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      • Senator Avella's Forum in NYC 7/18/12
      • REPORTS FROM ALBANY RALLY 8/27/12
      • REPORTS ON DC RALLY 7/28/12
  • SAVE SENECA LAKE
    • TOM WILBER'S SERIES June-July 2015
    • The DEC Issues Conference
  • TAKE ACTION!
    • REV: Reforming the Energy Vision
    • 2014 DRAFT NYS ENERGY PLAN
    • TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP & FAST TRACK
    • PROTECT HEMLOCK & CANADICE LAKES >
      • HEMLOCK-CANADICE UMP 2015
    • PETITIONS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL GAS & OIL
    • COMPRESSOR STATIONS
    • FRAC SAND MINING
    • FRACKING WASTE DISPOSAL >
      • AKZO-NOBEL SALT MINE
      • AUBURN, NY
      • EARTHQUAKES
      • HYLAND LANDFILL, ANGELICA, NY
    • GAS STORAGE >
      • LIQUID NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND EXPORT
      • LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE
    • PIPELINES
    • SPREADING DRILLING WASTE ON NYS ROADS >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE & NEIGHBORING COUNTY ROADS
    • TRANSPORTING FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL & BARGE
    • TRANSPORTING FRACKING WASTE BY BARGE
    • WATER WITHDRAWAL >
      • PAINTED POST WATER SUIT >
        • PAINTED POST HEARING IN ROCHESTER 2/24/14
  • NEWS
    • NEW YORK STATE BANS FRACKING! >
      • 101 Reasons to Ban HVHF
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      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE COUNTY ROADS
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      • TOWN OF BRIGHTON, NY
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      • LOCAL BAN LAWS
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      • NO FRACK ALMANAC
    • RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS in Fracking Waste
    • BIOFUELS
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    • EXPORTING NATURAL GAS
    • FRACKING WITH PROPANE
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      • DEC Commissioner Martens testifies 2/4/13
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      • NY Assembly Hearing 1/10/13
      • ABOUT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES
      • DEC PROPOSED FRACKING REGS - RESOURCES & ARTICLES
      • DEC SGEIS 2011 FLAWS and OMISSIONS >
        • TESTIMONIES 10/6/11
        • DEC Public Hearings November-December 2011
        • A SAMPLING OF LETTERS TO THE DEC & GOVERNOR
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REPORT FROM ALBANY RALLY & MARCH: 8/27/12

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Wish you all could have joined us at the Albany rally yesterday.  What a beautiful day it was! An estimated 1,000-2,000 people came by bus and auto from all over the state and beyond to exercise our precious right of free speech and non-violent protest.  Throughout the early morning drive along the Thruway, we encountered fellow Rochesterians and others from western New York as well as travelers from the  Southern Tier and friends from Livingston County and Genesee Valley. Yeah Frack Free Genesee! and congratulations to FFG's Jamie Carestio on his inspiring speech.

The whole day was very well organized from the parking map, rally & march directions and schedule of speakers, to the mounted police escorts, patrol cars and the New Yorkers Against Fracking volunteer "marshalls" who kept the parade momentum going. 

Below are a few photos,videos, articles and speeches from the event:

PHOTOS & VIDEOS:
• Video of street theatre:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iJ2Pp5mF5w
• Photos by Lodiza Lepore: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lodiza/7890262366/in/photostream/

SPEECHES:
SANDRA STEINGRABER'S SPEECH: TAKING THE PLEDGE:   HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOTES/RAISING-ELIJAH-BY-SANDRA-STEINGRABER/TAKING-THE-PLEDGESANDRA-STEINGRABERS-PREPARED-REMARKS-FOR-THE-DONT-FRACK-NEW-YOR/466650950022059

ARTICLES:
8/30/12: NPR: Fracing Activitists Try To Sway NY Gov. Cuomo: 
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/29/160225654/fracking-activists-try-to-sway-n-y-gov-cuomo

8/28/12: Alternet: Albany Action a Big Boost to No-Fracking Movement: http://www.alternet.org/hot-news-views/albany-action-big-boost-no-fracking-movement

8/28/12: PR WATCH: New Yorkers Rally to Urge Gov. Cuomo to Reject Fracking:  http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11730/new-yorkers-rally-urge-gov-cuomo-reject-fracking

8/27/12: The Ithaca Journal: More Than 1,000 Take Part in Albany Fracking March:  http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20120827/NEWS11/308290002/More-than-1-000-take-part-Albany-fracking-march?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Local%20News|p

8/28/15: TimesUnion.com: Hundreds March in Opposition to Fracking:  http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Hundreds-march-in-opposition-to-fracking-3819540.php