2013 PAST EVENTS
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 7-8:30 pm
Learn about the TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement)
Format: Webinar PLUS discussion
Location: Live, interactive webinar & discussion at Penfield Public Library,
Ruth Braman meeting room, 1985 Baird Road, Penfield, NY 14526
Pre-registration is optional to attend at the library.
Seating is limited so arrive early!
Or Attend from Home: Pre-registration is REQUIRED to attend the webinar from your computer & phone. Register for your connection soon! Limited # of connections.
Pre-register here: http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140449 (After registering, you will be on the email list of MoveOn.org.)
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Description: Learn about the TPP and how it could impact our nation, environmental regulations, jobs and more, so we can make better-informed decisions and better-informed communications with our elected representatives regarding this issue. TPP stands for Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement - it is an agreement in negotiation the last 4 years among approximately 12 nations on the Pacific Ocean with text undisclosed to the public and undisclosed to most of Congress. President Obama has asked Congress to approve it this fall, using the "Fast Track" authority.
PP presentation
Related reading: Briefing for Congress 8/21/2013 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42694.pdf
- TPP Issues: http://www.exposethetpp.org/
- Bill Moyer's show 11/1/2013: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade-deal-you-need-to-know-about/
-Wall Street Journal Articles: More Talks Needed Recent Snags
-Sierra Club Lack of transparency and environmental implications TPP Fact Sheet
-Trade policy analysis: TPP - new foundation for world trade policy
Hosted locally by:
Sierra Club-Rochester Regional Group
Federation of Monroe County Environmentalists
R-CAUSE
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7 PMWorkshop led by
David Slottje:
Availability of Land Use Laws to
Protect Health, Safety and Community Assets
Stafford Town Hall
8093 Route 237, Stafford, NY 14143
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013 7:30-10 PM
Penfield Town Board Legislative Meeting and Public Hearing
To hear all persons interested in the question of the adoption of Local Law No. 1 of 2013 which would extend the moratorium & prohibition within the Town of Penfield of natural gas & petroleum exploration & extraction activities, underground storage of natural gas & disposal of natural gas or petroleum extraction, exploration & production wastes.
This will be the first item on the agenda.
Penfield Town Board, 3100 Atlantic Ave., Penfield 14526
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:30 PM
Leicester Brine Plant Public Forum
Newton Lecture Hall, SUNY Geneseo across from the Milne Library on University Drive,
Geneseo, NY
Read more here: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/10/13/akzonobel-state-keeping-talks-private-so-far-/2968681/
The DEC and a representative from the NYS Atty General's office will present information about closing the Akzo Nobel desalination plant in Cuylerville. The meeting is happening at the request of Livingston County Town Supervisors. Questions from the audience will be allowed.
There is concern about corruption of an aquifer, soil stability and local water wells if treatment ceases. AND THE RELIABILITY OF THE ALPHA GEOSCIENCE REPORT MAY BE QUESTIONABLE. The lack of transparency of NYS to the county and towns is troubling.
Some may wonder how this issue affects them. The issue strikes a raw nerve, knowing the DEC has been negotiating with a mining company for two years without including any local officials. The DEC is willing to essentially sell our aquifer for two million dollars. If one brings the hydrofracking debate into the equation, the concern deepens. Many feel the DEC is the department that stands as a buffer between our resources and mining companies. This is a stark example that the DEC is not representing our interests. How can we trust a state department that does not willingly include the local community regarding our own water resources?
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Saturday, November 2, 2013 2 PM
Comfort Zone Screening
Kate Gleason Auditorium
Central Library, 115 South Ave., Rochester, NY 14604
http://comfortzoneproject.com/
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7 pm
Marcellus and Utica Shale Potential in NYS
Public Presentation by Lou Allstadt, Brian Brock, Chip Northrup, Jerry Acton
Hollister Hall Auditorium (B-14), Cornell University
Press Release: https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=49ab882933&view=pt&search=inbox&th=141ff057268bc032
Save the Date:
http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=06cdb9f3fdaed8bfa2dbd78fc&id=11e7cd7035&e=d86975774a
Poster:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/84304891/Oct%2030%20Posters.pdf
Check out these articles and interviews:
Peter Mantius:
http://www.dcbureau.org/201310289248/natural-resources-news-service/new-york-shale-play-gets-major-downgrade.html#more-9248
Tom Wilber:
http://tomwilber.blogspot.com/
Liz Benjamin interviews Chip Northrup:
http://www.nofrackingway.us/2013/10/23/how-much-shale-gas-in-new-york/
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Wednesday October 23, 2013 7 PM
The DEC Has Quietly Proposed New Weak Rules for LNG Facilities
Sandra Steingraber and Keith Schue
present their analyses of the weaknesses of the DEC's Proposed Regulations and
provide fodder for your comments to DEC.
Come learn
• how to submit comments
• what points to make in your comments
First Unitarian Church
306 North Aurora Street, on the NY Corner with East Buffalo, Ithaca 14850
Enjoy home made snacks and conversation following the program
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GLOBAL FRACKDOWN 2013!
An international day of action uniting concerned citizens everywhere on October 16 & 19
to send a message to elected officials in our community and across the globe that
we want a future lit by clean, renewable energy, not dirty, polluting fossil fuels.
http://www.globalfrackdown.org/about/
Global Frackdown 2 Calls for a Worldwide Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
with link to Josh Fox video: http://ecowatch.com/2013/global-frackdown-worldwide-ban-on-hydraulic-fracturing/
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
LYONS, NY (Wayne County)
WHERE: Lyons Farmers Market, Church Street, Lyons, NY 14489
WHEN: 9 AM - Noon
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/GetTogether?cal_event_id=108701&gettogether=event_main&page=event_main&cal_invitee_id=&cal_activity_id=1000
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Saturday, October 19, 2013
BUFFALO FRACK OF THE DEAD
Zombie Rally and March
When: 11 AM - 1 PM
Where: Bidwell Park on Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
Zombie dress is encouraged
Flier: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/buffalo_global_frackdown.png
Co-Sponsors: Food and Water Watch, NYPIRG, Western NY Drilling Defense, WNY Peace Center, Sierra Club Niagara Group and more.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
SYRACUSE DOUBLE FRACKDOWN
Tell the DEC what you think of their fracking LNG Regs!
1a. Rally and Press Conference Against Fracking Infrastructure:
When: Noon
Where: New York State Fairgrounds,
581 State Fair Blvd., near the Martha Eddy Room, Syracuse 13209
Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/495968563831817/
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1b. Public Information Meeting for DEC Proposed Regulations of Liquid Natural Gas Facilities
DEC will present the Proposed Rule Making and Respond to Questions
When: 1-3 PM
Where: New York State Fairgrounds 581 State Fair Blvd, Martha Eddy Room Syracuse 13209
Link to DEC Proposed Regs: Part 570: http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/93069.html
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2. The Future of Fair Elections and the Role of Money in the Fracking Debate:
When: 7-9 PM
Where: 1199 SEIU Central NY Headquarters
250 South Clinton Street, Syracuse 13202
Flier: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/syracuseeventflyer-10-16-131.doc
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Prayer Walk For a Gas Free Seneca
Friday, October 11 - Monday, October 14, 2013
7:30am gather; 8am start
Watkins Glen State Park
Rain or Shine
This is a mindful interfaith walk around Seneca Lake (approx. 80 miles).
You don’t need to be religious, only hopeful.
They will be walking 20 miles per day, with breaks for lunch, ending each day with dinner and much needed sleep.
For the sake of visibility, the route starts at Watkins Glen State Park, going up Route 14, then 96A, 414, ending where it started- a perfect circle to envelope the area in prayer.
You are encouraged to wear No LPG signs.
Please join in whatever way possible to surround Seneca Lake with prayers, good intentions, compassion and loving kindness.
How can you help?
Join the walk.
If its a mile or two, an afternoon, or the entire journey, you are welcome and encouraged to come.
(Contact information will be announced to their whereabouts each day, so you can join on any of the days, at anytime.)
Bring some prayers, chants, meditations-whatever feels right to share.
(Walkers will receive further instructions by email.)
If you can’t join the prayer walk, please
1. Spend some time each day in meditation bringing Seneca Lake to your heart in prayer.
2. Donate to Gas Free Seneca at
gasfreeseneca.com.
If you would like to join or help in some way, please contact Margie Rodgers at MargieRodgers@gmail.com. Cell phone 607-738-5232.
Let’s put our heart and soul into keeping Seneca Lake free of gas storage.
More information here: http://gasfreeseneca.com/?page_id=118
and here: https://www.facebook.com/events/563505723702921/
to learn more about Gas Free Seneca and their law suit against Inergy storing liquid petrolean gas in the salt mine under Seneca Lake and turing it into the transportation hub for the northeast: http://gasfreeseneca.com/?page_id=123
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Our Thin and Delicate Atmosphere
The Climate Reality Project
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 7 pm
preceded by potluck dinner at 6:30
Arc of Steuben Conference Room
One Arc Way, Bath, NY 14810
(behind Simmons-Rochsell Dealership)
Presenter by Deborah DiBona
Deborah is a local business owner and educator who just completed a
3 day Climate Reality Project training session.
She will present 45 minute PowerPoint presentation created by Al Gore)
Sponsored by Bath Peace and Justice Group
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Saturday, 9/21/13 10 am to noon
EARTH VIGIL
Join the nationwide event, Draw the Line on Keystone XL
organized by 350.org
Downtown Rochester, corner of Exchange and West Broad, in front of the Gannett Building where the Democrat and Chronicle is published.
The Rochester event is initiated by the Rochester Zen Center and The Lost Bird Project. Through a meditation presence in environmental demonstrations and show that silence can speak loudly.
The message is a plea for the media to give a higher priority to covering environmental issues, which are the most critical issues of our time and are currently grossly underreported.
Only 1.2 % of all the media coverage in the United States is about the environment, while sports coverage is 22.7%.
The Gannett Company could help effect this change. In addition to our local Democrat and Chronicle, their holdings include USA Today, 82 other newspapers, 23 TV stations, and a web news network that reaches 52 million readers monthly.
Earth Vigil is asking the media to join us in the job of raising awareness about our changing climate. The American public deserves nothing less.
The more participants, the louder will be our voice and the more likely we will be heard. No prior meditation experience is needed. We will provide cushions for sitting (small beach balls!) but please bring a blanket for sitting on. As there will be no rain date, dress appropriately for the weather.
Help with transportation ids available. There will be a bus at the Rochester Zen Center, 7 Arnold Park, for anyone wishing to park their car and join the group. The bus will leave promptly at 9:15 am, and return at noon.
For more information, go to http://act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/6276/signup/?akid=&zip=rochester,%20ny. Or contact Andy Stern at andy@lostbirdproject.org
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Sunday, 9/15/13 5-7p.m.
DEAR GOVERNOR CUOMO
Screening at Greentopia
The Little Theatre L1
240 East Avenue, Rochester 14604
Flyer
Director, Jon Bowermaster, and Renee Vogelsang of Frack Action will be there for a post screening discussion.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013 6 PM
SENECA LAKE PURE WATERS ASSOC.
ANNUAL MEETING & DINNER
BELHURST CASTE, GENEVA
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
BEN WRIGHT, Hazen & Sawyer, PC., Environmental Engineers, NYC
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE—How Does Weather Affect Surface Water Quality
Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 7:00 PM
Rush Public Hearing on Local Law #3,
An Amendment to Zoning:
Proposed law is a ban on natural gas drilling-related activities in the Town of Rush.
The Town has had a moratorium in place since 3/28/12.
Rush Town Board Meeting (Monroe County)
Rush Town Hall, 5977 East Henrietta Rd., Rush NY, 14543.
The Rush Town Hall is on southwest corner of the intersection of
Route 251 and Route 15A (E. Henrietta Road).
Park in either the Town Hall lot off of Rte. 15A, or if that is full, in the Library lot off of Rte. 251.
The Town Board is permitted to vote on the bill directly following the hearing and will likely do so. Please consider attending the hearing to show your support. If you speak and you are not a Rush resident, we urge you to focus your comments on the impact that Rush's decision will have on surrounding communities, especially your own, given that the water and air pollution, truck traffic, and other deleterious impacts of fracking do not obey municipal boundaries. Even if you choose not to speak, your presence will lend visible support to our efforts.
Click HERE to read the Rush Proposed Law
and HERE to read the Zoning Amendment.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Seneca Lake Flotilla II
Departs at Noon
from the Kayak Shack at the Watkins Glen Village Marina, 2 Seneca Harbor, Watkins Glen 14891
Flotilla II is a chance to show our CONTINUED RESISTANCE to the Inergy LPG facility,
that we are not a drop in the pond, but are a wave that is gaining momentum!
Like the event in June, Flotilla II is a water-borne protest in defense of clean air and water, and a shout of our commitment to stopping the Inergy project.
This Flotilla is another fundraiser for the
Seneca Lake Emergency Legal Defense Fund.
Gas Free Seneca and Earthjustice have teamed up to mount a legal challenge to the Inergy project. Though Earthjustice is working pro-bono, retaining expert witnesses is very expensive.
We are asking participants to try to raise $100 in pledges for their boat.
Donations are not required to be part of the Flotilla, but are vital to taking legal action.
Checks can be made out to Sustainable Markets Foundation, with Gas Free Seneca in the Memo Line. Once again, life jackets are required, and all vessels are welcome.
Please support SAVE SENECA LAKE and Gas Free Seneca however you can!!!
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 6-9 p.m.
SAVE SENECA LAKE
A vital fundraiser for Gas Free Seneca to keep Seneca Lake free from LPG storage
Earthjustice is providing legal work pro bono.
HOWEVER, due to the highly technical nature of the impending legal battle,
Gas Free Seneca/Save Seneca Lake needs to retain
geologists, economists, air quality experts, etc.
This comes at an extremely high cost.
They need to raise upwards of $90,000.
Damiani Wine Cellars
4704 Route 414, Burdett, NY 14818
(on the east side of the lake just north of Watkins Glen)
Beautiful Music
Good Food
Silent Auctions
Many Friends
Great Purpose
Share the POSTER widely!
For more information go to www.gasfreeseneca.com
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Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23, 2013
Proud to be Frack Free
at the New York State Fair with Governor Cuomo has been cancelled
and replaced with
Three Rallies Against Fracking Outside Obama's Town Hall Meetings
in Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghamton:
Please sign up here to receive all of the details as soon as they become available: http://j.mp/19C4tk7
These are the latest details from Frack Action:
Buffalo:
Thursday, August 22, meet at 8:30am at the University at Buffalo -North Campus Alumni Arena. Contactryelda@fwwatch.org for more info. Click here to join the Facebook event page
Map & directions to North Campus: http://www.buffalo.edu/home/visiting-ub/north-campus-directions.html
Campus map of UB Alumni Arena Area & Parking Lots: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/8-22-13rally_location_map_ub_north1.pdf
Syracuse:
Thursday, August 22, meet from 2pm-6pm at Henninger High School, 600 Robinson Street, Syracuse, NY. Contact renee@frackaction.com for more info. Click here to join the Facebook event page or Sign up for the action here.
Binghamton:
Friday morning, August 23, meet at 8am at the University Plaza, west end of lot- 4710 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY. Contact i.silbermangorn@gmail.com for more info. Click here to join the Facebook event page.
Again, if you think you will be able to participate, please sign up on this form and we'll get you plugged in and updated as soon as we get more information: http://j.mp/19C4tk7
Bring your signs, voices, and conviction that we can and will win a ban in New York State and eventually, nationally. The science, facts, truth, and best interests of all Americans are on our side, and it's time the President stops acting under the influence of the oil & gas industry and instead takes heed of the science and truth.
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July 10 - August 16, 2013
Gloria Betlem
The Finger Lakes: Above and Below
Pastel paintings and mixed media
St. John Fisher College Welcome Center
Patricia O'Keefe Ross Gallery
3690 East Avenue, Rochester 14618
Hrs: M–Th 9-4, Fri 9–noon
Gallery: 385-7322
celebrating the Finger Lakes, featuring landscapes, iconic and personal imagery, and
shale bed geology rendering the impacts of hydrofracking.
Another component of the show is Poetic Encounters July 24, 7-9.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013 5-8 p.m. (eastern daylight time)
Science, Democracy, and Community Decisions on Fracking
Register for the Webinar here
Presented by the Union of Concerned Scientists' Center for Science and Democracy
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
EPA Webinar
Technical workshops are an important component of EPA’s Hydraulic Fracturing Study. EPA recently held workshops on Water Acquisition Modeling, and Well Construction/Operation and Subsurface Modeling. At the workshops, subject-matter experts contributed to in-depth discussions and shared expertise on technical topics relevant to the study.
On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 EPA will host public webinars to provide
a summary of each workshop:
• Water Acquisition Modeling: Assessing Impacts Through Modeling and Other Means. 1:00 pm EDT: Topics will include current and future trends and implications of water recycling/reuse, analysis of existing data on water acquisition, and the generalized approach to modeling effects of hydraulic fracturing water acquisition on water availability. Register here.
• Well Construction/Operation and Subsurface Modeling. 3:00pm EDT: Topics will include testing and monitoring techniques for well design, construction and operation; and the process of subsurface modeling of fluid migration to identify and understand potential impact on aquifers. Register here.
To view workshop materials and presentations, please visit
http://www2.epa.gov/hfstudy/2013-technical-workshops
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Sunday, July 14, 2013 2:45 pm
Gasland Part II
Screening & Discussion
Gandhi Institute
929 South Plymouth Avenue, Rochester 14608
Click here if you can attend:
http://moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=139035
GASLAND PART II (2 hours),
premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival,
shows how the stakes have been raised on all sides in one of
the most important environmental issues facing our nation today.
The film argues that the gas industry’s portrayal of natural gas as
a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth and that
fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families,
and endangering the earth’s climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane.
In addition the film looks at how the powerful oil and gas industries are in Fox's words
"contaminating our democracy".
Join us to see this film and get connected to others around resistance!
Representatives from R-CAUSE will be on hand to lead the discussion.
Sponsored by MoveOn and the Gandhi Institute.
Hosted by Marie Hickey.
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Monday, July 8, 2013 9PM EST
GASLAND PART II ON HBO
http://ecowatch.com/2013/gasland-part-ii-democracy-on-fire/
Host a house party!
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Sunday, June 30, 2013 7:30PM
DO THE MATH
42 minute documentary about the rising movement in the US
to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and challenge the fossil fuel industry.
See Bill McKibben at his best!
Panel Discussion follows.
Free and open to the public.
First Unitarian Church
2210 S. Winton Street, Rochester 14610
Sponsored by the Sierra Club
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Saturday, June 22, 2013 noon launch
Seneca Lake Anti-Fracking Flotilla
Watkins Glen Village Marina
517 E 4th St Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Say NO to the Inergy LPG storage facility and fracking!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seneca-Lake-Flotilla/587058427971574
Storm date is Sunday, same time.
RSVP: peteangie5342@yahoo.com
• Kayaks and canoes to launch at the Kayak Shack,
Contact the Kayak Shack for boat rental: 607-535-2701
• Power boats to launch at the adjacent Village Marina
Signage available for a donation (creative signage encouraged!)
The Star Gazette will be recording the event from a boat!
Other media expected!
Invite friends, family, co-workers, and share on facebook!
WHOSE FINGERLAKES? OUR FINGERLAKES!
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Monday, June 17, 2013, noon-3PM
Crossroads Rally & March
Say NO Fracking and YES to Renewable Energy
East Capital Lawn in Albany
Speakers & Performers:
Natalie Merchant, Arun Gandhi, Sandra Steingraber, Lois Gibbs, and others
Read more here and here
And this from Sandra Steingraber
Download the FLIER
New York stands at a crossroads; this is our moment to decide the course of history.
On Wednesday, June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor, where she has stood as our nation’s symbol of freedom ever since.
On Monday, June 17, 2013, citizens from across New York—from Long Island to Niagara Falls—will arrive in Albany to demand freedom from dirty energy, calling on Governor Cuomo to reject fracking and lead the nation in constructing a renewable energy economy here and now in New York.
At this march and rally, the anti-fracking movement will, for the first time, join with business leaders, faith leaders, health professionals, elected officials, farmers, and youth to demand the renewable energy jobs that our families and communities want and deserve.
New York is at a crossroads. In one direction: more ruinous dependency on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels. This path requires we blow apart the bedrock of our state and inject it with toxic chemicals. Providing only temporary, dangerous jobs, it leads to accidents, explosions, poisoned water, polluted air, contaminated food, public health disasters and climate catastrophe. This road chains us to the past and ransoms our children’s future. Running in the other direction is the road to renewable energy based on wind, water, and sunlight. This path leaves our communities unfractured and provides long-term, safe jobs to New Yorkers. This path creates an infrastructure that will not cost us the water we drink, the air we breathe or the health of our children. This path will make New York a leader in energy independence and, once more, a beacon of hope for the world. This path is the one we demand because our lives literally depend on it.
Governor Cuomo has said, "We will not allow the national paralysis over climate change to stop us from pursuing the necessary path for the future."
We agree. Here in New York, where we have watched our subways fill with seawater and witnessed Hurricanes Irene, Lee and Sandy wash away our communities, we now call on our governor to reject the climate-destroying practice of fracking and take aggressive strides towards a 100% renewable energy economy.
On June 17th, we invite people from every corner of New York State to gather at the State Capitol in Albany. Here, we will stand united to demand that Governor Cuomo reject fracking and blaze a trail to a renewable energy future.
Join us for this historic event as we rally in the East Capitol Lawn and march in the streets surrounding the Capitol building. The moment of power is now!
Sponsored by New Yorkers Against Fracking, Food & Water Watch, Frack Action, Catskill Mountainkeeper, United for Action, NYPIRG, Citizens Environmental Coalition, Alliance for a Green Economy and many more to be announced!
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 7PM
Syracuse Premier of
Gasland 2
The grassroots tour of GASLAND Part II with discussion and Q&A with Josh Fox directly following.
Storer Auditorium, Ferrante Hall, Onandaga Coommunty College
4385 W. Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse 13215
Tickets are free but reservations are necessary:
http://syracusegasland2.brownpapertickets.com/
Click here for more GASLAND 2 info and other screenings across the country
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Friday, June 7, 2013 7PM
Ithaca Premier of
Gasland 2
The grassroots tour of GASLAND Part II with discussion and Q&A directly following.
Statler Auditorium on the Cornell Campus just off Campus Road
between East Ave. and Statler Drive, right next to the Statler Hotel, Ithaca.
GUESTS:
Josh Fox, Director of GASLAND and GASLAND 2 and
Robert Howarth, Ph.D., Earth Sciences Research at Cornell.
Doors open at 6:00 PM
TICKETS:
Reserved Seats Available in advance for a $10.00 suggested donation at the Ticket Center Ithaca,
171 The Commons, 607 273-4497.
Online: www.IthacaEvents.com
Click here for other screenings across the country
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Thursday, June 6, 2013 8PM EST
Americans Against Fracking Conference Call:
Call: 559-726-1200
Code: 776632
To sign up for the call, please join the Facebook event
As well as hearing from Josh Fox, on the conference call, you will hear:
• Updates from leaders in the national fight against fracking
• Reports from grassroots leaders on the front lines with state updates from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and others.
• Upcoming actions on the path ahead to ban fracking
This call is open to everyone!
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9 am - 3 pm
Fracking Lobby Day
for the 2 Year Fracking Moratorium
State Capital, Albany
The New York State legislative session is ending next month, and the NYS Senate has still not taken any action to protect New York from fracking. Citizens Campaign for the Environment and its partners need you to come to Albany and demand action on a fracking moratorium this session!
In response to overwhelming public pressure, legislation was introduced in both the Assembly and Senate to enact a two-year moratorium on fracking, which would allow for a comprehensive health impact assessment of fracking to be completed. The Assembly has already acted, and now it is time for the Senate to pass the bill!
Join us in Albany and tell the NYS Senate that we need a moratorium on fracking tied to a health study. We can't do this without you. Won't you join us?
REGISTER NOW!
Schedule:
There will be a briefing in the morning, and then participants will be divided into teams to have legislative visits. Participating in Fracking Lobby Day is free, and no experience is required!
9-9:30AM Registration/checkin
9:30-10:30: Briefing
11AM-3PM: Lobby Visits
3PM: Drop off Report Forms/Check Out
Plan on leaving Rochester at 5 am
ALBANY DIRECTIONS & PARKING
Press Release
CCE's Memorandum of Support for Fracking Moratorium Bill A5424 and S4046
organized by Citizens Campaign for the Environment
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Thursday Evening, May 9, 2013 6-8 P.M.
Hydrofracking As Seen
Through the Lens of Public Health
Panara Theatre* in LBJ Hall on the RIT campus, Rochester, NY
Speakers:
Dr. David O.Carpenter
Public health physician and Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany. He is also Professor of Environmental Health Sciences within the School of Public Health at the University at Albany. He previously served as Director of the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research of the NYS Department of Health.
David Kowalski, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Graduate Division of the University at Buffalo. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of UB CLEAR (Coalition for Leading Ethically in Academic Research).
*Panara Theatre is in LBJ Hall (Building 060) on the RIT campus
Closest parking lots are L and K
This forum is free, handicap accessible and ASL interpreted.
FLIER
PRESS RELEASE
Co-Sponsors:
The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester
St. Monica's Creation Stewards
SEAL (RIT Student Environmental Action League
Sierra Club- Rochester Regional Group
Organized by:
R-CAUSE with help from our friends
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 4PM on
Earth's Water
Poetry Event
The Bug Jar
219 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
see Flyer for details
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Thursday Evening and Friday, April 25 -26, 2013
GREAT LAKES NEED GREAT FRIENDS:
PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES FOREVER
Emma Liu's report:
ROCHESTER GROUPS ARE PROTECTING THE GREAT LAKES FOREVER: http://canadians.org/blog/?p=20519
Sierra Club Rochester Regional Group's
15th Annual Environmental Forum and Workshops:
FORUM:
Monroe Community College Brighton Campus, The Theater, Building 4:
Campus Map
5:15PM: Networking and Exhibits
7-9PM Forum
Presenter:
MAUDE BARLOW
world-renowned champion of water as a human right
Read Our Great Lakes Commons: A People's Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever
Hear Maude Barlow's interview on WXXI
WORKSHOPS:
Friday, 9AM-4PM, April 26, 2013
Go to this link for list of workshops and registration: http://newyork.sierraclub.org/rochester/Programs/15th_Annual_Environmental_Forum.html
More Info here
Flyer Here
Co-Sponsors:
Sierra Club - Rochester Regional Group
Monroe Community College
Rochester Institute of Technology
FLOW - For Love of Water
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6-8PM
Hydrofracking - An Informational Presentation
The Hotel LaFayette, Greenhouse Room
391 Washington Street, Buffalo 14203
PANELISTS
Miche C. Needham, CPA, Tax Principal, Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Gary Marchiori, President, EnergyMark, LLC
Rita Yelda, Organizer, Food & Water Watch
Dennis Holbrook, Executive VP and Chief Legal Officer, Norse Energy Corp.
6:00 – 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 – 7:15 PM Speaker Presentations
7:15 – 8:00 PM Networking & Discussion
This event is NOT free. Click here for fee schedule:
ULI website
Presented by: Urban Land Institute Western New York
Event Sponsors:
Energy Mark, LLC
Lumsden & McCormick, LLP
Palmerton Group
Register at the ULI website
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Friday, April 19, 2013 7PM
Regional Premier of "DRILL BABY DRILL"
Jack Evans Community Center
4705 Rte. 15A, Hemlock NY 14466
The film is a compelling story weaving Poland and Pennsylvania together
highlighting international tactics of the natural gas industry. Excellent watch.
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Thursday-Sunday, April 18-21, 2013
CLIMATE SMART & CLIMATE READY
Protecting and Preparing Our Communities
Ithaca and Cortland
Thursday, 6:30PM-9PM
Opening Keynote event in Ithaca (free)
Friday, 8AM - 6:30PM
Free Events in Ithaca and Cortland (free)
Saturday, 8AM-6PM
Downtown Ithaca Conference (this is NOT free. Click here for registration)
Click here for Event Schedule
Click here for information, speakers and venues
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 2:30PM
Fighting Fracking: A View From the Trenches
SUNY Geneseo
Building #14, MacVittie College Union Ballroom
Best parking options are in in Lots I and T and the Visitors Circle between buildings 9 and 2.
There's also non-mtered parking in the village
Campus Map
Presenters:
Helen and David Slottje
Lawyers and co-founders of Community Environmental Defense Council
Click here for Flyer
Click here for Event Description
Light Reception 2:15
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the college's
Divisions of Student and Campus Life and Academic Affairs
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7PM
Rochester Committee for Scientific Information
Annual Meeting Focusing on Hydraulic Fracturing Issues
RIT Xerox Auditorium, Room 2580
James E. Gleason (Engineering) Building 9
Park in Lot J
Look for GLE (Gleason abbreviated) on Campus Map
Free and Open to the public.
Presenters:
Dr. Richard Young, Professor, Geological Sciences SUNY Geneseo:
Hydrofracking: The Geologic Discussions Are Too Superficial
Thomas Shelley, Chemical Safety and Hazardous Materials Specialist:
The Health Effects and Other Hazards of Hydrofracking
BIOS
Co-Sponsor:
Rochester Institute of Technology College of Liberal Arts
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Mon 4/15/13, 6PM
Rally in Support of Preserving and Protecting
Canadice and Hemlock Lakes/Forest
DEC, Region 8 Avon office 6274 Avon-Lima Rd. (Rtes. 5 and 20) Avon, NY 14414,
Right of Way front lawn, near sign
A Rally on the last day of the Hemlock Canadice Draft UMP comment period.
A strong showing of concerned folks
who want the UMP changed to reflect the will of the people is in order.
Signs and costumes appropriate!
Organized by Frack Free Genesee
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:30-9PM
PERSPECTIVES ON HYDROFRACKING:
IMPLICATIONS OF SHALE GAS EXTRACTION FOR NEW YORK STATE
Sloan Auditorium (Goergen 101)
University of Rochester
Parking is free on campus after 7:00 p.m.
PANELISTS:
Dr. Tony Ingraffea
Professor of Civil Engineering, Cornell University
Dr. Kent Gardner
Chief Economist, Center for Governmental Research
Beth Kinne
Attorney and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Click here for bios
Moderater
Dr. Katrina Korfmacher
Free and open to the public.
The panel will also be live-streamed on the University of Rochester website and archived for future viewing: http://www.rochester.edu/calendar/?event&id=804034
Sponsored by
University of Rochester Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and
URMC Environmental Health Sciences Center, Community Outreach and Engagement Core
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Saturday, April 6, 2013 10AM
Town of Stafford Moratorium Committee presents:
Dr.William J.Brennan
Geologic Consultant and retired SUNY Geneseo Professor of Geology
Sandra Brennan
Geneseo Village Trustee and retired Natural Resources Supervisor at DEC Region 8 Office in Avon
Stafford Town Hall
8903 Route 237, Stafford, NY 14143
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:30PM
A PUBLIC FORUM ON CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT
Reclaiming Our Voice in Local Government
Candor Fire Hall
74 Owego Road/Route 96B, Candor, NY 13743
SPEAKERS:
Don Barber, David Slottje, Rachel Treichler, Wayne Wells
Click here for poster
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Monday, March 18, 2013 @ 5PM
RALLY IN THE GLEN:
BREAKING NEWS:
Sandra Steingraber, Jack Ossont and 9 others arrested this morning (3/18) at entrance to Inergy's Compressor Station & Gas Storage Facility, just north or Watkins Glen:
http://ourfutureisunfractured.wordpress.com/
KEEP LPG STORAGE and
GAS INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE OUT OF SENECA LAKE!!
NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE:
NOTE! Due to the size of the expected crowd, and out of respect for Park Officials, they are changing the Rally starting point! Rally will start at the Watkins Village Marina, 2 Seneca Harbor, Watkins Glen, NY 14891 rather than at the Gorge entrance! Please be there!!!!
Seneca Lake: the source of drinking water for 100,000 people and a source of imperative beauty for us all. If you can't get there by 5:00, you can catch up along the route.
Our unifying message to DEC, FERC, and all our elected representatives is this:
defend our home and keep it safe or we will defend it ourselves.
The theme of the rally will focus on the abundant,
sustainable bounty we cherish here in the Finger Lakes.
Bring with you an item that you think represents that bounty:
a bottle of wine, a brick of locally made cheese, maple syrup, honey,
a muffin from a local bed and breakfast, your fishing pole, your swimming goggles,
anything from our region that means something to you.
Organized by Gas Free Seneca
Read more about the movement to stop the LPG facility:
http://www.the-leader.com/features/x1433797016/Seneca-LPG-foes-renew-efforts
Please spread the word!
SIGN THE PETITION
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Thursday March 14 ,2013 6:30PM
Public Information Session on the
D.E.C.'s Hemlock-Canadice Lakes Draft Unit Management Plan
Springwater Fire Hall, 8145 S. Main St., Springwater, NY 14560.
Doors will open for an informational open house at 6:30pm.
Display stations will be set up and committee members will be available for discussion.
A half-hour presentation on the draft plan will begin at 7:00 pm, followed by a comment session. Staff will be available until 9:00 pm to accept comments.
Click here for more information.
The Draft Hemlock Lake Canadice Lake Unit Management Plan can be found here.
Oil & Gas policy is mentioned on pgs.46-47.
Further discussion under the Mineral Division begins on p. 97.
Click here to see map of the two lakes. Their headwaters originate in Steuben County, one of the 5 counties slated to be fracked.
To view the Monroe County Water Authority's water source map click here.
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Sunday, March 10, 2013 2-4PM
IN THE HOT SEAT:
Global Climate Change and Its Effect On Us
Temple Sinai, 363 Penfield Road, Rochester 14610
Panelists:
Enid Cardinal
Senior Advisor on Sustainability to RIT President Bill Destler
Udo Fehn
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
Lou Grinzo
Economist, Computer Programmer, Writer and Energy/Environment Enthusiast
with closing remarks (via Skype) by
Bill McKibben
Author, Scholar and 350.org Co-founder
Co-Sponsors:
Sierra Club - Rochester Regional Group
Interfaith Impact of NYS
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Monday, February 25, 2013 7-8:30PM
RENEWABLE ENERGY: GLOBAL AND LOCAL
Unitarian Church Parlor,
Corner of Buffalo and Aurora Streets, Ithaca, 14850
Featured Speakers:
Francis Vanek: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell
Guillermo Metz: Cornell Cooperative Extension
Jonathan Comstock, Co-chair of Energy-Independent Caroline and Chair of Solarized Tompkins
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Presented by
League of Women Voters, Tompkins COunty
Co-sponsors
Sustainable Tompkins & The Ithaca Journal
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
FORWARD ON CLIMATE RALLY
The National Mall, Washington, DC
FORTY THOUSAND joined to form a massive human pipeline to
tell the President that we expect leadership on climate change!
Read the report from the Sierra Club
ROCHESTER BUS WAS FULL!
Read more about rally here:
https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/341821.html&hl=en&geo=us
and here: http://www.thenation.com/article/172540/climate-activists-put-heat-obama#
Organized and Sponsored by the Sierra Club, 350.org, and the Hip-Hop Caucus
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 7-9PM
World Premiere of
COMFORT ZONE
The Little Theatre
240 East Avenue, Rochester 14604
What happens when a global warming problem comes to my back yard?
Presented by Greentopia|FILM and The Little Theatre
Click here for Press Release
Directed by Rochester's own:
Kate Kressman-Kehoe, Sean Donnelly, Dave Danesh
See trailer now:
http://comfortzoneproject.com/trailer
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Monday, February 4, 2013 9:30-11:30AM
RALLY SUPPORTING THE TOWN OF AVON AND HOME RULE
Event happening simultaneously with important court hearing:
Lenape Resources vs Town of Avon in Courthouse Chambers.
Front Lawn of Livingston County Courthouse
North end of Main Street, Geneseo, NY 14454
Watch the Video here
Join Frack Free Genesee and New Yorkers Against Fracking
in support of the right of the Town of Avon and any other town in New York
to make their own decisions regarding natural gas drilling and
other forms of resource extraction in their area.
They will be hosting a rally and press conference on the lawn in front of the court house.
Speakers will be highlighting the ways in which they have been or would be
affected by the introduction of HVHF to their local areas.
Peaceful gathering, local speakers and theatrical shenanigans.
“The citizens of NYS WILL NOT be bullied by the Goliaths of the Gas Industry!”
We are many and we stand in solidarity!
Background:
The Town of Avon is being sued over their passage of a moratorium on
High Volume Hydraulic Fracking (HVHF).
More information on the case here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/lenape-resources-lawsuit_n_2212366.html
and here:
http://www.geneseesun.com/index.php/livingston566736358/avon/2174-court-date-set-for-lenape-hydrofracking-lawsuit
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York Frack Forum Series
York Town Hall
2668 Main Street, York, NY 14592
Saturday, January 26, 2013 10AM:
David Kowlaski, PhD
Thursday, January 31, 3013, 7PM:
Dr. Richard Young
Presented by the York Concerned Citizens and the York Landowners Association
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INGRAFFEA vs. ENGELDER
Wednesday, 1/23/13, 7PM
Dundee Central High School Auditorium
55 Water Street, Dundee, NY 14827
Dr. Tony Ingraffea of Cornell
Dr. Terry Engelder of Penn State
debate the pros and cons of fracking in NYS
Presented by the Starkey Town Board
Click here for the flier
Click here for the press release
This debate is available here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/dundeedebate
Read article: Fracking Pioneers to Debate in Dundee Jan.23
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State of the State Rally
Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 11AM-3PM
Empire State Plaza
Concourse hallway near the entrance to The Egg, Albany, NY 12210
Cuomo's State of the State Address begins at 1:30 PM
organized by New Yorkers Against Fracking
Read more here
Map for Empire State Plaza and Parking
Tell the Governor that everything about this regulation process is wrong:
it is backward, undemocratic, hasty, and irrational.
A secret, 25-hour health review? Shockingly inadequate.
An industry-influenced sGEIS? Fatally flawed.
And cart-before-the-horse rulemaking? Un-fracking-believable!!
Make the most of your visit to Albany –
Click here to learn how to Leave a calling card
After the rally make a visit to the Legislative Office Building and Capitol
to leave a message with key legislators -
so they know you came to Albany and why.
The Rochester-Buffalo bus to Albany is full but carpooling is still a possibility.
Contact Zora Gussow at
zora@nyagainstfracking.org for any concerns or questions
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High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
Saturday, January 5, 2013, 10AM
Stafford Town Hall
8903 Morganville Road, Stafford, NY 14143
Speaker:
David Kowalski, PhD
Professor Emeritus:
-Dept. of Cancer Genetic, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Professor Emeritus:
-Cellular & Molecular Biology Program, University of Buffalo
Roswell Park Graduate Division
-Member of UB CLEAR, the Coalition for Leading Ethically in Academic Research
Dr. Kowalski will be presenting a general overview on the topic of
High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing and
how it will affect our community, our lives, and our future.
Presented by the Stafford Town Board Appointed Hydrofracking Study Committee
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