Rochesterians Concerned About 
Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction

R-CAUSE was created by Rochester citizens who treasure New York State and want its waters, land and air to remain clean and its communities to remain viable.  

R-CAUSE's goal is to inform as many people in the Rochester area as possible about the risks associated with 
high-volume, slick-water, horizontal hydraulic fracturing. 

We hear a lot about the Marcellus Shale which lies south of the Thruway, 
but we hear little about the Utica Shale which lies under parts of the Marcellus, and under Rochester and Lake Ontario.  
According to some the Utica Shale is deeper and may 
contain even richer deposits of natural gas than the Marcellus.