Buses

To monitor EPA hearing in the Anderson Center register
here: http://hfmeeting.cadmusweb.com/RegistrationForm.aspx

Binghamton University map & parking here:
http://www2.binghamton.edu/parking-services/pdfs/parkservmap.pdf

Please bring food, water for the day, and umbrella/hat for rain/sun. Wear aqua colored T-shirts with suggested slogans:
NOT ANOTHER GULF – REGS NOT RIGS – OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE I LOVE NY WATER – OUR WATER, OUR FOOD – OUR WATER, OUR HEALTH

Sponsored by: Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Frack Action, Catskill Mountainkeeper, NYRAD, GDACC, NYSESS, Binghamton University Food Co-op, SUNY CHOW, SUNY VINES, Student Action Collective, BU Philosophy Club