Environmental Activism Alerts

Each and every day between now and February 13 - 27th could decide the fate of shale gas fracking in New York. I write to implore you to implement a precise plan of action that should allow us all to survive the coming weeks. Pull out all the stops. This is definitely the moment of truth.

DEC's shale gas Revised Rulemaking proceeding has to be completed by 2/27/13. Otherwise, it must be restarted by law. In order to beat that looming deadline, both the infamous DOH "health impact analysis" Review and a Final SGEIS would have to be completed beforehand. FYI, February 13th is a regulatory notice deadline that could apply to the SGEIS.

Our Plan of Action

We Must Make Sure That The DOH Review Is Not Completed by 2/27/13. That goal is critical because the Cuomo administration has pledged that neither a Final SGEIS nor a Revised Rulemaking proposal will be adopted until the DOH Review is done. It is essentially all or nothing.

See Urgent Quick Action Guide: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/alerts/2013/01/10/quick-ac...

Greetings,

I want to thank everyone who heeded the call yesterday and showed up at an unprecedented State-of-the-State Rally. There were probably 1,500 to 2,000 of us. We totally dwarfed the pro-frackers.

Greetings,

All HANDS ON DECK. YOUR URGENT HELP IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW!!!

A truly impressive coalition of New York government officials is fighting tooth and nail to require public participation for the State Health Department's secret Review of DEC's Marcellus Shale "health impact analysis."

The future of Marcellus Shale gas extraction in New York could depend on the outcome of this battle.

First, a total of 118 government officials sent a coalition letter to Governor Cuomo which states:

"Until you have fulfilled our public participation requests, we ask that you:

a) Put on hold DOH’s “health impact analysis” Review/Assessment and

b) Make sure that DEC adopts neither a Final SGEIS nor a shale gas Revised Rulemaking proposal.

See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/cuomo/gov-coalition-letter...

Second, the Chairs of the Assembly Environmental Conservation (R. Sweeney) and Health (R. Gottfried) Committees as well as the Administrative Regulation Review Commission (C. Lavine) just sent an extremely important letter to Commissioners Martens and Shah about the DOH Review. The letter states:

Greetings,

I want to thank each of the 77 Mayors, Town Supervisors, City and Town Council Representatives and so many other government officials who signed the coalition letter requiring Public Notice, Public Comment and a Public Hearing for DOH's Review of New York's shale gas "health impact analysis. Your leadership is truly appreciated.

The list of signatories is impressive. You can review and sign the letter (government officials only) by clicking here: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/cuomo/gov-coalition-letter...

This coalition letter is more important than ever because it is now abundantly clear that the DOH Review is shockingly inadequate and must be started over.

Cuomo Administration Health Impact Assessment Document Leaked

A secret Cuomo Administration Health Impact Assessment document was leaked to the press and received extensive coverage today. See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/news/2013-01-03/gas-drilling-called-safe-...

Busy Government Officials, please sign this critically important coalition letter requiring public participation for the DOH Review/Assessment of DEC's "health impact analysis:" http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/cuomo/gov-coalition-letter...

Greetings,

First and foremost, I hope that you are enjoying your holidays very much and counting your blessings.  We have all come much farther than anyone would have thought possible four years ago.  We have an enormous amount to be grateful for. 

TAKE URGENT ACTION TODAY.

The New York State Department of Health is undertaking a woefully inadequate Review of DEC's "health impact analysis" in the Revised Draft SGEIS (Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement).

The DOH Review is being conducted in total secrecy without any public participation. See press: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale

Greetings,

Please accept my gratitude for the incredible response to yesterday's alert.  We are one day closer to Governor Cuomo's potential deadline of 2/27/13 for making a decision to permit shale gas fracking in New York, but we made important progress today.  I implore you to keep pushing hard.