James Northrup – Hydrofracking, Faults & Aquifer Pollution from Sustainable Otsego on Vimeo.
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Thursday, August 19, 2009. Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo visits Ithaca on a campaign stop. Hundreds rally outside and pack the auditorium of the Women?s Community Building, many concerned over hydro-fracking. No questions were taken on the inside. Here are what some would say to Andrew Cuomo if given a chance. * Ken Zeserson, Chair, Town of Ulysess Planning Board * Don Barber, Supervisor, Town of Caroline, and Chair, Tompkins County Council of Govenments * Jonathan Culler, 33-year resident of Ithaca * Judy Pierpont * Susan Titus, Artist and Gallery Owner, Ithacak * Roger Hecht, Town of Danby * Catherine Wagner * Bill Sonnenstuhl * Janet Wagner * Greg Wooster, Ithaca * Jean Weiss
Speaking from the lobby of the Senate Chamber, Seeger sang about fracking to a packed room: Ruffalo, a Sullivan County resident who recently appeared in the film “The Kids Are Alright”, held up a jar of water from a Pennsylvania town where hydraulic fracturing has contaminated the water supply. He warned that New Yorkers could suffer the same fate unless the state legislature takes action in the coming days. Mark Ruffalo speaks out on fracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_XkaUxF_Xs Other speakers decried what they called a lack of leadership from officials in both parties. Ulster county legislator Susan Zimet Wayne Bayer, of the Department of Environmental Conservation staff union (PEF/ENCON. Div 169, NYS Public Employees Federation AFL-CIO), described the DEC’s inability to enforce existing regulations given the shortage of staff at the agency. Tompkins County Executive Martha Robertson, Clearwater President Allan Shope, and Roger Downs of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, and Julia Walsh of Frack Action also spoke at the event. Full press conference video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_J4sq6z4d4 When ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Turns To ‘Spill, Baby, Spill…’ Updated With Video! »-
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Press conference, Town of Dryden municipal offices, with Rep. Mike Arcuri, NY-24. WASHINGTON, DC ?U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) successfully offered an amendment stripping the sweetheart deal given to big oil and gas in the 2005 Energy Bill during the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s consideration of the Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010 (H.R. 5629) this afternoon. The amendment, authored by Arcuri, would help protect surface water from drilling site runoff contamination by removing the special exemption from the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) stormwater permit requirements through the Clean Water Act when constructing drilling sites. The Arcuri amendment passed with strong bipartisan support by a voice vote.
Filmmaker Josh Fox (“Gasland”) speaks in Ithaca 06/12/2010 from Ben B on Vimeo. Josh Fox, Pennsylvania resident and maker of the film Gasland, speaks against hyrdraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) and tells the story behind his new film on the Ithaca Commons on Saturday, June 12, 2010. Any ads which may appear on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of Mr. Fox. |
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Folk music icon Pete Seeger and actor Mark Ruffalo joined elected officials and environmental advocates in Albany on Tuesday to warn that a new method of gas extraction is destructive, unpredictable, and a threat to public health.
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