Public Education Forum Exploring Impacts of Gas Drilling with High
Volume Hydrofracturing
December 8 (6:30 pm) at the Trumansburg High School
In a continuing effort to assess presumed consequences of “fracking,” local residents, politicians and environmental groups will stage a free Public Educational Forum entitled, “Impacts of Gas Drilling with High Volume Hydrofracturing” on Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m. at Trumansburg High School (off route 96).
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The Forum will feature a faculty addressing diverse aspects of this complex problem:
- Louis Allstadt—Former Executive Vice President at
Mobil Oil Corp. - Don Barber—Caroline Town Supervisor, Chairman of
the Tompkins County Council of Governments, local businessman and
owner of a dairy farm. - Julie & Craig Sautner—Dimock, PA, residents
who have experienced first-hand water well contamination secondary
to the industrialized hydrofracking process. - Helen Slottje, Esq.—Senior Attorney, Community
Environmental Defense Council (CEDC) Ithaca, NY. - Sandra Steingraber, PhD —A local resident and
internationally renowned biologist and prize-winning author whose
major interest is the effects of environmental toxins on human
health.
The forum will be moderated by Mary June King, a Trumansburg native and community pillar long involved in secondary school education. A Q&A session will follow the panelists’ presentations.
Sponsored by Ulysses Gas Drilling Advisory Board, Coalition to Protect New York,
and Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes
To whom it may concern,
I am a town of Gorham,Ontario county ,N.Y. resident. I recently attended a town meeting concerning a moratorium on hydrofracking. Sounded good at first until I heard first hand (from the supervisor)that the town is very much in favor of hyrdrofracking. That hydrofracking is safe and that hydrofracking is not about revenue.
I am so passionate about trying to save our blessing
called the Finger Lakes. Apparently the farmers etc. have already been approached with monetary offers for drilling rights. It appears that most of what I have learned is that ‘they’ were offered sustantial money and the reassurance that hydrofracking is safe.
Please , I ask, is there anyone or resources available to come to our town to give ‘the other side of the coin’?
I do not have words to describe my disbelief and sadness witnessing this potenially life-threatening situation unfolding ,rapidly, before my eyes.
I have talked to numerous residents of my town and have found most know little if anything about hydrofracking. Many have never even heard the term.
Again would someone please help our residents to become aware of this matter before it is too late ?
That is ,if it is not too late already.
Respectfully,
Daniel T. Bradley
Daniel T. Bradley
4709 Dewey Ave.
Stanley, New York 14561
Daniel,
Thanks for writing. I’m glad you’re getting informed and feeling passionate. Keep checking this site for updates. We’ll be announcing soon the upcoming Gas Activist Consulta which is happening in PA in a couple weeks. There’s lots of other events as well to be on the lookout for. We have a lot of resources available in the Ithaca area. If you’re in the area, contact shaleshockoutreach@gmail.com to make a time to meet up at the shsh office.
It’s never too late.