Counter-terrorism unit set up in Alberta to help protect energy industry, public – Yahoo! News Canada
June 7, 2012
Industrialization of Finger Lakes
June 6, 2012
Seneca Lake Entergy Storage Facility Photos of Industrialization of Seneca Lake.
I recently learned that you among others passed a bill designating Seneca Lake as a Scenic By-Way.
Attached please find several photographs of what is happening on Seneca Lake, as Kansas-City based Inergy prepares to turn Upstate NY into the gas storage and transport hub of the North East, with Seneca Lake at its epicenter. Please take a look at the attached photos. This unsightly project is visible from across the lake while driving down Route 414, the very section of road that would be designated as “scenic”.This will have a seriously negative impact on the Wine, Tourism and Agricultural businesses in our region, and will cause a major increase in truck traffic along our rural roads.
There seems to be a disconnect between your vision of the region and what is actually happening. We need your help, before it is too late. Please stop Inergy from industrializing the Finger Lakes.
Businesses Endorse Fracking Ban
June 5, 2012
Constituency-form-final-1.pdf (application/pdf Object).
Endorsement
Form
I
support
a
ban
on
fracking
in
New
York.
I
urge
Governor
Andrew
Cuomo
and
the
New
York
State
Legislature
to
prohibit
this
dangerous
method
of
gas
drilling
that
threatens
our
water,
food,
and
air,
and
would
endanger
our
communities,
economy,
and
environment.
Your
Name:
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________Zip
Code:
_____________________
Phone
Number:_________________________________
Email
Address:_______________________________________________________
Please
tell
us,
in
2
or
3
sentences,
why
you
support
a
ban
on
fracking:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name
of
company,
institution
or
organization
_______________________________________________________
Web
site:
_____________________________________________
Your
title:
____________________________________________
Type
of
organization
(please
circle
all
that
apply):
Business:
Farm
Restaurant
Food
&
beverage
industry
Real
estate
Tourism
Health
care
or
public
health
Other:
_________________________________
Non-‐Profit
Organization:
Environmental
Business
association
Union
or
labor
Student
Faith-‐based
Other:______________________________________
Please
check
here
if
you
are
signing
on
behalf
of
your
business
or
organization:
_______
Please
check
here
if
you
would
like
your
affiliation
listed
for
identification
purposes
only:
_________
By
signing
this
form,
you
agree
to
allow
New
Yorkers
Against
Fracking
to
list
you
and/or
your
organization,
institution,
or
company
on
our
web
site,
be
included
in
media
announcements,
and
be
added
to
public
education
materials.
For
more
information,
or
if
you
have
any
questions,
please
contact:
David
Braun:
david@nyagainstfracking.org;
917-‐514-‐0700
Endorsement
forms
can
be
returned
to:
c/o
Food
&
Water
Watch,
155
Water
Street,
6th
Floor,
Brooklyn,
NY
11201
http://www.NYAgainstFracking.
Elected Officials to Protect New York
June 5, 2012
Elected Officials to Protect New York
Press Release:
Tompkins Officials Among More Than 250 Across the State Urging Governor to Require More Study Before Hydrofracking Moratorium is Lifted
(Released June 4, 2012 at 7:41 PM.)
More than 280 municipal leaders from across New York State—including more than 50 from Tompkins County—have signed a non-partisan letter to Governor Cuomo, urging the Governor to maintain the State’s current moratorium on hydrofracking until potential health, economic, and cumulative environmental impacts on local communities from such drilling are properly addressed. Those signing the letter to the Governor include representatives of cities, towns, villages, and county governments, including 12 members of the Tompkins County Legislature.
Leaders launched the “Elected Officials to Protect New York” initiative at a news conference this afternoon in Albany. Among those speaking was County Legislature Chair Martha Robertson. At the event, it was reported that the letter had been signed by at least 282 officials from 34 of the State’s counties.
The letter to the Governor urges that high-volume hydraulic fracturing not be permitted until the following independent assessments have been completed:
– A comprehensive health impact assessment of the entire shale gas extraction process—including, but not limited to, direct and indirect health effects and cumulative health impacts;
– A revised and thorough analysis that considers all potentially negative socioeconomic impacts—including, but not limited to, increased demands on local governments, first responders and law enforcement, and the effects of drilling on property values and home mortgages, existing businesses and economies, and local community character;
– A revised and properly thorough study of cumulative environmental impacts—including, but not limited to, those affecting the rural landscape, water resources, air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions, and the lack of safe alternatives for wastewater disposal.
The letter calls for all studies to be made available for public review and comment before regulations are finalized or the moratorium is lifted.
“As elected officials from across New York State, we share with you the responsibility to protect and
defend our people and our state,” the letter states. “Although the geographic area where drilling may occur may be limited, the impacts will be felt across the state. Unless and until the facts and the science prove that horizontal hydraulic fracturing is safe, New York’s de facto moratorium must remain in place.”
Elected Officials to Protect New York will continue to collect signatures on the letter to Governor Cuomo, through its website at http://www.nyelectedofficials.org.
Contact: Martha Robertson, Chair of the Legislature, 607-274-5434 or 607-272-0584.
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Marcia E. Lynch
Public Information Officer
Tompkins County
125 E. Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 607-274-5555/Fax: 607-274-5558
Cortland County Elected Officials who signed on to the letter as of 6/5/12
Gregory K. Leach
Councilmember
Town of Cortlandville
Cortland County
John C. Proud
Councilmember
Town of Cortlandville
Cortland County
Theodore V. Testa
Councilmember
Town of Cortlandville
Cortland County
Kevin Whitney
Legislator
Cortland County
Kathie Arnold
Legislator
Cortland County
Richard C. Tupper
Councilmember
Town of Cortlandville
Cortland County
James Doring
Supervisor
Town of Preble
Cortland County
Ronald L. Rocco
Councilmember
Town of Cortlandville
Cortland County
Donald Spaulding
Legislator
Cortland County
