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Getting Your Voice Heard in the Natural Gas Debate: with a Focus on the New York State Regulatory Process

By shirari, on May 29th, 2009%

Wilma Subra is Coming to Ithaca!! Presented by Catskill Mountainkeeper. As the search for natural gas in the Catskill region progresses and new regulations are looming, Catskill Mountainkeeper announces the next forum on gas drilling. 

The event will be held on June 23rd at the Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY (map). Wilma Subra, a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award for her work as a community organizer, will be the keynote speaker at the event. Dan Lamb, District Representative for Congressman Hinchey, and Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will also be in attendance.

As space is limited, we are suggesting people pre-register for this FREE event at ?845-482-5400 or info@catskillmountainkeeper.org.

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People In Ithaca Worried About The Health Effects of Natural Gas Drilling

By shirari, on March 28th, 2009%

People In Ithaca Worried About The Health Effects of Natural Gas Drilling (WENY-TV News):

Former New York City Commissioner of Enviromental Protection, Al Appleton says natural gas companies are haph-hazardly drilling in the Marcellus Shale. He says the low-budget treatment N.Y. is getting is very bad. He says gas companies aren’t adopting 21st century sustainability practices. The get-in, get-out approach is dangerous for local waterways, land, and the people who live on it… Appleton says he wants to see gas companies be held accountable. This means complying with local zoning, developing non-polluting fracking materials, and treating land-owners with respect.

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Landowners discuss drilling concerns at Ithaca High School forum

By shirari, on March 28th, 2009%

Landowners discuss drilling concerns (News 10 Now):

“A lot of people have signed because they were really misinformed about the noise and how deep the drilling is and what they’re going to do with all the water. So I’m really concerned about it,” said Marina Gershon.

“The problem of the 21st century is to make the environmental and the economy work together, not the way we are currently debating this, which is how much environmental damage can we accept for the sake of natural gas drilling,” said Al Appleton, an environmental consultant.

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Open, Educational Form on Natural Gas Drilling, March 26th in Ithaca

By shirari, on March 18th, 2009%

Download, print and distribute the flyer!

Announcing an open, educational forum on
Natural Gas Drilling:
Health Effects, Economics and the Watershed

THURSDAY, MARCH 26
7:00 – 9:15 pm
Ithaca High School Cafeteria
1401 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca
Light refreshments and seating begin at 6:30

Keynote Speaker:
Albert F. Appleton, former NY City Commissioner of Environmental Protection

Al Appleton is an international consultant on water resource management, the environmental management of watershed and rural landscapes, and the economics of sustainable development. Mr. Appleton also teaches research seminars on sustainability at Cooper Union and Hunter College City University graduate program. As NY City Commissioner of Environmental Protection in the 1990s, he designed and initiated the world renowned Catskill watershed protection program.

Presentations also by Barbara Arrindell and Joe Levine of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability

Sponsored by: Social Ventures, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga, CRESP Center for Transformative Action, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell, Shaleshock Citizens Coalition, Ithaca Health Alliance, Back to Democracy.

For more information, call 202-368-8753.
Please share this announcement with others.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Download hand-outs from the event:
What’s in that fracking ?uid?
What is different about drilling in the Marcellus?
Protect NY’s Resources from the New Gas Rush
What Local Governments Can Do To Minimize
the Negative Impacts of Gas Drilling
What You Can Do

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