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Friday, April 22, 2016
Contact: Roger Downs (518) 426-9144 roger.downs@sierraclub.org
(Albany, NY) On Friday April 22, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied the 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Constitution Pipeline, permanently blocking this 124-mile pipeline from construction. The pipeline was to connect the fracking fields of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania with planned natural gas export infrastructure beginning in Schoharie, NY. As proposed, the Constitution Pipeline would have carved a 125-foot wide scar along the western slope of the Catskills, plowing through 277 stream crossings, clear-cutting more than 700,000 trees and destroying more than 90 acres of wetlands. From the beginning of the permitting process DEC officials warned pipeline developers and federal regulators that the Constitution Pipeline, as planned, could severely harm New York's water resources without major changes. Those warnings were ignored.
In response to today’s announcement Roger Downs, Conservation Director for the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter issued the following statement:
"Governor Cuomo's rejection of the Constitution Pipeline represents a turning of the tide, where states across the nation that have been pressured into accepting harmful gas infrastructure projects by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may now feel emboldened to push back. Cuomo’s leadership could inspire a domino effect of related pipeline rejections as other states begin to put the protection of water and our climate before flawed energy projects that do not serve the public interest."
"The denial of Constitution’s 401 water quality certification was based upon the imperative to protect New York's water resources from wanton pipeline destruction. But the pipeline also represented a tremendous threat to New York's climate change goals and approval of Constitution would have made it difficult to deny other equally bad projects in the queue. We applaud this historic decision by Governor Cuomo, acting DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and the women and men within the Department of Environmental Conservation that upheld the integrity of the Clean Water Act through their diligent review.”
"This is also a tremendous victory for the thousands of citizen activists and impacted landowners who through four years of sacrifice and grassroots organizing created the political space for this decision to be made. If ever there was an antidote to the broken FERC approval process it is relentless citizen participation and collaboration that holds decision makers accountable. "Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-23476542033826694822015-07-10T20:28:00.000-07:002015-07-11T09:35:33.407-07:00IT'S OFFICIAL. FRACKING BANNED IN NEW YORK<!DOCTYPE html>
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<h2>It's official. Fracking banned in New York</h2>
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<p><em><strong>Breaking news! </strong></em><span>The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has completed all the review steps, and high-volume hydraulic fracturing is now banned in New York State. The ban was made official with today's release of the state's Final Findings Statement (FFS).</span></p><table style="width: 450px; height: 344px;">
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<td>Hardly anyone believed that such an amazing victory over the titanic fossil fuel industry was possible. The prevailing wisdom: there is too much money in the state's Marcellus shale to achieve an outright ban.<br><br>We proved them wrong. New Yorkers like you kept ramping up the pressure, sending message after message to the Governor and other decision-makers, making phone calls, and showing up for rally after rally. <br><br><strong>You and your friends and neighbors made all the difference, proving that when people come together, we can do the impossible: put people and nature before profits.<br><br></strong>This is a great day for New York State, and for the movement to fight all kinds of extreme fossil fuel extraction and combat climate change. Please join us in thanking Governor Cuomo and DEC Comissioner Joseph Martens for doing the right thing to protect New York's people and natural resources. The ban truly gives new meaning to the "I Love New York" slogan. You can call the Governor to leave a message of thanks at <a target="_blank">518-474-8390</a>.<br><br>On behalf of the Catskill Mountainkeeper staff and board, I thank you for your terrific activism and support. I look forward to continuing to work together to protect our wildlands, our farmlands, and the health of our people.<br><br>Warm regards,<br><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEi_ew5EX2f6nbJyYiU55f_D7sWKQlUBdtUCjTuHnJ0AetU3eh4p-27nB7nv-7J5Rq_BFIQSdyQ2Kdu-B9CxyHeIxc_1ccCCa1qx_JNOnxHdpHMriOT4j6s-MOGgduggVJcoqBXmBL6KhFkSFOq1kFq9_6XR9FLIJZNq-39TkFpYDJoRrpY_qBtCwUGKu9x6kouW7YGcQjJfRnsppR-r78_qTFJ-2pT_yXaJxE2qmunkDwWl5H1jMKpSDAyngAilH77MJSCILm8=s0-d-e1-ft" alt="Ramsay"><br>Ramsay Adams<br>President, Catskill Mountainkeeper<br><br><em>P.S. You can help build on the momentum of this incredible victory by making a <a title="link to donation page" href="http://catskillmountainkeeper.nationbuilder.com/donations?e=77628e7abccc2e5badd88e12847730f7cab8b9da&utm_source=catskillmountainkeeper&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=frakvic_6_27_15&n=2" target="_blank">tax-deductible gift</a>to help us keep fighting and winning.</em>
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Bob Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043699358104976170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-42709785537526747622015-03-04T10:15:00.001-08:002015-03-04T10:15:04.103-08:00Cooperstown Passes Resolution Regarding Climate Change<b>Resolution of the Board of Trustees
Of the Village of Cooperstown
Regarding Climate Change
March 3, 2015</b>
Whereas an overwhelming majority of credentialed scientists, in the United States and abroad, support the findings that climate change is happening and that human activities are a key contributor to it;
Whereas the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the U. K. Royal Society have stated, “It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-level rise, a strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related changes;
Whereas the 2014 National Climate Assessment, reviewed extensively by the National Academy of Sciences and a Federal Advisory Committee, states that in the Northeast “Heat waves, coastal flooding, and river flooding will pose a growing challenge to the region’s environmental, social, and economic systems… [which] will increase the vulnerability of the region’s residents, especially its most disadvantaged populations;
Whereas the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review of the U.S. Department of Defense states that the effects of climate change are “threat multipliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, and social tensions – conditions that can enable terrorist activity and other forms of violence;
Whereas the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change has reported “Impacts from recent climate-related extremes, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability … and “All aspects of food security are potentially affected by climate change, including food access, utilization, and price stability;
Whereas New York State “Executive Order No. 24 set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New York State by 80 percent below the levels emitted in 1990 by the year 2050;
Whereas the Union of Concerned Scientists has called “for government and corporate decision makers to reduce the threat of global warming by:
• Expanding the use of renewable energy and transforming our energy system to one that is cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil fuels.
• Increasing vehicle fuel efficiency and supporting other solutions that reduce U. S. oil use.
• Placing limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit.
• Building a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy technologies, industries, and approaches;
Whereas if left unaddressed, the consequences of climate change will adversely impact all Americans, hitting the most vulnerable populations--children, the elderly, the sick and the poor—hardest, and saddling future generations with the costly burden of a damaged planet; and
Whereas most faith traditions recognize a moral obligation to care for the most vulnerable peoples and to be responsible stewards of the Earth;
Whereas global warming and resultant climate instability are broadly considered issues requiring correct and sustained actions by nations, states, and communities;
Whereas local, state and federal governments are incurring increasing costs to repair damage from severe climatic events, and these costs are only expected to increase and will ultimately be borne by taxpayers;
Whereas addressing climate change through increased energy efficiency measures and increased development of renewable energy sources could provide benefits in terms of employment and sustainable economic activity;
Whereas the Village of Cooperstown and its surrounding region have experienced multiple 100 and 500 year storms in the past 10 years;
Whereas the Village of Cooperstown and the surrounding area rely largely on tourism, agriculture and health care to support a sustainable environment and economy which would be negatively affected to an increasing degree by unmitigated climate change, but could benefit from positive actions to address climate change; now therefore be it
Resolved, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown:
1) urges the County of Otsego, the State of New York, and the Congress and President of the United States of America to take prompt and effective measures to rapidly address climate change by promoting and encouraging a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and their associated infrastructure, improvement in the efficiency of energy systems, and the development and installation of renewable energy systems; and
2) stands ready to work with any level of government to achieve these goals, that will in the process create safe, sustainable jobs and provide real, clean energy solutions for generations to come.Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-41991079911882362062015-02-10T06:57:00.001-08:002015-02-10T06:57:35.108-08:00GASLAND'S JOSH FOX AND ZEPHYR TEACHOUT IN ONEONTA FEBRUARY 21SOLUTIONS GRASROOTS TOUR: A SOLAR HOME COMPANION
We’re excited to announce that Josh Fox will be hitting the road with Zephyr Teachout for The Solutions Grassroots Tour: "A Solar Home Companion"
February 21st at 1pm in Oneonta at the Hartwick College
February 21st at 7pm in Oneonta at the Foothills Performing Art Center
February 28th at 11am in Cortland at SUNY Cortland
March 7th at 11am in Chatham at Real Food Market Co-op
March 8th at 3pm in Plattsburgh at SUNY Plattsburgh
March 10th at 6 pm in New Paltz at SUNY New Paltz
More NY and PA dates coming soon!
We've worked hard to create relationships with the best renewable energy companies in NY and PA and we are bringing renewable energy solutions to you, town by town on an individual, community and town-wide basis. Come and join the discussion and learn with us.
Josh Fox, Zephyr Teachout and an array of renewable energy experts will be visiting towns across New York and PA. They'll start off the conversation with some of our organizing history, and a bit of music, and will even show you sneak peaks of Josh's new film on climate change before anyone else in the world. But we will begin the conversation of how we can get our country off of fossil fuels and onto the wind and sun. It starts with you, as it always has. Please join us.
As a community we’ll sit down and figure out how we can build energy that’s not only healthier for our towns and planet, but energy that’s democratic and will benefit all people.
Together, as a community, we can overcome anything. We can build something better. In the room, that day we will offer you the ability to switch to a renewable energy provider, put solar on the roof of your house, or just organize for better renewable energy laws. It’s a conversation that is both literally and figuratively electric.
Bring your friends. Bring your family. And most importantly- Bring your electricity bill. Let's start this new day together. Let's all remember where we were when we finally began to get off fossil fuels, that is the only real ban, that is the only real way we have a future.
RSVP for A Solar Home Companion today!
Don’t worry if we’re not coming to your neck of the woods just yet. We want every community we've toured to with GASLAND and GASLAND PART II to go renewable.
Sign up at www.SolutionsGrassroots.com to get updates on Josh’s future tours.
See you on the road!
Lee Ziesche, Grassroots Coordinator
Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-7537949658955550132015-01-29T05:33:00.002-08:002015-01-29T05:33:29.570-08:00STOP THE PIPELINE to Hold Comment Writing Event at Green Earth Feb 7 and 21Stop the Pipeline to Hold Comment Writing Events at Green Earth
Help Convince the DEC (Department of Environmental Conservation) to Deny Water and Air Quality Permits to the Constitution Pipeline
Members of Stop the Pipeline (STP) will hold two comment writing events on Saturday, February 7th and Saturday, February 21st, from 2:00-6:00 PM at The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. These are part of the campaign to convince the DEC to deny water and air quality permits for the Constitution Pipeline. Constitution received conditional approval from the federal government but can't be built without permits from NY State.
Pipeline construction endangers long-term water and air quality, creates a threat to headwaters and related stream systems, and compromises spawning and viability of important fish species. With Constitution, wholesale tree stripping, especially on hillsides, will lead to increased flooding in an area recently devastated by more frequently occurring 100-year inundations. Landowners, many facing eminent domain proceedings, will lose property value and access, and the quality of life they have established through years of hard work. The Constitution with its associated compressor stations, and a second pipeline project proposed by Kinder Morgan, are a threat to our health, environment, land values, and way of life.
Join your neighbors in telling the DEC to do what is environmentally and ethically correct – deny Constitution Pipeline the 401 water quality certificate and air quality permit. With the help of STP volunteers, create personalized letters from sample comment letters and Talking Points. Bring a laptop if you have one, or just bring your pen. For more information, see http://dec.stopthepipeline.org/write-to-nys-dec/
Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-57437533291208144132015-01-06T07:38:00.001-08:002015-01-06T07:38:32.370-08:00Fracking Ban Rally and Celebration in Albany Rescheduled for January 21<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">
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<b style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;">Due to the passing of former Governor Mario Cuomo, the State of the State Address has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, January 21st. We lend our condolences to the Cuomo family. We are also writing to inform you that our rally and celebration has been re-scheduled for the 21st as well. See original e-mail with new date below. Thank you!<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /></b></div>
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Fellow New Yorker Against Fracking, <br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" />For many years, we were told fracking in New York was inevitable. That no one stops the oil and gas industry and that ultimately Governor Cuomo would cave. For many years, we said that a statewide ban was possible. That the power of the people could triumph over toxic fracking and that our Governor could be a hero by banning fracking and lead this country toward a renewable energy future. Four and a half years later, thankfully we were right.<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /> </div>
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With every great victory, comes a great party. And we are ready to celebrate and have some fun. For Renee, John and I, this campaign has been one of the most grueling, labor intensive, emotionally exhausting and hard won battles we've ever fought. We did it from a place of love for our family, friends and communities. We also did it for your families, friends and communities and all New Yorkers.<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /> </div>
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Please come and join us on <b style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;">January 21st</b><span style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;"><span style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;"> in Albany from <span class="ecxaBn" data-term="goog_755469142" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; line-height: 18.1760005950928px; top: -2px;" tabindex="0"><span class="ecxaQJ" style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px; top: 2px;">11:30-12:30 pm</span></span></span></span> for a celebration rally outside of the State of the State Address thanking the Governor and each other for this incredible victory and shift our focus to renewable energy. Following the rally we will be hosting a big party at the The Hilton Albany from <span style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;">1:00-4:00 pm</span>. <br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=x86ETcJVbgmmA256f/zUHqyda5b%2B/NYS" style="color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" target="_blank">RSVP and Find Info on Facebook</a><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AhCaMuFfJorQZzQ%2BUrGC8qyda5b%2B/NYS" style="color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" target="_blank">Find Buses, Carpools and General Info on the Web<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /></a></div>
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We would also like to ask you for an end of the year donation. Frack Action is a small yet powerful organization. Our team has been instrumental in developing the strategies and day-to-day organizing work that helped win a ban on fracking in New York. We have been able to do this because of support from you.<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" />In the coming year, we plan to help lead the shift to New York becoming the renewable energy capital of our nation, as well as assisting people in other states where fracking is happening or is about to start. <br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" />Please make a tax-deductible end of the year donation today. <a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EGwB9/BPdTPZKT%2BbP8uh/Kyda5b%2B/NYS" style="color: #cc0000; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" target="_blank">Click here to donate.</a> Thank you.<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /> </div>
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We would like to wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year in New York!<br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" />All the best, <br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" /><br style="line-height: 18.1760005950928px;" />Julia, John & Renee</div>
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Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-26776525413878447702014-12-25T05:29:00.000-08:002014-12-25T05:30:16.801-08:00A Message from Sandra Steingraber: Fracking Ban Celebration January 7<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="ecxtemplateContainer" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; border: 0px currentColor; width: 600px;"><tbody>
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Dear fellow New Yorkers,<br /> <br /> I’ve long imagined sending you this communiqué.<br /> <br /> On January 7, we're holding a rally in Albany to celebrate our victory banning fracking in New York. We will also have a party afterwards in a nearby hotel in walking distance from the Capitol building where we will share stories, songs, food and drinks to celebrate this momentous victory.<br /> <br /> A week ago today, on December 17, Governor Cuomo <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=de06589744&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> prohibited fracking</a> in the state of New York, citing the Department of Health’s review of the public health impacts of fracking.<br /> <br /> That 184-page <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=ce920c7b14&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> report</a>, released on the same day, pointed to troubling signs of harm and risk to our health, water, and air — and also revealed gaps in the data that still need to be filled in. Among the multitude of fracking-related problems documented in the DOH report: increased seismic activity, soil contamination, noise pollution, and respiratory complaints among those living near drilling and fracking operations in other states.<br /> <br />“The potential risks are too great,” said pediatrician and Acting Commissioner of Health, Dr. Howard Zucker, “In fact, they are not even fully known.”<br /> <br />After six long years of investigation, deliberation, and organized grassroots power, the public health argument won the day.<br /> <br /> Our victory celebration takes place <strong>in the capitol building in Albany on January 7,</strong> during Governor Cuomo’s annual State of the State address.<br /> <br /> And because activists party with a purpose, we have three goals in mind for our festivities. The first is to thank our governor publicly and effusively for standing up to the oil and gas industry, so becoming the first chief executive in a shale gas state to ban fracking.<br /> <br /> As you might expect, the fossil fuel industry is not accustomed to the word NO from any elected official, and, for his courage, Governor Cuomo is now coping with a lot of blowback. Let’s make sure he knows just how momentously right his decision is — for us, for our children, and for the whole world.<br /> <br /> In fact, I’ll start that laudatory conversation right now: Governor Cuomo, thank you. Your historic — and heroic — decision to prohibit fracking in New York is an affirmation of science, public health, and democracy itself. You’ve set yourself apart as a political leader and earned a place in history. As for those who now disparage the peer-reviewed findings of the DOH report, they sound more and more like the tobacco industry every day. In spite of what the gas industry says, good science is on the side of saying no to fracking.<br /> <br /> Indeed, Dr. Zucker’s conclusions (“the overall weight of the evidence … demonstrates that there are significant uncertainties about the kinds of adverse health outcomes that may be associated with HVHF, the likelihood of the occurrence of adverse health outcomes, and the effectiveness of some of the mitigation measures in reducing or preventing environmental impacts which could adversely affect public health”) are echoed in three other recent independent reviews of the evidence: a 103-page <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=6be081e80d&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> compilation</a> by Concerned Health Professionals of New York; a <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=02fa4703ad&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> statistical analysis</a> by Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy; and a 540-page <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=122b445129&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> assessment</a> by the environmental assessment agency of Quebec — the results of which have just prompted the Quebec Premier, Philippe Couillard, to extend the moratorium on fracking in that Canadian province indefinitely.<br /> <br /> Our second task on January 7 is to celebrate and thank each other and recognize the extraordinary movement we have built, comprised of hundreds of grassroots groups and organizations, large and small. Let there be no mistake. Science alone did not a statewide ban make. The slingshot that brought down the gas industry Goliath was made of two elements: good data and powerful organizing.<br /> <br /> Of and by us. Everyone who wrote a letter. Everyone who held a sign. Everyone who marched, rallied, testified, made phone calls, and circulated petitions. Everyone who broke a gas lease. Every community that passed a local ban or moratorium. And the more than 250 organizations that comprise the New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition. It all mattered.<br /> <br /> Environmental writer Rebecca Solnit said it best: "The governor did it because he was pushed hard by activists. Look at the weather vanes, but respect the wind."<br /> <br /> As just one example of what a mighty wind we are, cast your mind back two years. Do you remember what you were doing in December 2012? Maybe you were writing daily critiques of the draft fracking regulations that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation had just dropped on us?<br /> <br /> Do you recall the holiday season called Thirty Days of Fracking Regs?<br /> <br /> Over that one-month comment period — which included Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Years Day — New Yorkers wrote and delivered some 204,000 informed, science-based comments to the DEC.<br /> <br /> To do so, some of us hunkered down, cleared our desks, and virtually canceled Christmas itself.<br /> <br /> (I wasn’t at all sure at the time, but I’ll say it now: it was so worth it.)<br /> <br /> The third goal for our party on January 7 is to articulate the opportunities ahead for renewable energy and express our ultimate desire: a transition from dirty fossil fuels and the destructive tentacles they spread throughout our communities. In this, we are responding to a challenge issued by Governor Cuomo himself when, during his cabinet meeting of one week ago, he pointed to the economic desperation in areas of upstate New York, asking, "What can we do in these areas to generate jobs, generate wealth ... as an alternative to fracking?"<br /> <br /> All together, I think we have some ideas to offer. Maybe even a blueprint for the future based on renewable energy and sustainable development. So, let’s convene. Let’s confer. Let’s put our heads together and begin the task of answering the governor’s good question.<br /> <br /> As inspiration for our victory rally, and for the days ahead, here is a poem by Rumi, the 13<sup>th</sup>-century Persian poet and jurist. As you read, imagine the two contiguous worlds he references as the one that we currently occupy, in which dirty, destructive fossil fuels still dominate, and the one that we are beginning to imagine and plan for, in which they do not.<br /> <br />“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you<br /> Don't go back to sleep!<br /> You must ask for what you really want.<br /> Don't go back to sleep!<br /> People are going back and forth<br /> across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,<br /> The door is round and open<br /> Don't go back to sleep!”<br /><br />Happiest of holidays!<br /> <br /> Unfractured, now and forever,<br /> <br /> Sandra<br /> <br /> p.s. Where were you when you heard the news that Governor Cuomo had prohibited fracking in New York? Let’s make time on January 7 to tell our stories. My own moment of astonishment and joy happened to be caught on film as Governor Cuomo’s announcement came just as 28 civil disobedients at <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=1c3e88e4c3&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> Seneca Lake</a> were being released from the Schuyler County Jail. A winery owner and a maple syrup maker — the very personification of sustainable development for upstate New York — hoisted me into the air for a bit of wild street dancing. You can laugh about it <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=94cf9969cf&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br /><br /> p.p.s. The buses from Long Island, Brooklyn, and Manhattan to Albany have been canceled because of another important event that evening: a public hearing in Queens concerning Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility off the coast of Long Island that would threaten the ecology and promote fracking. For more information, visit the <a href="http://nyagainstfracking.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=0c3263b768&e=aaffcebe5e" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> Facebook event page</a>.<br /> <br /> What: Rally to Celebrate New York Fracking Ban and Lead the Nation in Renewable Energy!<br /><br /> When: Wednesday, January 7, 2015<br /><br /> Time: 11:30 am - 2:30 pm<br /><br /> Where: Concourse Hallways, outside the entrance to the Convention Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York<br /><br /> NOTE: THE RALLY IS INDOORS<br /><br /> For a Shuttle in the Albany/Capital District region contact Susan Weber at sweber2@nycap.rr.com or at 518-462-3247<br /><br /> SIGN UP FOR BUSES HERE!<br /><br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Westchester/Rockland/Newburgh,<br /> http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115341&view=Detail<br /> Reserve a Seat in New Paltz,<br /> http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115361&view=Detail<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Kingston,<br /> http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115362&view=Detail<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Saugerties/Catskill,<br /> http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115381&view=Detail<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Syracuse/Westmoreland, http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115161&view=Detail<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Ithaca/Caroline/Whitney Point, http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115101&view=Detail<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Binghamton,<br /> www.citizenactionny.org/notonewell<br /><br /> Reserve a Seat in Buffalo/Rochester,<br /> http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar?id=115221&view=Detail<br /><br /> To Reserve a Seat in Cooperstown, Oneonta or Sharon Springs contact Susan Pastor at admin@otsego2000.org<br /><br /> For general RSVP, Carpooling, Comments and To CO-SPONSOR sign up here,<br /> http://bit.ly/2015SOS<br /><br /> www.nyagainstfracking.org<br /> www.notonewell.org<br /><br /> Co-sponsors (in formation):<br /><br /> New Yorkers Against Fracking<br /> Frack Action<br /> Food & Water Watch<br /> Catskill Mountainkeeper<br /> Citizen Action of New York<br /> Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter<br /> NYPIRG<br /> Alliance for a Green Economy<br /> Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy<br /> United for Action<br /> Environmental Advocates<br /> Riverkeeper<br /> Center for Health, Environment and Justice<br /> Environment New York<br /> 350.org<br /> MoveOn.org<br /> Citizens Campaign for the Environment<br /> New York Working Families Party<br /> Green Party of New York<br /> Progressive Democrats of America<br /> Syracuse Peace Council<br /> Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation<br /> Park Slope Food Co-op<br /> Occupy the Pipeline<br /> Water Defense<br /> New York Society for Ethical Culture<br /> Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) - NY<br /> Gas Free Seneca<br /> Rochesterians Concerned About Unsafe Shale Extraction<br /> PAUSE<br /> Sanford Oquaga Area Concerned Citizens<br /> Vestal Residents For Safe Energy<br /> City of Binghamton Residents Against Fracking<br /> Western NY Drilling Defense<br /> POWR<br /> Southern Tier Against Fracking<br /> Otsego 2000<br /> Concerned Citizens of Montauk<br /> Hudson River Sloop Clearwater<br /> MoveOn Long Island<br /> MoveOn Capital District<br /> NYC Friends of Clearwater<br /> Grassroots Environmental Education<br /> Three Parks Independent Democrats<br /> Westchester for Change<br /> All Our Energy<br /> Coalition to Protect Communities from Fracking's Collateral Damage<br /> Marcellus Accountability Project<br /> Back to Democracy<br /> Yoga for the Earth<br /> Cayuga Lake Watershed Network<br /> New York Youth Against Fracking<br /> FLEASED<br /> Sierra Club Niagara<br /> Western NY Environmental Alliance<br /> CC4CW<br /> Nurse Rise<br /> GreenStar Co-operative Markets<br /> Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition<br /> Shaleshock<br /> Shaleshock CNY<br /> Campaign for Renewable Energy<br /> 350NYC<br /> Damascus Citizens for Sustainability<br /> WESPAC<br /> Community Free Democrats<br /> New York State Young Democrats<br /> North Shore Audubon Society<br /> South Shore Audubon Society<br /> GDACC (Gas Drilling Awareness of Cortland County)<br /> Environmental Justice Committee, SUNY Cortland<br /> Nassau County Green Party<br /> Mothers Out Front<br /> North American Climate Conservation and Environment<br /> Franciscan Earth Corp<br /> Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition<br /> Western NY Peace Center<br /> Slow Food Huntington<br /> iEatGreen<br /> Stencils Against Fracking<br /> Jews Against Hydrofracking<br /> Stop the Minisink Compressor Station<br /> Campaign for Renewable Energy<br /> People for a Healthy Environment<br /> Sustainable Tompkins<br /> The Pearl of Seneca Lake Bed and Breakfast<br /> Fossil Free & Green NY<br /> Southern Cayuga Anti-Fracking Alliance<br /> Reach Out America<br /> Protect Orange County<br /> Learning Sustainability Campaign/Green Watch<br /> The Kirkland Committee to Prohibit Hydro-fracking<br /> Gandhi Earth Keepers International<br /> Friends of Sustainable Sidney<br /> Friends of Butternuts<br /> Frack Free Genesee<br /> Elmirans and Friends Against Fracking<br /> Bay Ridge Peace Action<br /> Bay Ridge Democrats<br /> Barnard Columbia Divest for Climate Justice<br /> Ban Fracking Now<br /> Alchemical Nursery<br /> MoveOn New York<br /> MoveOn Finger Lakes<br /> Interfaith Moral Action on Climate<br /> Granny Peace Brigade<br /> Residents Opposing Unsafe Shale Gas Exploration (ROUSE)<br /> Broadway Democrats<br /> Samuel J. 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<b>THE ISSUE:</b><br />
New York is banning the drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing.<br />
<b>THE STAKES:</b><br />
Growing evidence about the risks posed by the process make it the right decision.<br />
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Gov. <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/search/?action=search&channel=opinion&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Andrew+Cuomo%22">Andrew Cuomo</a> always promised that he would let science determine New York's future course when it comes to fracking. <br />
In announcing Wednesday the state will formally ban high volume hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process of pumping water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground to release and extract natural gas, the governor delivered on that promise. <br />
In that, Mr. Cuomo deferred to the recommendation of his acting health commissioner, Dr. <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/search/?action=search&channel=opinion&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Howard+Zucker%22">Howard Zucker</a>, who released a 176-page, two-year health study that found widespread fracking will likely contaminate the state's air and water and pose significant health risks to residents of the communities around the drilling sites. <br />
Dr. Zucker's compelling conclusion, in which he posed the question of whether he would raise his family near a drilling site, put it best: "After looking at the plethora of reports behind me ... my answer is no."<br />
In banning fracking, New York goes against the trend in which a growing number of states are attempting to cash in on a natural gas boom. But that very boom provided state <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/search/?action=search&channel=opinion&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Health+Department%22">Health Department</a> researchers the abundant and ever-expanding foundation of data that led to their overwhelming conclusion. States where fracking has been under way are experiencing myriad problems with methane, benzene and other volatile organic compounds polluting the groundwater and air. Data also link the gas drilling process with earthquakes. <br />
In 2009, when New York land owners and developers were urging at least limited fracking to tap the gas-rich Marcellus shale formation, only six peer-reviewed studies on the environmental health impact of the hydraulic drilling process were available. Today, 154 such reports have been completed, examining various types of drilling operations in Pennsylvania, Colorado, Texas and elsewhere, according to Physicians, Scientists & Engineers for Health Energy, a New York-based group opposed to hydrofracking. Long-term studies also are under way, which the group believes will reveal cancer and respiratory problems for residents of the communities where there is gas drilling.<br />
Skeptics may say Gov. Cuomo's decision was politically easy, coming during an oil glut that has reduced demand for natural gas. But by instituting an outright ban on fracking, the Democratic governor is already taking political hits from the drilling industry and many Republicans, particularly in the financially pressed Southern Tier and Western New York. Even there, however, fracking's wisdom is disputed by many. <br />
Now the governor and his staff must follow through on his pledge to find alternative and safer economic development opportunities for those areas, which have been struggling for decades.<br />
Scientific research will continue on fracking, and surely technological improvements will, as well. There might come a time when the process is safe enough for some use in New York. But the science today is clear: that time isn't now.<br />
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Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-43068720826907516532014-12-09T12:33:00.000-08:002014-12-09T12:33:29.061-08:00Alan Chartock: Gov. Andrew Cuomo Should Close Door on Fracking<div>
<b><span style="color: #0072c6; font-family: Charter BT; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.dailyfreeman.com/opinion/20141206/alan-chartock-gov-andrew-cuomo-should-close-the-door-on-fracking" target="_blank" title="http://www.dailyfreeman.com/opinion/20141206/alan-chartock-gov-andrew-cuomo-should-close-the-door-on-fracking CTRL + Click to follow link">ALAN CHARTOCK: Gov. Andrew Cuomo should close the door on fracking</a></span></b></div>
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When politicians take money for their campaign coffers, they owe something back. That’s because there is honor among, well, politicians and lobbyists. If you see tons of money going to politicians from the real estate industry, you’d be foolish not to think that the people who own hotels and other big buildings want something back for their bucks. As Festus Haggen used to say on Gunsmoke, “Don’t you see?”<br /><br /><br />Now everyone is waiting to see whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will allow hydro-fracking in New York State. Cuomo is brilliant at both political strategy and fund raising (about $45 million for the last campaign) but he is caught up in a huge pincer movement between those who hate the idea of potentially polluting our water and further despoiling our air and those who want to make a buck from fracking. My hero, legendary folk singer Pete Seeger, put it to Cuomo this way: “Your father was perhaps the best governor New York State ever had and if you take the money that they want to give you for going along with fracking and injuring people for generations to come, you will go down as perhaps the worst.” Those were pretty powerful words and I suspect they left Cuomo reeling.<br /><br /><br /> Hydrofracking puts Cuomo between a rock and a hard place. He doesn’t know what to do. As a result of this predicament, the governor’s top people were almost certainly told to stall. So first the commissioner in charge of environmental conservation studied the problem to death and then transferred the ball to the health commissioner who eventually resigned and went elsewhere. It’s tough to be a medical professional of first rank and have to carry a governor’s political water.<br /><br /><br /> Many people speculated that once Cuomo got through the election he would call for a modified fracking plan for New York whereby localities that voted to allow fracking would be allowed to “Drill baby drill” under strict supervision. They suspected that the Solomon-like Cuomo would attempt to cut the baby in half. Once the door was open, however, the genie would be out of the bottle and fracking would become a reality in the Empire State. But not so fast — there are some intervening political realities.<br /><br /><br /> Cuomo has lost many voters on the left wing of the Democratic Party. Having styled himself as a social progressive and a pro-business fiscal conservative, the governor is getting beaten up by the more progressive members of his party. Fracking is no exception. A recent Pew poll showed that fracking is getting more and more unpopular among Democrats. So now the rock and the hard place are even closer together. After all, Cuomo got a million fewer votes in the last election than he got the time before. Many of those lost votes were those of angry Democrats who just stayed home. Since Cuomo is much smarter than I am, he’s got to understand that by accepting the money and not taking Pete Seeger’s advice against advancing fracking, he will lose even more of his natural voters.<br /><br /><br /> The truth is that while there seems to be a good deal of evidence that fracking is dangerous, it is even more significant that we simply don’t know exactly what the process will do to our water supply. Why in the world would we take a chance on risking our water, the most important thing on earth when it comes to human survival? People simply have to know that their governor is looking out for them and not for money to run for political office. While he clearly doesn’t want or need my advice, Gov. Cuomo really should close the door on fracking. That’s when the people will know that he cares about them. Sometimes doing the right thing is more important than playing the political game.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Sunday Freeman columnist Alan Chartock is a professor emeritus at the State University of New York, publisher of the Legislative Gazette and president and CEO of the WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network. Readers can email him at </strong><a href="mailto:alan@wamc.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:alan@wamc.org CTRL + Click to follow link"><strong><span style="color: #0072c6;">alan@wamc.org</span></strong></a><strong>.</strong></div>
<br />Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-21564245839078764412014-11-06T06:25:00.000-08:002014-11-06T06:25:24.650-08:00A Message from Zephyr Teachout
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">November 5, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friend -- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Like many of you, I'm disappointed that the
New York State Senate is now firmly in the hands of Republicans in this
big-hearted, egalitarian, Democratic State. And like many of you, I’m
disappointed that Andrew Cuomo refused to help Senate Democrats, and has
shown every indication that he plans to continue implementing his big-donor
agenda. We have our work cut out for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And the national news that Democrats
lost--well, that's a sign we need to return to our core progressive values
with Elizabeth Warren-style populism if we're going to win, not a set of
manufactured milquetoast messages with no real ideas behind them. People
feel powerless--we should address that honestly and directly, and take on
the monopolists that are rigging the system. We need a trust-busting,
pro-public school, clean energy Democratic Party that is unafraid to speak
the truth and refuses the trickle-down ideology. So <a href="http://www.teachoutwu.com/keep_fighting?e=74263c28f65a414d1c356f6a9374a8a3&utm_source=zephyrteachout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keep_fighting&n=1" target="_blank" title="Keep Fighting"><span style="color: #0072c6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">let’s keep up the fight</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is the statement that we put out last
night, on receiving news of the election results:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We will fight for the best public schools in
the country. We will fight for an economy grounded in the health of our
small businesses. We will fight to be a welcoming state for immigrants. We
will fight to ban fracking and build a clean energy future. And we will
fight to restore our democracy with public elections and end the corrupt
influence of wealthy interests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because we don’t want to be the most unequal
state in America any longer — whether Andrew Cuomo is governor or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even though Governor Cuomo and the
Republicans may have control in Albany this term, we still own our dreams
of a populist progressive Democratic state. And we will continue to
broadcast that vision loudly. No matter who is in office, I'll keep
fighting. <a href="http://www.teachoutwu.com/keep_fighting?e=74263c28f65a414d1c356f6a9374a8a3&utm_source=zephyrteachout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keep_fighting&n=2" target="_blank" title="I'll Keep Fighting"><span style="color: #0072c6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Will you?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zephyr Teachout<br />
<a href="http://www.teachoutwu.com/?e=74263c28f65a414d1c356f6a9374a8a3&utm_source=zephyrteachout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=keep_fighting&n=3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0072c6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.teachoutwu.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e75b6; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As part of this year’s
Global Frackdown, we are once again celebrating our Otsego waters, headwaters
to the mighty Susquehanna River and life force of our environment. While we are
gathering at Otsego Lake, this is a celebration of <b><i>all</i></b> of
Otsego’s waters – Gilbert Lake, Canadarago Lake, Goodyear Lake, Summit Lake,
and all the many ponds and streams and creeks that course toward the rivers.
Come celebrate the health of your favorite body of water!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #2e75b6; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Walkers will leave Lake Front Park in Cooperstown at 10:00am,
walk up the east side of Otsego Lake and arrive at the West Pavilion in
Glimmerglass State Park at approximately 12:30pm. Cyclists will leave from
Lakefront at 11 am. Shuttles will provide transportation between the two parks
throughout the walk. Participants will be able to join or leave the walk along
the route and walk whatever distance they are comfortable with. Kayakers and
canoeists will meet at Glimmerglass State Park at 10:00 for launching at 10:30
am. Bring life vests and appropriate safety gear and clothing appropriate for
the water temperature. Boaters will paddle along the shoreline in a group
around Hyde Bay and return to Glimmerglass.</span></div>
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those who wish to participate in the return walk to Lake Front will leave
Glimmerglass and arrive at Lake Front at approximately 4:30. <br />
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If you want to Rally ‘Round Otsego’s Waters but don’t want to walk, bike, or
paddle, we would love volunteers to drive shuttles and bring potluck dishes.
To sign up for the event as a participant or volunteer, please contact
Cat Gareth, </span><a href="mailto:catgareth@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #2e75b6; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">catgareth@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="color: #2e75b6; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">.
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Tipping Point: The People's Climate March</h1>
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Humanity's fate hangs on a tight race between two tipping points: a scientific one and a cognitive one. </div>
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Scientists
use the term "tipping point" to refer to a runaway feedback loop that,
when triggered, abruptly and irreversibly changes the behavior of a
system, such as the climate. For example, when permafrost melts, it
releases methane, 50 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon
dioxide. Thus: global warming, melting permafrost, more atmospheric
methane, more global warming. The worrisome cycle can easily spin out of
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But there's another climate tipping
point: the tipping point of public awareness. If the level of climate
awareness tips before climate catastrophe, we just might salvage a
viable future. And if so,
historians of that future will record September 21, 2014, as the day
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I had planned to attend the <a href="http://peoplesclimate.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">People's Climate March</span></a> (PCM). Our small town chartered two coaches -- bound for the Big Apple -- and packed them to
capacity. Alas, a knee injury sidelined me. My wife and daughter marched. Spellbound, I watched the event live-streamed from <i><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Democracy Now!</span></a></i></div>
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Organizers
had anticipated 100,000 marchers; in their wildest dreams they hoped
for 200,000. Early Sunday afternoon the numbers exceeded 300,000 and
kept climbing. As marchers spilled in from side streets, the procession
swelled and stretched, ultimately reaching four miles in length and
gathering up at least 400,000. A drone captured this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuSWN_EG6CE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">aerial view</span></a>.</div>
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<b>The
environmental equivalent of the 1963 civil rights march on Washington, the PCM was undoubtedly an historical watershed.</b></div>
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But
unlike the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1950s and 1960s,
during which the media daily brought police brutality and body bags to
our living-room TVs, the mainstream media has been conspicuously AWOL or
unreliable on the climate. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox all ignored the
PCM or treated it as an afterthought. Even NPR downplayed the event. We
can only conclude that corporate media has as a stake in the status quo,
even when business as usual is stealing the future. For genuine news,
it has become necessary to frequent refreshing alternatives such as <i>Democracy Now!</i>, which covered the PCM live for three hours, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>Nation of Change</i>, and <i>Common Dreams</i>, among others.</div>
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I'm no journalist, but for those who missed the significance of this singular
moment due to the mainstream media's abdication of responsibility, permit me a few reflections on why the PCM was monumental.</div>
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First,
it was huge: eight times the size of the largest previous climate
march. I've learned a little rule of thumb from local politics. For
every person who shows up for a protest, 10 others wanted to be there
but couldn't, and perhaps 100 others sympathize with the cause. The
sheer size of the PCM implies that Americans are finally waking up. The
rest of the world, it's worth noting, has long been awake on the issue
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Second, although I can't claim this
as gospel truth, I suspect the PCM gathered the largest coalition of
groups since D-Day, and perhaps more. There were, of course, the usual
suspects, the environmental groups: <a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank">350.org</a>
(the primary organizer), Sierra Club, Green Peace, Climate Justice, the
Rainforest Action Network, and so on. But these comprised
just the tip of an iceberg gargantuan enough to sink the Titanic of
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Also present were numerous
unions, from the AFL-CIO, to the UAW, to the Domestic Workers Union, to
the Amalgamated Transit Union. Not surprisingly, Occupy Wall Street was
there also, because the 1 percent that is screwing the 99 percent
economically is also screwing us climatically.</div>
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Women
were out in full force. In addition to stalwart groups like now NOW and
Code Pink, there were Mom's Clean Air Force and the Raging Grannies,
lobbying for climate action to secure a future for their children and
grandchildren, respectively.</div>
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All manner of
medical workers were present: Physicians (and Psychologists) for Social
Responsibility and the New York Professional Nurses Union, for example.
Why? For many reasons, among them climate change's impact on the spread
of tropical diseases and the increasing
frequency of asthma and respiratory illnesses due to atmospheric
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Anti-war (including Veterans for
Peace) and anti-nuke protestors were there, because addiction to fossil
fuels keeps us perpetually at war, and because nuclear power plants are
ticking time bombs. Renewable energy solves both problems.</div>
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Citizens
of 150 counties attended, represented by groups as diverse as South
Asians for Climate Justice and the Eco-Sikhs. Marshall Islanders, for
example, live on average just 6 feet above sea level. Their ambassador
marched to draw attention to the devastation the island nation has
already suffered from rising seas. The Survivors of Sandy marched too,
for much the same reasons as Marshall Islanders.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Indigenous
groups from around the world were front and center, because they've
known from time immemorial that to dishonor Mother Earth is the worst
form of
insanity.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Students from hundreds of colleges
marched because their futures are jeopardized by an unstable climate and
continual war over oil, land, and water.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Communities
of faith, awakening to the moral and spiritual implications of climate
change, were represented by tens of thousands of marchers.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Scientists marched too, proclaiming unapologetically: "The 'Debate' Is Over."</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Two
dear friends, Harvard grads both, marched with Divest Harvard,
determined to end profiteering by the fossil-fuel industry, which has
declared war on the Earth's life-support systems.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
In
all, 1400 organizations participated, each with a unique identity, yet
united in solidarity for one mega-cause: to rescue planet Earth from
the stranglehold of fossil fuel. And speaking of solidarity, there were
2646 solidarity events held in 162
countries.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Finally, the PCM, unlike mass
demonstrations of the past, was truly a "People's" march. Sure, there
was no shortage of celebrities, politicians, and climate gurus:
environmentalist and principal organizer Bill McKibben, U.S. Senators
Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse, former vice-president Al Gore.
Susan Sarandon and Leonardo DiCaprio marched. So did UN Secretary
General Ban-Ki Moon, alongside world-revered primatologist Jane Goodall.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
But
there were no major speeches by the organizers or the celebrated.
Instead, there was a moment of silence followed by a deafening roar that
coursed like a wave through the four-mile throng. Some called this a
wake-up alarm, intended for those whose heads are buried in the sand,
whose ears are filled with wax, or whose souls are deadened by greed
and/or power.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
There was no need for speeches.
The faces, costumes, placards, and
signs said it all: "The Greatest Danger to Our Future is Apathy," "Stop
the War on Mother Earth," "There Is No Planet B," "We Are All in the
Same Boat."</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
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We're really looking forward to seeing all our fracktivist friends at the People's Climate March, next Sunday, Sept. 21</p>
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This is a chance not only to show the world that <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-3246d1a0ff3d7cf2654c5fe4a71b98fb-a22a747?pa=25057712053">fracking = methane = climate change,</a> it's a chance for activists from around the country to meet each other and build our movement. There are many contingents joining the march (Labor, Faith, EJA, and more). This newsletter is aimed at making sure everyone whose focus is fracking, pipelines, LNG and fossil fuels knows where to go and what to do. Here's the countdown, working backwards from the march, day by day. 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border-spacing: 0; float: right; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="285"><tr><td align="right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="march route" height="195" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0758/3506/original/march_route.png?1410148417" width="255" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">The fracking hub of the march will be a powerful contingent, filled with art, banners and media-perfect images: we'll be bouncing inflated methane molecules like beach balls; the huge LNG tanker from the DC march will be there; plus a 100-foot pipeline and a block-filling painted parachute! And we will have great company: we'll be marching with tar sands and mountaintop removal activists. Together we will tell the world that extreme energy extraction is SO last century.</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module text" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW TO GET HERE:</strong> If you haven't signed up for a bus yet, <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-60a0dff49fa7fb92eaef220568c34248-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">click here.</strong></a> If you need a place to stay the night before the march, Sane Energy Project has reserved space at a youth hostel located near the march lineup. We have just a few beds left. Email <em style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">contact@saneenergyproject.org</em> if you want to reserve a bed. For other accommodations, <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-d5691c4b328994ff3188ab21c67c785e-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">click here.</strong></a></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">WHERE TO MEET:</strong> Find us on Central Park West between 80th and 81st street. Enter at 81st street (or 77th street). Get there as close to 8am as you can manage. As the blocks fill up, police will seal off those streets. If you arrive later you may be moved to the end of the march. Because there are so many folks ahead of us, we probably won't start moving until around noon. Buses are not due in until about 11am. If you can't join our hub right at the start of the march, don't panic. We'll either catch up to each other en route, or see each other at the closing celebration in front of Javitz Center. The important thing is to tell the world about fracking and climate change!</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW TO PREPARE:</strong> If police seal an area you won't be able to get back in if you leave, so please bring plenty of water, sunscreen and food. Port-o-sans will be provided. If you have trouble standing please bring a folding stool or seat. We're asking volunteer musicians and performers to come keep our spirits up and get everyone dancing and singing while we wait!</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">IF YOU HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES:</strong> We don't have details yet but we know there will be at least 2 points along the march where those with trouble walking can join for a short distance, or leave the march if necessary. Stay tuned or check the <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-6dd019d555bb222089a02320b9ae8789-a22a747?pa=25057712053">PCM website</a> for details as they are released.</p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="left" height="319" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="258"><tr><td align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="solutions NY front clean" height="319" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/2691/original/solutions_NY_front_clean.jpg?1410643654" width="228" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">HOW TO HELP:</strong> What's the point of this march? To get our message out to the UN, Obama, Cuomo, De Blasio, and anyone who is along the route, or recording it for media. To that end, <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">please volunteer to hand out the variety of postcards we have created for the march.</strong> Pick up a couple hundred cards at any of the events we'll be at this week (see below), so that no matter where you end up in the march, you'll be ready!</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">One of the cards we've created is a summary of <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-852930ad1d7c8612677f222ac3679538-a22a747?pa=25057712053">The Solutions Project</a>; how New York State can go 100% renewable by 2050. This is something we want to get out to the public in a big way. We also have a card listing 5 "no brainer" climate solutions for NYC, including choosing a wind farm over LNG (duh!) <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">How can we make sure all New Yorkers know about this? Only with your help!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module caption combo-right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="right" height="195" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: right; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="323"><tr><td align="right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="seachange you are here kingston" height="195" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/3417/original/seachange_you_are_here_kingston.jpg?1410662264" width="293" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><p style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-style: italic; clear: both; width: 293px; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;" align="left">The Seachange Flotilla lands in Kingston and stops for a photo with one of our "You Are Here" map pins.</p></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PS: One of the more inspired events around the Climate march has been the <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-8d1387625b36022d878a3d4cd74f88c1-a22a747?pa=25057712053">Seachange</a> Flotilla (aka, We All LIve Downstream). Watch this <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-f7001301c8723ad3223d74da9844f3dc-a22a747?pa=25057712053">video</a> for a taste of the intense creative power behind this effort.</strong></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">This collection of handmade PAPER canoes launched from Troy, NY two weeks ago, and landed in Inwood on Saturday! Along the way they stopped in numerous Hudson River towns, highlighting the risks from climate change and fracking, such as the Spectra AIM pipeline and numerous gas and nuclear power plants along the route. They'll be floating around the tip of Manhattan as we are all marching on Sunday.</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">SATURDAY SEPT. 20TH: WHAT NOT TO MISS</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module large-image-container image" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; 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border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">Saturday @ 12:30: Launch of YOU ARE HERE</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="right" height="306" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: right; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="210"><tr><td align="right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="map-pin copy" height="306" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0753/6384/original/map-pin_copy.jpg?1409611045" width="180" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">For two years, Sane has been developing this project in collaboration with dozens of upstate allies.</strong> This groundbreaking interactive map catalogs all the existing and proposed <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-5d381594f0b16ed599597d4c4979a0d6-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">shale gas infrastructure</strong></a> in New York State, AND connects users to the local groups fighting it. And, to connect the development of shale gas with the political situation in NY, <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Zephyr Teachout</strong> will say a few opening words. At this forum, you will meet the contributors to the map and speak with affected <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">front-line activists</strong> working against frack waste, the Seneca Salt Caverns, the Constitution Pipeline, and various downstate projects as well. We'll have iPads so you can <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">try out the map for yourself.</strong> Part of the Climate Convergence, at The Graffiti Church, 205 E. 7th St., between Avenues B & C, Manhattan. Free (suggested donations to cover costs) <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-db291a8e85d63375f311d860bb502bbe-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">To register, click here.</strong></a> or just show up! The Convergence will run from 8:30am until 5:30pm.
<br><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module large-image-container image" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="530" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.1em; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="NYCClimateConvergenceFLYER1-page-001" height="186" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0753/6697/original/NYCClimateConvergenceFLYER1-page-001.jpg?1409615237" width="530" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; 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margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">Saturday @ 3:30pm: Meet Your Fellow Fracktivists!</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="left" height="185" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="276"><tr><td align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="hc-tree" height="185" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/2921/original/hc-tree.jpg?1410648363" width="246" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Lots of people will be coming in from out of town for the march, including folks who've traveled across the country, from upstate, Texas, DC, California and Pennsylvania. An informal networking and social gathering will take place in Tompkins Square Park, just half a block from the Climate Convergence, at the <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-d8b8382defd2adfee88f883f596ecc83-a22a747?pa=25057712053">Gaia/Krishna Tree</a> near the center of the park (the park is between 7th and 10th streets and Avenues A and B). PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">Saturday Nite LIVE: Many options!</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module text" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">There's no shortage of ways to gear up for the march this last night before. The big event at Ethical Culture has been sold out for a week (<strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong>), but check out these other options (needless to say, ARRIVE EARLY to any of these stellar events):</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">5-7pm: FRACK OFF: Indigenous Women Leading Media Campaigns to Defend our Climate.</strong> Activists Shelley A. Young, Kandi Mosset, Elle Maija Tailfeathers, and Ellen Gabriel discuss high-profile campaigns by indigenous groups in Canada and the U.S. that protest the oil and fracking industries. @ The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">7-9pm: Closing Plenary of the <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-633b9f7c0dfd93077601b11f59a60a22-a22a747?pa=25057712053">Climate Convergence</a></strong> features Naomi Klein, Jaqui Patterson, Desmond D'Sa and Olga Bautista, @ Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street (near the Citicorp building).</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">8-10pm: The Climate Crisis: Which Way Out?</strong> Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Chris Hedges, Kshama Sawant and Van Jones for a discussion of strategies and tactics for the climate movement. Moderated by Brian Lehrer of WNYC. @ The Unitarian Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY Corner of East 80 Street. FREE.</p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">OUR PICK FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 19TH</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="right" height="131" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: right; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="194"><tr><td align="right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="friday event" height="131" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/3259/original/friday_event.gif?1410657413" width="164" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">5pm:</strong> <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-881407c30bd214f49e68f614593a242a-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Today's Fossil Fuels and the Future of our Children's Health.</strong></a> Ignoring all the bad news about climate change won't make it go away; especially when it comes to what could negatively impact our most vulnerable of population, children. @ John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W. 59th Street, near 10th Avenue. FREE but <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-1f18fb259a7d3ec7ecf58e51262df5f6-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">reservations</strong></a> strongly recommended. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor. <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">OUR PICKS FOR THURSDAY, SEPT 18TH:</span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module text" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">IN MANHATTAN:</strong>
<br><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">6:30pm: Resistance Cinema presents screening: <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-429f7b8c040e990655fb88f9cf56803e-a22a747?pa=25057712053">Groundswell Rising, The Human Cost of Fracking.</a></strong> SPECIAL GUEST: MARK LICHTY, Executive Producer. @ Community Church of New York Assembly Hall, 40 East 35 Street, between Madison and Park. FREE (donations appreciated). <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module large-image-container image" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="400" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.1em; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="groundswell" height="76" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/3587/original/groundswell.png?1410668279" width="400" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><div class="module text" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">IN BUSHWICK:</strong>
<br><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">7-9pm: Fracking Voices From the Frontlines.</strong> Speakers, including Madeline Stano, CA; Jenny Lisak, PA; Asha Canalos, NY; and Martin Guillermo Mullaly, Argentina, will share stories from their communities of resilience, resistance, and strength against extractive industries. @ MayDay / PCM Arts Space, 3rd floor, 214 Starr Street. Brooklyn <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-f7c9e6d9be6f96fcd1d6a42f6cb9ec59-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Map here.</strong></a> L train to Jefferson Street station.</p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">OUR PICK FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT 17TH: </span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="right" height="243" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: right; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="354"><tr><td align="right" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: right; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="trinity" height="243" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/3471/original/trinity.jpeg?1410664128" width="324" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">7- 8:30pm: <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-14038db0d9cb84bc8298d0125639bee2-a22a747?pa=25057712053">Climate Conversations: Why the UN's Climate Summit is Important to All of Us</a></strong> A discussion with Lisa DiCaprio, Yvonne O'Neal, Beth Ackerman, and Philip Orton; Moderated by Steve Knight, GreenFaith. @ Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E 88th St, between 2nd and 1st Avenues. FREE. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor. <strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">PICK UP POSTCARDS FOR THE MARCH HERE!</strong></p></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module header" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-header-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><h2 align="left" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2em; color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><span dir="ltr" style="color: #EB1717; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; direction: ltr;">OUR PICK FOR TUESDAY, SEPT 16TH: </span></h2></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="module combo-left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; margin-top: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"><tr><td width="530" align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><table align="left" height="477" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; float: left; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; border-top-color: #ffffff; border-right-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-left-color: #ffffff; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px;" width="348"><tr><td align="left" style="clear: both; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><div class="madmimi-image-container" style="float: left; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><img alt="NYC-FLYER4-682x1024" height="477" src="https://cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/0763/3478/original/NYC-FLYER4-682x1024.jpg?1410664304" width="318" style="border-top-width: 0; border-right-width: 0; border-bottom-width: 0; border-left-width: 0;"></div></td></tr></table><div class="madmimi-text-container" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">6:30pm: Screening, The Future of Energy, NYC Premiere</strong></p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">A powerful documentary that captures the movement across the United States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that shift. It's a love story about the countless individuals and communities that are re-imagining their relationships with the planet and with each other.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">Featuring: Mark Jacobson, CA Governor Jerry Brown, Mayors Bob Dixon and R. Rex Parris who have transitioned their cities to 100% renewable energy.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Get tickets <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-8bc8a24bb8498b1217f1d8f26a202a9c-a22a747?pa=25057712053">here</a>:</strong> @ New York Society for Ethical Culture,
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2 West 64th Street at Central Park West. Sane Energy Project is a cosponsor.
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The vegan advocates / filmmakers claim there is a conspiracy of silence by the big greens about industrial-scale animal agriculture, which they consider the biggest cause of climate change on the planet.</p>
<p align="left" style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #060817; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; padding-bottom: 0; padding-left: 0;">As one of the forces behind <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-3ceeec015aafbc6ca6d7aad9fec93929-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">Food Not Fracking,</strong></a> and as advocates for farmers, we sure want to see what they're on about. We know that done right, meat can be sustainably raised, in a way that even <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-d14c457a766b858cdb5375d059c28e88-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">fixes carbon</strong></a> in the soil, and that upstate farmers are some of our <a target="_blank" style="color: #1988A3; text-decoration: none; word-break: break-word;" href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1410692428-632d1d74fefa385fa0afc8cd67916162-a22a747?pa=25057712053"><strong style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline;">best advocates</strong></a> against fracking. Join us to check out the controversy: @ Jivamukti Yoga Center, 841 Broadway, near 13th street, upstairs.
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Editor Jim Kevlin</span></div>
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and Gentlemen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For
more than five years, the Advocates for Morris have presented you with volumes
of evidence and reports on fracking – information critical to your
decision-making concerning the future of our community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We now submit for your review copies of a
July 2014 report entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Compendium of
Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of
Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction)</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>prepared by Concerned Health Professionals of New York. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We urge you to carefully examine these reports.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Concerned Health Professionals of New York (“CHPNY”) is an initiative by health
professionals, scientists and medical organizations dedicated to scientifically
evaluating the impacts of fracking on public health and safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CHPNY provides educational resources and
works to ensure that careful consideration of the science and health impacts
are at the forefront of the fracking debate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This fully-referenced Compendium
and related links may be accessed online at the following site: </span><a href="http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These
copies of the Compendium have been prepared for your review by Otsego 2000. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otsego 2000 is an environmental stewardship organization
working to protect the Otsego region’s rural and agricultural landscapes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They focus on protecting Otsego from
inappropriate development, sprawl, and large-scale industrialization that would
negatively affect air, water, and soil quality, as well as disrupt its rural,
agricultural character and quality of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
urge you to consider the information, reports and data in this Compendium. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Compendium is comprehensive, addressing: air
pollution; water contamination; engineering problems; radioactive releases; occupational
health and safety hazards; noise pollution, light pollution and stress; earthquake
and seismic activity; oil and gas wells as pathways for gas and fluid
migration; flood risks; threats to agriculture and soil quality; threats to the
climate; increased crime rates; and threats to neighbors’ property values and mortgages.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also reports on industry’s inaccurate
job claims, inflated estimates of reserves and their profitability and the
failure to disclosure serious risks to investors. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CHPNY concludes by calling, as the Advocates
for Morris have recommended for years, for a cautious approach involving more study
and greater transparency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately,
the Morris Town Board has not responded to these calls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beginning as early as 2009, you, as our elected
officials, have heard the grave concerns your constituents and neighbors have
about fracking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Advocates for Morris
have made repeated appeals, in writing and in person, urging you to address
these concerns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2011, town officials were
presented with the results of a town-wide petition calling for a ban or
moratorium on fracking in Morris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shortly
thereafter, however, the newly-created gas drilling advisory committee was disbanded
by the town board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Town
officials also declined offers of pro bono legal assistance from the Community
Environmental Defense Coalition (“CEDC”) attorney David Slottje.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CEDC believes that citizens have a right to insist that the
community’s interests come before shareholder’s profits, and that communities
have the right to refuse to allow industry to pollute our common water, air and
natural resources. Further, CEDC believes that when risk extends beyond a
property owner’s borders, the entire community has a right to decide whether it
is willing to accept those risks. If the community is not willing to accept the
risks, then the community has the right to refuse to allow the risky use to
proceed unless and until all risk is confined to the property owner alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Advocates for Morris agree with
CEDC that our community’s health needs to come first. We encourage you to read
more at: </span><a href="http://www.cedclaw.org/home-rule-fracking#sthash.p0MjcYB5.dpuf"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.cedclaw.org/home-rule-fracking#sthash.p0MjcYB5.dpuf</span></b></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In
2013, you were presented with the results of a town-wide opinion poll that
showed that an overwhelming majority--70%<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">--</i>of
the 449 respondents oppose fracking. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Survey
responses were tabulated and remain on file with the Natural Resources Defense
Council (“NRDC”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This strong opposition
to fracking has gone unaddressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To
date, Morris town officials have also not responded to NRDC’s invitation to
meet with members of the town board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are growing numbers of Morris citizens, your neighbors and constituents, who
believe that the Board is failing to protect the community and provide for the
safety and welfare of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
their behalf, we urge you to review the Compendium we are providing and to act
to protect Morris from the risks of fracking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unless trust can be restored, the people will hold accountable those who
fail to protect the community<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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extraordinary action. Now, we need your commitment to march with us and
demand bold action. Join us for this monumental call to arms as we make
our way through Manhattan from Columbus Circle – and wear a navy blue
shirt to show your solidarity with Waterkeeper advocates from around the
world. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">>></span></strong> <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://river.convio.net/site/R?i=W3-XTA8JNcQngRNy7z5GVA" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">Read Riverkeeper's invitation to the largest climate march in history.</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking for transportation? Please visit our <a href="http://river.convio.net/site/R?i=dAqSUdfjcdl1TuEC9s-DQw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">events page for a list of buses and trains throughout New York State</span></a>. </span>
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For ride sharing and other forms of transportation please visit the <a href="http://river.convio.net/site/R?i=R2l8vmXjXovGi94cnKohpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">People Climate March Transportation Hub</span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This Sunday August 24th: <a href="http://river.convio.net/site/R?i=RJXFAYnJ1iqDPgUCixLJsw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">SeaChange Flotilla and People’s Climate March Organizing Meetup, Beacon NY</span></a></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">With Live <span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:50">Music by Vanessa Bley and TWIN DANGER</ins></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Written & directed by JOSH FOX and the INTERNATIONAL
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">GASLAND DIRECTOR JOSH FOX<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:30"> PRESENTS A WORKSHOP PRODUCTION
OF HIS NEW FILM/THEATER/MUSIC EVENT, A THEATRICAL PRODUCTION THAT WILL
PROVIDE ITS AUDIENCE WITH TOOLS</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:47"> AND RESOURCES</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:30"> TO BUILD RENEWABLE ENERGY</ins></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Sustainability, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:54">Trailer Talk, Catskill
MountainKeeper</ins></span><u>, Advocates for Morris, Otsego 2000, Butternut
Valley Alliance, Brewery Ommegang and Sustainable Otsego</u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Fenton and his son Johnny Fenton, subjects of GASLAND I & II from
Pavillion,</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:18"> </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-28T16:51">WY</ins></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Ballroom at SUNY Oneonta at 7:00pm</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Griffith, Herbie Go, Brandon Smith, Carrie Getman, , and many more from
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NEW YORK, New York (June
30, 2014) – Oscar-Nominated and Emmy-Winning filmmaker and activist Josh Fox,
together with International WOW Company, will present a workshop presentation
of “The Solutions Grassroots Tour.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The production is an
interactive music, theater, and film event that motivates towns to adopt
renewable energy solutions for individual, community, and commercial settings,
as well as campaign for pro-renewable energy legislation.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:18">Conceived and directed by Josh Fox and featuring
Josh Fox and members of the acclaimed International WOW ensemble, “The
Solutions Grassroots Tour” will also feature music by recording artist Vanessa
Bley and TWIN DANGER. With a cast of over 20 actor/dancers, live video
installation, a world class seven piece band, and renewable energy power
provided by solar panels on site, the performance will be spectacle all ages
can enjoy. The play will also feature the stage debut of rancher and
spokesman John Fenton, subject of GASLAND I & II and his son Johnny Fenton,
of Pavillion, Wyoming. </ins></span>T<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:18">he storyline revolves around a town that is facing
the possibility of becoming an extraction zone for extreme fossil fuel
development. At crucial moments in the plot, members of the audience
</ins></span>have an opportunity to<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:18"> participate in the acting and telling of the
story. “This is about doing something positive for our towns and our
neighbors. The renewable energy future is here now, and we have created
this play to bring this incredible organizing and economic opportunity directly
to communities ,” says Fox. “An interactive theatrical event serves
as a living, breathing training ground for community decision making.
Renewable energy can benefit culture and democracy as well as being the next
major economic development force.” </ins></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eventually, the piece
will travel all across New York State and serve as a model for the rest of the<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:22"> </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:18">United States and the world.</ins></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Italic","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">About Josh Fox</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">Josh Fox is best known as the writer/director of
GASLAND Parts I and II. Among numerous honors, together the films garnered the
Sundance Special Jury Prize for documentary, the Environmental </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:22">Media </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">Association Award for Best
Documentary, HBO distribution, an Academy Award Nomination</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:22"> and an Emmy for best Documentary
Directing</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">. Fox
is internationally recognized as a spokesperson and leader on the issue of
fracking and extreme energy development. He is also the founder and
producing artistic director of the International WOW Company</ins></span>, and
is availible for interviews<span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">.</ins></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">Josh has toured to over 300 cities with his </ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:21">films and plays</ins></span><span class="msoIns"><ins datetime="2014-06-30T18:20">. <span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">As a national spokesman on the issues of the
contamination resulting from fossil fuel extraction, Josh has appeared on the
Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Keith Olbermann show, PBS
Now, CNN, Democracy Now. He has regularly on </span>MSNBC
making frequent appearances on The Chris Hayes shows (Up and All in), on The Ed
Show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Morning Joe, Melissa Harris-Perry, Alex
Wagner, Tamron Hall, and Dylan Ratigan. <span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span></ins></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contact:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Josh Fox</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">917-913-9610</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.solutionsgrassroots.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.solutionsgrassroots.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-24049664390868201342014-06-30T11:31:00.000-07:002014-06-30T11:31:09.394-07:00Home Rule Prevails! Towns Allowed to Ban Fracking<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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allowed to Ban Fracking</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">--- <a href="http://www.thedailystar.com/"><span style="color: black;">The Daily Star</span></a>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Local governments in New
York have the authority to zone out gas drilling and other forms of heavy
industry, the state's highest court decided today in a 5-2 ruling that grew out
of challenges brought against fracking bans enacted by the towns of Middlefield
and Dryden.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Court of Appeals
signaled in the majority decision that it was not focused on the merits of the
bans but on the legal authority of the towns to enact keep out drilling - a
move the industry claimed superceded their authority.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> "The
towns both studied the issue and acted within their home rule powers in
determining that gas drilling would permanently alter and adversely affect the
deliberately-cultivated, small-town character of their communities,"
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is a victory
for both home rule and our towns," Middlefield Town Supervisor David Bliss
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Middlefield's ban,
enacted in 2011, was challenged by Cooperstown Holstein Corp. The company is
owned by Middlefield dairy farmer Jennifer Huntington. She had leased her farm
land to a gas company she said was only interested in placing a conventional
gas well on her land, not an operation involving the more controversial process
known as horizontal hydraulic fracturing for natural gas trapped deep within
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dryden's ban was
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cities and villages in New York have enacted either moratoriums or bans on
drilling since Middlefield and Dryden became among the first in the state to
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Advocates for Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150317200631565315noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252517802410181191.post-49877447177639186202014-06-03T06:14:00.002-07:002014-06-03T06:14:29.869-07:00NYS Court of Appeals, Tuesday, June 3: Can Cities & Towns Ban Fracking? GET READY, MORRIS!<div class="" style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday, the <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=opinion&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22New+York+State+Court+of+Appeals%22" style="border: 0px none; color: #08478d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">New York State Court of Appeals</a> will
hear arguments in a case that poses a simple question: Can cities and
towns in the Empire State fend off potentially devastating environmental
and economic damage by banning hydraulic fracturing through their
zoning code?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our answer — as stated in an amicus brief filed on behalf of then-Manhattan Borough President <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=opinion&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Scott+Stringer%22" style="border: 0px none; color: #08478d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Scott Stringer</a> and
Elected Officials to Protect New York, a nonpartisan network of over
800 current and former municipal officials from all of the state's 62
counties — is an emphatic yes.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>For
decades, New York law has acknowledged that municipalities are far
better situated to determine what land use is appropriate for their
territory. In 1970, the state Legislature passed a groundbreaking
Environmental Protection Law which acknowledged the importance of
"[l]ocal participation in planning activities which influence the
ecological balance on the locality and therefore the state."</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>While the <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=opinion&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Department+of+Environmental+Conservation%22" style="border: 0px none; color: #08478d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Department of Environmental Conservation</a> has
imposed a blanket ban on fracking in the watersheds of Syracuse and New
York City to protect the health of nearly half the state's residents,
many residents of upstate towns have rightly wondered, "If fracking
isn't safe for city dwellers, by what logic is it safe for us?"</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>As
it turns out, many towns aren't waiting for the state to finish its
analysis. As evidenced by the more than 175 New York municipalities that
have already enacted bans and moratoria on fracking within their
borders — often in the face of costly lawsuits threatened by the oil and
gas industry — concerns about the effects of fracking on public health
and quality of life have united communities large and small, from Otsego
to New York City.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Indeed,
our collaboration and the coalition assembled by EOPNY stand for the
proposition that when it comes to fracking and its effects on our way of
life, upstate and downstate are in this together.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Our
argument to the court seeks to protect the long-standing right of
municipalities to make their own land-use, local control decisions by
emphasizing the powerful justifications for local bans: significant
scientific evidence linking fracking to water contamination by heavy
metals, radium and methane; municipal and social ills due to increases
in crime and stresses on social and emergency services; and economic
costs including catastrophically expensive road damage and the specter
of declines in property values.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>In fact, a 2011 report from the state <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=opinion&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Department+of+Transportation%22" style="border: 0px none; color: #08478d; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Department of Transportation</a> found
the cost of increased heavy traffic alone could result in the need for
repairs and reconstruction ranging from $211 million to $378
million annually.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>In
the six months since the brief was filed, our position has only grown
stronger as new studies have showcased the threat of water contamination
and health and community impacts imposed by fracking. One example is
the growing evidence linking fracking and its wastewater disposal to
earthquakes, which can occur miles away from the wells themselves.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The
case being argued Tuesday comes from the communities of Dryden and
Middlefield (population 1,869 and 1,962, respectively). The towns argue
that banning fracking through the zoning code comports with their rights
to make land use decisions appropriate to their unique neighborhoods.
In contrast, the gas companies challenging the towns have asserted that
only the state can regulate oil and gas extraction, despite the fact
that cities and towns across New York have long used zoning to
facilitate the "adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage,
schools, parks and other public requirements" in concert with the
character of the community.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Dryden,
Middlefield and scores of other towns have rightly seen fit to protect
their towns from the harms associated with fracking. These actions are
firmly grounded in constitutionally granted Home Rule powers and the
duty of all municipalities to protect their citizens' health, safety and
welfare. We stand firmly for the right of any community to do the same.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Scott Stringer and Julie Huntsman</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Scott
M. Stringer is the New York City comptroller and a former Manhattan
borough president. Julie Huntsman is an Otsego councilwoman and
co-coordinator of Elected Officials to Protect New York.</b></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Global Frackdown:<br />
An International Day to Stop Fracking</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #333333;">October 11, 2014</span></h2>
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<strong>Mission Statement: </strong>
Fracking for oil and gas is inherently unsafe and the harms of this
industry cannot be fully mitigated by regulation. We reject the
multi-million dollar public relations campaign by big oil and gas
companies and urge our local, state, and national officials to reject
fracking. We stand united as a global movement in calling on
governmental officials at all levels to pursue a renewable energy future
and not allow fracking or any of the associated infrastructure in our
communities or any communities. We are communities fighting fracking,
frac sand mining, pipelines, compressor stations, LNG terminals, exports
of natural gas, coal seam gas, coal bed methane and more. Fracking is
not part of our vision for a clean energy future and should be banned.</div>
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<strong>What will organizations get out of participating?</strong></div>
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<li>An opportunity to increase media attention locally by tying local events to the global day of action</li>
<li>The chance to create a powerful counter-narrative to the industry PR push though coordinated, unified actions across the world</li>
<li>Sample materials to use for the day of action, including media
advisory template, event page to track registrations, and template
editable flyers</li>
<li>An opportunity to build your organization by being part of a growing, powerful, meaningful and winning movement</li>
<li>Your event featured on the Global Frackdown website and link to your organization and event</li>
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<strong>What types of events should we do?</strong><br />
Events should be fun, creative, and locally relevant. The idea is to
use a global day of action to amplify what is happening and needed
locally. Some ideas include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Protests outside elected officials’ office</li>
<li>Street theater outside oil or gas company headquarters</li>
<li>Film screening of Gasland or Spilt Estate</li>
<li>Petition gathering action</li>
<li>Work in community to generate phone calls to key decision makers</li>
<li>Visibility event at key intersection with signs</li>
<li>Assemblies / pot luck about fracking with community members</li>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear Mr. Joy and Members of the Morris
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Following the recent elections and changes to the
Board’s composition, we want to take this opportunity to welcome the newly
elected members to the Board. Since 2009, concerned citizens of Morris have
appealed to the Town Board to address the known hazards associated with the
extreme energy extraction process of high volume horizontal hydrofracking known
as “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fracking</i>” and to present documented
evidence on the dangers of fracking. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Carol Nealis and Dawn Sieck gave
impassioned pleas to the Board in 2009 asking for protections for our community
against fracking, and a</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">s growing
local and national concern increased over the dangers, concerned residents of
Morris eventually formed the citizens’ organization known as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advocates for Morris </i>in 2011.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In May 2011, Attorney Michele Kennedy urged
the Board to consider its rights and responsibilities under the law. In June 2011,
a signed petition proposing a local law banning fracking and a draft
Stand-Alone Prohibition against fracking were presented by Bob Thomas on behalf
of Advocates for Morris, followed by the Board’s formation of a gas drilling
committee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">With growing local and national concern over the
dangers of fracking,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Advocates for Morris
</i>formed affiliations with the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Otsego
County Coalition Against Unsafe Drilling</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Yorkers Against Fracking</i>, and retained the services of
attorneys from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Natural Resources
Defense Council</i> (NRDC). The NRDC provides legal and policy assistance to
towns and local governments seeking protection from fracking through its
“Community Fracking Defense Project.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Advocates
for Morris</span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> recently conducted a community-wide
opinion survey on fracking in an effort to poll local citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Survey mailing costs were underwritten by our
members and through a grant from Otsego 2000. The sole survey question<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">—“Do you want to allow fracking for shale
gas in Morris?”— </b>was mailed to every Morris household and generated<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>responses from 462 Morris residents
over age 18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The unsolicited mailing
yielded a surprisingly good response rate of 33% and we would like to share the
survey results with the Board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The majority of the respondents (71%) were opposed
to fracking in Morris. Those among the 29% minority of respondents who said
they favor fracking believed it would “provide economic stability and tax
relief to the area.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The survey
return-mail forms included direct comments from respondents that ranged from
“Thank you for taking the trouble to survey your neighbors<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">,”</i> to “Mind your own business.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One resident urged officials to
“listen to the voices of your people,” adding that the “possibility of
poisoning or contamination of the water supply is not worth the risk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another stressed the importance of exploring
renewable energy sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several
expressed fears that property values might plummet if fracking were to be
permitted, with some saying they have delayed investing in property
improvements due to the threat of financial loss from fracking seen in other
areas of the country. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our recent s</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">urvey
records will remain on file at the New York offices of NRDC, whose interest in
the survey returns is tied to the legal and strategic advice they are providing
to us in our campaign for good governance and protections against fracking. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">While opinions may differ, growing numbers of
people are organizing nationally and internationally to protest fracking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">t has been said “everyone lives
downstream,” yet who</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> can really
say</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">where upstream ends and downstream begins?</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ultimately, every person is downstream from someone
else and potentially affected by the harmful actions of others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As other local towns have conceded, there is
too much at stake for the safety of our communities to consider the benefits
touted by the drilling industry for fracking in rural communities. From what is
known to the public, the drilling industry has very little to lose and
virtually no penalties to fear when failed wells, broken promises, financial
loss to landowners, water contamination and toxic waste are left in the wake
for innocent citizens and communities to endure and clean up. People are demanding
stringent governmental controls and accountability from the drilling industry
given the health and environmental risks associated with dangerous chemicals
used in the fracking process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Public protest and
divided positions are clearly not limited to Morris or the efforts of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advocates for Morris</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our organization’s concerns simply mirror the
growing concerns voiced nationally and internationally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of those concerns, bans and moratoria
on fracking have already been enacted by many towns, counties, states and
countries to protect the health and welfare of their people. Throughout New
York State, there is growing hue and cry over the dangers of fracking and calls
for a statewide ban. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elected Officials to Protect New York </i>(EOPNY)
at <u>nyelectedofficials.org</u> has a resource page containing some good
reference material.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Here in Otsego County, increasing numbers of
municipalities have implemented bans on fracking, including </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">our two
neighboring towns—New Lisbon and Butternuts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the bans in those neighboring towns,
residents still have concerns given their proximity to Morris. They question their
welfare in the event the government of Morris fails to implement similar
protective measures. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A number of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advocates for Morris</i> members and
citizens of Morris have presented information on fracking to the Board during
privilege of the floor, requesting that the information be recorded in the meeting
minutes. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The town’s records
contain volumes of written appeals from citizens and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advocates for Morris</i>, as well as documented evidence concerning the
impacts of fracking to human health and the environment. Given this history, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Advocates of Morris</i> asks the Board and
its new members to conduct a retrospective review of this evidence by examining
the town’s records and meeting minutes in consideration of the many dangers
associated with fracking and how those dangers stand to harm our community and
citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>W</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hile we
are encouraged by the results of our recent opinion survey and by the recent </span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">changes in the Morris Town Board, we once again call
upon members of this Board to meet their responsibility to ensure the safety
and welfare of the people by joining with our neighboring communities to enact
a ban against fracking in Morris. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<em>I knew Eric Waggoner's <a href="http://culturalslagheap.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/elemental/">essay about the chemical spill </a>went viral when a vice president at NPR sent it to me and said I should read this.</em><br />
<em>In
fact, it's been featured on CNN and Huffington Post. Waggoner is a
professor at West Virginia Wesleyan who published the essay under the
title <a href="http://culturalslagheap.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/elemental/">"Elemental" on his blog, Cultural Slagheap</a>.</em><br />
<em><em>He
says he's surprised his words have traveled so far and wide. The best
part, he says, is hearing from West Virginians who say, "That's how I
feel."</em></em><br />
<em>Here it is, republished with Waggoner's permis</em><em>sion with two minor language changes so I can allow my ten-year-old daughter to read this:</em><br />
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My
dad, a lifelong firefighter, used to teach Hazardous Materials Response
and Safety classes to first responders. The first informational point
he covered at the beginning of the course was how to read the
classification marks on transportation tankers—the little diamond-shaped
signs, usually mounted on the back of the tank, that announce via
numerical code what kinds of chemicals are stored in those transport
vehicles, and what levels and types of health risks would be associated
with a spill in the case of a wreck.<br />
The first homework
assignment he gave was for the firefighters to go home and stand on the
main cross street in their neighborhoods and home towns for about an
hour, and write down the numbers on every tag they saw pass through that
intersection, then go look up the numbers. Dad said that the next
week, when those students came back for class, invariably there’d be two
or three groups of firefighters whose faces were white as flour.<br />
***<br />
This
is not going to be a very cogent post, I’m afraid. We’re still in the
middle of the mess that got made for us, and there are still a lot of
things we don’t know, including when the water is going to be drinkable
again. I’ll try to be as articulate as I can.<br />
Yesterday,
Saturday January 11, I drove to Charleston WV, the city where I was
born, and where my parents, my sister and her husband, my niece, and
many of my family still live. I’m two hours north now, up in lumber
country. They’re still down south in coal country. One of the ways we
identify regional demarcations in this state is through industry.<br />
I’d
been talking to my folks ever since the spill at Freedom Industries on
Thursday morning. Here’s what we know so far: The spill dumped 7,500
gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River, a
mile and a half upstream from the intake pipes for West
Virginia-American Water, a company that serves nine counties.<br />
The
spill was caused, according to the most reliable reports we’ve been
seeing to this point, because of deterioration of Freedom Industries’
storage and transfer materials for chemicals used in coal processing.
We’re talking here about your basic rusted pipes and breached concrete
containment walls. Freedom Industries hadn’t been inspected by the
Department of Environmental Protection in over 20 years. There was,
we’re being told, no plan—no plan—on the books for procedure and
protocol, should one of those containment tanks happen to be breached.<br />
I
drove down to Charleston on Saturday morning with ten cases of bottled
water, as my folks, my sister and brother-in-law, and my niece haven’t
been able to use tap water since Thursday. Saturday morning it rained
in Buckhannon—rained hard. It rained off and on all the way to
Charleston, a sheeting, high-wind downpour that at times, through the
windshield, looked like driving through a car wash.<br />
About ten
miles out of Charleston, the rain slacked off. The temperature was
mild, about 60 degrees. I drove south to the point where I-79 South
ends, and you pick up I-64 West to head into the interstate exchanges on
the freeway that runs the length of downtown. And there, about a mile
and a half out, I smelled it, smelled the odor of the MCHM coming in
through the car vents.<br />
I keep hearing the odor described as
“licorice.” That’s not quite right, at least to me. But I can see how
you’d make that association. The smell was both sweet and sharp, and
strangely light, at least in comparison to the smells I associated with
chemical leaks growing up. But it was there, suddenly, like someone had
flipped a switch. It wasn’t there, and then the next second, there it
was.<br />
I-64 West into Charleston, coming from southbound, unrolls
in a big left-hand curve just after you come into the city. I’ve driven
this route hundreds, maybe thousands of times. I grew up here. I
recognize every building from the freeway—the banks, the hospitals, the
hotels and apartment complexes, all of it. In the deepest part of that
big left-hand curve, down off the freeway and to my left, there was West
Virginia-American Water Company, and the smell suddenly became very,
very strong.<br />
On my way in, the rain had let up. Now there was
low-lying fog, white-and-gray tufts and tendrils of vapor rising up from
the street level all around the small wood-frame houses and gas
stations and grocery stores. The sky was dark, and the fog was in the
streets, and the smell was everywhere. I looked at the water company,
and I smelled the air, and suddenly I was filled—I mean <em>filled</em>—with a rage that was quite sudden, very unexpected, and utterly comprehensive.<br />
We
can never predict what moments are going to affect us this way. I’m no
dewy-eyed innocent about chemical leaks. They were regular occurrences
when I was a kid. On the merits, this doesn’t seem right now to be the
worst industrial threat West Virginia has ever endured. Hell, it isn’t
the most immediately threatening one my family has endured personally;
that would be the bromine leak in my very own hometown of Malden in the
1980s, the one that forced a complete evacuation of the entire town
until the leak could be contained.<br />
But something about this
confluence, the way I had to bring potable water to my family from two
hours north, the strange look of the landscape wreathed in rain and
mist, the stench of a chemical that was housed directly upstream from
the water company—something about all of that made me absolutely buoyant
in my rage. This was not the rational anger one encounters in response
to a specific wrong, nor even the righteous anger that comes from an
articulate reaction to years of systematic mistreatment. This was blind
animal rage, and it filled my body to the limits of my skin.<br />
And this is what I thought:<br />
<b><em>To hell with you. </em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To
hell with every greedhead operator who flocked here throughout history
because you wanted what we had, but wanted us to go underground and get
it for you. To hell with you for offering above-average wages in a
place filled with workers who’d never had a decent shot at employment or
education, and then treating the people you found here like just
another material resource—suitable for exploiting and using up, and
discarding when they’d outlived their usefulness. To hell with you for
rigging the game so that those wages were paid in currency that was
worthless everywhere but at the company store, so that all you did was
let the workers hold it for a while, before they went into debt they
couldn’t get out of.</em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To hell with you all for
continuing, as coal became chemical, to exploit the lax, poorly-enforced
safety regulations here, so that you could do your business in the
cheapest manner possible by shortcutting the health and quality of life
not only of your workers, but of everybody who lives here. To hell with
every operator who ever referred to West Virginians as “our
neighbors.” </em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To hell with every single screwjob elected
official and politico under whose watch it all went on, who helped write
those lax regulations and then turned away when even those weren’t
followed. To hell with you all, who were supposed to be stewards of the
public interest, and who sold us out for money, for political power.
To hell with every one of you who decided that making life convenient
for business meant making life dangerous for us. To hell with you for
making us the eggs you had to break in order to make breakfast.</em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To
hell with everyone who ever asked me how I could stand to live in a
place like this, so dirty and unhealthy and uneducated. To hell with
everyone who ever asked me why people don’t just leave, don’t just quit
(and go to one of the other thousand jobs I suppose you imagine are
widely available here), like it never occurred to us, like if only we
dumb hilljacks would listen as you explained the safety hazards, we’d
all suddenly recognize something that hadn’t been on our radar until
now. </em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To hell with the superior attitude one so often
encounters in these conversations, and usually from people who have no
idea about the complexity and the long history at work in it. To hell
with the person I met during my PhD work who, within ten seconds of
finding out I was from West Virginia, congratulated me on being able to
read. <em>(Stranger, wherever you are today, please know this: Standing
in that room full of people, three feet away from you while you smiled
at your joke, I very nearly lost control over every civil checkpoint in
my body. And though civility was plainly not your native tongue, I did
what we have done for generations where I come from, when faced with
rude stupidity: I tamped down my first response, and I managed to
restrain myself from behaving in a way that would have required a deep
cleaning and medical sterilization of the carpet. I did not do any of
the things I wanted to. But stranger, please know how badly I wanted to
do them.)</em></em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>And, as long as I’m roundhouse damning
everyone, and since my own relatives worked in the coal mines and I can
therefore play the Family Card, the one that trumps everything around
here: To hell with all of my fellow West Virginians who bought so deeply
into the idea of avoidable personal risk and constant sacrifice as an
honorable condition under which to live, that they turned that condition
into a culture of perverted, twisted pride and self-righteousness, to
be celebrated and defended against outsiders. To hell with that
insular, xenophobic pathology. To hell with everyone whose only
take-away from every story about every explosion, every leak, every mine
collapse, is some vague and idiotic vanity in the continued endurance
of West Virginians under adverse, sometimes killing circumstances. To
hell with everyone everywhere who ever mistook suffering for honor, and
who ever taught that to their kids. There’s nothing honorable about
suffering. Nothing.</em></b><br />
<b> </b><b><em>To hell with you. This is the one
moment in my adult life when I have wished I could still believe in Hell
as an actual, physical reality, so that I could imagine you in it.</em></b><br />
That
was what I thought. Not in those words—it came to me in a full-body
rush—but I think that’s a reliable verbal representation of the feeling.<br />
Like
I said, it wasn’t rational or cogent. I’m not an eco-warrior or a
Luddite, and I’m not anti-business or even anti-industry. But for
years, I’ve watched from inside and out while the place I grew up in,
the place where many people I love still live, got sold out and scorched
and plowed under and poisoned and filled with smoke.<br />
There are sensible, sane ways to do things. (A mile and a half <em>upstream</em> from a water intake facility. <em>Upstream</em>.)
It’s essential for state and federal governments to consult with
scientists—actual, real scientists, in spite of this area’s long and
fierce tradition of anti-intellectualism when it comes to public
policy—and provide a regulatory apparatus for maintaining safety
standards and making sure things are up to code, and that there’s a
protocol in place for when systems fail. That’s what a society does to
protect the people who live in it. Or the people who live in it
will—should, anyway—naturally come to the conclusion that their health
and safety mean zero in the calculus of industry and politics.<br />
Over
the past couple of decades, the resource manufacturing industries have
been leaving the state in a slow trickle—of their own volition, though,
and not, as might have been hoped, at the end of a pike—and gradually,
the state is going to have to move to a post-coal, post-chemical
economy. That’s a good development, to my mind. But the history of
sellout politicians and cheapjack business interests in this region
keeps me on watch for the next plague of locusts.<br />
Having been
made to endure poisoned Air, Earth, and Water, we ought to be mindful of
that history, and make sure that history goes with us, always, into the
voting booth, into the streets, into the home, into the wider world.<br />
Otherwise,
to steal a line from the old hymn—and don’t we love our Jesus, our
stories of noble suffering around here—we’ll all of us, residents and
politicians and operators alike, find ourselves standing in the Fire
Next Time.<br />
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