We Are Off to a Great Beginning to Require Governor Cuomo to Protect Incomparable Cayuga Lake From Salt Mining Hazards as Well as Other Water Pollution Problems

I implore you to beat the bushes for more signatories to our NEW: Coalition Letter Which Requests That Governor Cuomo Prohibit Issuance of State Permits/Authorizations for Salt Mining Under Cayuga Lake and Require a Transition to Salt Mining Only Under Dry Land

If appropriate, please identify yourself as a Cayuga Lake property owner or lake resident. Make your connection to Cayuga Lake crystal clear.

See our impressive media coverage: Protect Cayuga Lake Campaign

Pass along this alert to everyone who can help. Please donate generously to support Toxics Targeting's uniquely effective work.

Greetings,

I am thrilled to report that we have successfully launched an unprecedented campaign to protect Cayuga Lake from potentially catastrophic Cargill salt mining threats. In the days ahead, our efforts will also address water quality impairments associated with toxic chemicals, suspended solids and excessive phosphorus loading which each summer causes vast algal blooms and massive aquatic weed infestations.

Cayuga Lake Needs Our Help

Our work is cut out for us. This campaign is the latest chapter in a grueling 19-year battle to end pollution hazards which resulted in Cayuga Lake's inclusion in the National 303(d) Registry of Impaired Waterbodies. Problems that were originally limited to the southern 5,000 acres of Cayuga Lake have now spread throughout the entire lake.

Our goal is to hold Governor Cuomo accountable for preventing disastrous salt mining problems while remediating existing pollution hazards through a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) comprehensive watershed plan that is being developed.

If we succeed, our model of effective action could be replicated in a staggering number of communities that struggle with long-standing extraction mining ills and water quality impairments.

Help Organize Cayuga Lake Residents as Well as Everyone Concerned About Water Pollution and Extraction Mining Hazards

In only a couple of days, our new coalition letter has a total of 234 signatories, including many citizens who live on Cayuga Lake as well as physicians, academics, teachers, business owners, religious leaders, artists, farmers, elected officials and serious heavy hitters whose names ring big alarm bells on the Second Floor.

Equally importantly, we gained the support of citizens from all over New York State and from coast-to-coast. Thank you one and all. See below many impressive groups and institutions referenced by signatories.

Start Knocking on Doors

I implore Cayuga Lake residents to knock on doors and talk to their neighbors in order to find hundreds of additional signatories. It will not be easy to stop the biggest private corporation in the nation from continuing to mine salt under Cayuga Lake. We are in for a brutally hard fight.

Go, Go, Go. Every signatory counts: Coalition Letter Which Requests That Governor Cuomo Prohibit Issuance of State Permits/Authorizations for Salt Mining Under Cayuga Lake and Require a Transition to Salt Mining Only Under Dry Land

PHONEBANK Governor Cuomo at 518 474 8390. Demand that he PROHIBIT ALL PERMITS that would directly or indirectly allow salt mining UNDER Cayuga Lake.

Call for adoption of a comprehensive Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollution clean up plan for Cayuga Lake. The Governor will be shocked when you make that request.

Read our original Alert: Take Action to Require Governor Cuomo to Protect Incomparable Cayuga Lake From Salt Mining Pollution Threats

Thank you so much for all your help. I appreciate everyone who wrote and called.

Onward and upward,

Walter

Tompkins County Legislature

People for a Healthy Environment

Trout Unlimited

Transfiguration Monastery

southern oregon climate action now, SOCAN

NYRAD

SaVE

HydroQuest

PAUSE NEWFIELD, N.Y.
Main street First

Climate Justice

Catskilll Citizens for Safe Energy

S-OACC Sanford-Oquaga Area Concerned Citizens (S-OACC)

MUSE (Musicians United to Save the Environmen

PAUSE

Frackfreegenesee Symphoria

Advocates for Springfield

Citizen's Alliance for a Pristine Perinton

NY4Whales

Ramapo/Catskill Conservation Group/Co-founder

Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter

Protect Orange County.org

Orange Co. Peace and Justice

Pinelands Preservation

Chenango Community Action for Renewable Energy

ICAN Interfaith Climate Action NetworkSierra Club Ocean County

SAPE
Concerned Citizens of Rural Broome

Village Independent Democrats

Rochester Defense Against Fracking

Check out extensive news coverage and photos for our Protect Cayuga Lake Campaign

Assemblywoman Lifton calls for moratorium on lake salt mining Lawmakers calling on DEC to stop salt mine expansion

Assemblywoman urges halt in Cargill salt mine expansion below Cayuga Lake

State Assemblywoman announces Cargill Mine letter in contentious press conference

Lifton calls for stop to mining under Cayuga Lake

Assembly members call to stop Cayuga Lake salt mining expansion

News Conference - 7/19/2017

New York State Assembly Official Welcome 6/15/17