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By laurieroe, on November 29th, 2009%
Given the very significant interest in the Marcellus Shale drilling, I’m pleased to inform you that the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, the Paleontological Research Institution, the Cornell Water Resources Institute and Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a panel discussion on
“The Marcellus Shale: Energy, Environment and the Public Interest”
to be held in Uris Hall Auditorium from 4:45 to 6:45 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
This forum is intended to inform the Cornell faculty on the broad range of energy and environmental issues that underlie the current controversy regarding extraction of shale gas from the Marcellus Formation in southern N.Y. and northern Pennsylvania. Cornell experts in geology, energy, groundwater, and public policy will be present to help answer questions regarding the potential risks and benefits associated with this national energy resource.
By arimoore, on November 11th, 2009%
Given the threats to our communities from major corporations anxious to extract gas which is tightly-embedded in the Marcellus Shale, learning how we can take back of our communities and safeguard our water and other precious resources is more important than ever. Democracy School teaches us skills and principles that help us protect and restore the rights of local communities to “the commons,” essentials for life which extend beyond private property: clean water, clean air, a safe and healthy ecosystem, and a viable economy for ALL people (not just for the far-away executives of multinational corporations).
Democracy School for the Southern Tier presents:
The Daniel Pennock DEMOCRACY SCHOOL
Friday evening November 13th & All day Saturday November 14th
at the Spencer Municipal Building, Main Street, Spencer, NY
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By arimoore, on October 30th, 2009%
The Ruckus Society (www.ruckus.org) – one of America’s most respected organizations for the development of grassroots activism – is coming to lead a weekend workshop for folks involved with natural gas issues in Central New York. This workshop will provide us with training in media outreach; coalition building; direct action tactics; and community organizing.
Application Deadline: November 16th, 2009
If you want to strengthen your media outreach and communication skills, create more effective strategies for presenting your concerns, learn tactics for direct action, and work on building coalitions – both with other activists and in your home community – then please join us! This is an amazing opportunity to hone the skills we need to protect our land, water, and rights.
Important information:
When: December 4, 5 & 6, 2009
Time: Friday Dec. 4th: 6pm-9pm. Saturday Dec. 5th: 9am-6pm. Sunday Dec. 6th: 10am-5pm with dinner afterward.
Where: McMillan Center, Enfield, NY (Tcat Bus Route 20, www.tcatbus.org)
Cost: FREE, but bring a bagged lunch on Sat. and Sun.!
Application Deadline: November 16th, 2009. RuckusApplication
Spaces available: Limited!
All participants must be committed to attending all three days of the workshop.
Childcare and housing assistance (for folks coming from far away) will be available. Contact us if you can help out with either!
If you are interested in participating, please email: ethan@destratify.com to get an application form – fill it out asap, and return it to ethan@destratify.com or mail to: Shaleshock, 115 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850. The application deadline is Nov. 16th, and all participants will be notified of their acceptance into the workshop by November 20th. If you have any further questions, please visit www.ruckus.org, or contact Claire at ruckusworkinggroup@gmail.com.
Click here for application RuckusApplication
By arimoore, on October 30th, 2009%
November 5, 2009, 7:00 p.m.at the Unitarian Church, 306 N. Aurora St. at Buffalo St. in Ithaca. Presentations on the dSGEIS will help citizens understand the proposed regulations governing gas drilling and how to make their opinions heard.
Speakers include:
- David Kay, of the Community and Rural Development Institute (CARDI) at Cornell, will describe the environmental review process (SEQRA) that required the DEC to issue the dSGEIS. He will also provide an overview of the 809 page document—what’s in it and where to find it.
- Ed Marx, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning and Public Works, will focus specifically on the section that describes mitigation measures that are proposed and how local governments may be affected.
- Helen Slottje, a local attorney with an expertise in environmental law and litigation, will address deficiencies in the document and the legal implications for citizens and local governments.
A short Q&A session will follow these presentations. The public is urged to attend this session to learn about the document, its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the November 19 public hearing to submit comments to the DEC.
By arimoore, on October 21st, 2009%
The Tompkins County Planning Department website has several Powerpoint presentations that are of interest in regards to Marcellus shale gas drilling. Check them out!
By arimoore, on October 12th, 2009%
Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition presents the local premier of the film, SPLIT ESTATE: What you don’t know about natural gas production can hurt you. Discussion to follow.
7pm Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Lost Dog Café Violet Room
222 Water Street, Binghamton, NY
It sounds like a nightmare from the Twilight Zone. Picture this. Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two hundred feet from your front door. Imagine having little recourse, other than accepting an unregulated industry in your backyard. Split Estate (2009, 76min) maps a tragedy in the making, as citizens in the path of a new drilling boom in the Rocky Mountain West struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.”
Ordinary homeowners and ranchers absorb the cost. Actually, we all pay the price in this devastating clash of interests that extends well beyond the Rockies. Aggressively seeking new leases in as many as 32 states, the industry is even making a bid to drill in the New York City watershed, which provides drinking water to millions, and throughout upstate New York and Pennsylvania. As public health concerns mount, Split Estate cracks the sugarcoating on an industry touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels, and poignantly drives home the need for real alternatives.
This series, which runs for five Tuesdays this fall, features films and discussions on how we can work together to create a more sustainable region. The next screenings in the series are on October 27, November 10 and December 8. This series is organized by Binghamton University Environmental Studies students of “Sustainability and Social Movements” in partnership with the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition.
For more information contact Gabriel Piser, Adjunct Lecturer, Environment Studies, Latin American Studies, Binghamton University, at gabrielpiser@gmail.com
Coordinating Committee: Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition. Press contact: flint@igc.org, 607-761-8337
By arimoore, on October 9th, 2009%
Gas Drilling: Legal Issues for Landowners (with or without a lease)
A free educational forum, open to all
With increased natural gas development in the Southern Tier will come new and complex legal issues that affect both landowners and communities. Please join us on Thursday, October 29, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm to hear presentations by legal experts, followed by an opportunity to ask questions.
The forum will be held at Cornell Vet School’s James Law Auditorium on Tower Road, just a block from Rt. 366.
Topics will include
- lease terms and considerations
- “force majeure” lease extensions
- intricacies of lease extension/expiration
- compulsory integration (the legal extraction of gas from under unleased lands)
- liability issues
- protection of rights and property
All are encouraged to attend this unique event sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) South Central NY Agricultural Team, together with Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition, Community Science Institute, Finger Lakes Bioneers, Interfaith Action for Healing Earth, NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sustainable Tompkins, and Tompkins County Farm Bureau.
For more information, please contact Schuyler CCE at 607-535-7161, or Tompkins CCE at 272-2292, or by email at: cab377@cornell.edu. More details will soon be posted to the CCE Natural Gas Development Resource Center website: http://gasleasing.cce.cornell.edu/ .
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