---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Scott Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:43 AM Subject: Fwd: "Rural Impact" screening To: Julie Nichols Kulik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good morning, As some of you know, the oil/gas folks want to drill for gas in the southern tier including our neighboring counties. I lived in Colorado where this kind of drilling is prominent. The environmental problems are severe and long lasting. There are also social and cultural issues to think about. There will be a public forum next week. I am asking anyone who can to get involved. We have to stop feeding this country's addiction to carbon based energy. Thanks, Scott *Press Release Contact: ShaleShock Citizen's Action Coalition [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Community Forum on Gas Drilling in New York State Thursday, Oct. 9th 7-10 PM at Women's Community Building in Ithaca Documentary Screening "Rural Impact" *While the gas-drilling "gold-rush" has made the news recently, most people who don't own leasable land have gotten the impression that "they don't have a dog in this race." In fact, people living downhill and downstream from gas-drilling will bear the impacts of that activity even though they will not share in the financial advantages. Most people in Central New York live in villages and cities that are valleys where air pollution settles, get their water from aquifers overlaying the well-bores, and seek refuge from time to time amid natural places like parks and countryside. Others live on small plots along town roads because they value the relative quiet, privacy and fresh air such locations provide. All of these people ought to be up to speed about the impacts minimally-regulated gas drilling will have on their lives so that they can take precautions and work with their neighbors to control/minimize the impacts on their families and their communities. Is New York State ready for this kind of drilling? What burdens will municipalities face? Who will protect our watershed? What can we learn from already impacted communities? Join the discussion at the Women's Community Building at 100 West Seneca St., Ithaca NY. More information about gas drilling can be found at http://sites.google.com/site/nymarcellusshale. Scott L. Perez Department of Natural Resources/ American Indian Program Cornell University 441 Caldwell Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-1055 "If you want to make minor, incremental changes and improvements, work on practices, behavior, and attitude. But if you want to make significant, quantum improvement, work on paradigms." Stephen R. Covey -- Mollie Futterman Cornell 2010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
