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Coalition letter to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University

Cornell alum Michelle Bamberger has written a Coalition letter to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University, Peter Meinig. She writes, “This might really help get the word out, and would help make more people aware of the drilling issues we face in our part of the state.” Read her letter, and sign on in solidarity!
Letter to Peter Meinig
How to sign on to Meinig letter

SUNDAY: Water Roulette on the Commons

The Sir Gas Circus
Invites you to a Public Game of
WATER ROULETTE

Prizes include:
Flammable water! – Radiation!
Plasticized water! – Asthma! – Cancer!

Come try your luck in a community game of high risk fracking fun for all

VOTE for local media makers, Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective

Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective has entered Free Range Studio’s Youtopia contest to get help making an online movie about the environmental impact(s) of natural gas exploration and exploitation.

Click here to vote for them now!

Read on for more info, and detailed instructions for voting.
Continue reading VOTE for local media makers, Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective

Cornell Faculty Debate Gas Drilling

Read Elizabeth Manapsal’s Faculty Debate Gas Drilling (Cornell Sun) for a glimpse into the responses to natural gas drilling coming from Cornell University.

Citizen's Rally Against Hydro Fracking

Come make yourself heard at the Citizen’s Rally Against Hydro Fracking, on the Commons in Ithaca, NY. RSVP and invite others on Facebook. And please spread the word – tell your friends! Be sure to bring creative signs and posters to hold for the cameras…

Afterward, follow the crowd to the State Theatre for the Public Hearing on the dSGEIS. Need help coming up with comments on this 800-page regulatory document? Look no farther than our new Take Action page!

Tabling on Thursday – any volunteers?

Is anyone interested in tabling for Shaleshock this Thursday between 5 and 8:30 pm on the Commons? This is the last evening of music on the Commons so there should be a good crowd. Eric Banford and Laurie Roe are looking for help with this, volunteers could do just half-hour or hour shifts! Please email Laurie at roelaur@gmail.com if you are interested. Thank you.

Help us table at the Ithaca Farmer's Market

Shaleshock members Laurie and Ryan are going to try for a booth at the Farmer’s Market in Ithaca this Sunday. We have impressive photos and schematics as well as a lot of pamphlets and other literature to hand out. Laurie will be calling the Market early in the morning on Sunday to see if there is an empty booth we could use from 10am to 2pm.

Laurie is wondering if anyone else would like to do some tabling; we could do two shifts of two hours, if two more people wanted to help. If you are interested, please email your phone number to roelaur at gmail dot com so Laurie can reach you on Sunday morning. This is an important way to help spread the word about natural gas drilling in our community – please help if you can!