Subject: Sent this letter to three NRDC members of Advisory Council re: sign coaliton letter
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:01:50 -0800 (PST)

Dear Mr. Kennedy,

We are writing you because we have been staunch supporters of the Natural Resource Defense Council for many years. We are deeply concerned about the recent developments regarding hydrofracturing and your role as an Advisory Panelist in suggesting that a demonstration project is an acceptable way forward for natural gas development in the state of New York. We view hydrofracturing as a grave threat to the health and safety of our family, community and our ecosystem! It is actually a much larger issue because hydrofracturing entails the loss of millions of gallons of fresh water at a time when water access is becoming a global crisis. This is but one of our concerns.

We do not want a demonstration project in the Southern Tier where we live or in any other part of the state. We urge you to live up to the name of the Natural Reources Defense Council- defend us by saying no to this demonstration project, and sign the coalition letter to request the withdrawal of the Revised Draft SGEIS. New York's Marcellus Shale Revised Draft SGEIS just received thousands of blistering comments from elected officials, business leaders, environmental and civic groups and citizens. Region 2 of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency submitted 26 pages of detailed comments that identified dozens of major inadequacies.