Environmental Activism Alerts

Greetings,

I write to provide a quick update. In less than a week, we have generated extensive press coverage of the fundamental unfairness of DEC's revised draft SGEIS and are beginning to hammer away at its massive shortcomings.

http://www.toxicstargeting.com/news/2011-07-06/gov-may-lift-fracking-ban-0
http://www.toxicstargeting.com/news/2011-07-01/dec-charts-frackings-future
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20110630/NEWS01/106300407/DEC-is...|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Greetings,

It was revealed today that Governor Cuomo proposes to allow Marcellus Shale horizontal hydrofracturing to proceed in New York with the exception of the New York City and Syracuse watersheds, State lands and primary aquifers. See: http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/75403.html

His proposal is clearly an admission that Marcellus Shale horizontal hydrofracturing is inherently unsafe no matter what safeguards DEC might adopt in its revised draft SGEIS. Otherwise, the Governor would not propose to ban the practice in selected areas.

Work is Going Well - Take Additional Action Now

Greetings,

WOW, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SENDING MORE THAN 200 LETTERS TO DEC COMMISSIONER MARTENS requesting that he expand the scope of the draft SGEIS to address a wide variety of additional concerns.

Our communications will be extremely hard to ignore. Many of the letters are amazingly thoughtful, incredibly substantive and excruciatingly detailed. I will post some excellent examples as soon as I get my chin above water.

POUR IT ON!!! Every letter counts.

Take Immediate Action - Take Immediate Action

Greetings,

I am pleased to provide for your review my draft letter to Commissioner Martens regarding Executive Order No. 41. It requests that DEC address a wide variety of additional concerns as part of its revision of the draft SGEIS.

http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/documents/letters/2011/06/...

I invite you to use all or any part of the letter or the data that are referenced. The letter is a draft because I will try to identify additional concerns.

Greetings,

I am pleased to alert you to a letter that I wrote to Governor Cuomo yesterday. As you will see, I provided him with two key documents that reveal New York bankers are highly concerned about natural gas leasing impacts on mortgage lending.

Due to current lending policies and practices, properties with gas leases might not quality for mortgage loans. Properties might not quality for mortgage loans even if properties with gas leases are located within 200 feet.

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New York State Capitol
Albany, NY

Greetings:

Marcellus Shale horizontal hydrofracturing could pose unprecedented pollution hazards from New York's Catskills to the Southern Tier to the Finger Lakes. More than eight million residents of our state drink water from that area.