I looked at the map and found that the two lots right next to my house were leased with surface rights by the landlord. A different landlord at the other end of my street leased the surface rights on two rental properties. Not likely to drill here in Ludlowville due to lot sizes, but what are these people thinking? This is a small historic hamlet full of families. People in Ft Worth, Texas didn't think they would drill in the neighborhoods, but they did.
We will be looking at the gas drilling threat during our Finger Lakes Bioneers conference October 16-18. We will have Dave Cooper of Mountain Justice presenting on both Friday and Saturday to share lessons learned from the fight against mountain-top removal. But I always come back to the question: what are we doing to lessen the demand for coal and natural gas? Seems like that is equally important side of the equation to work on. We have to reduce our own demand for these substances if we are to call upon others not to extract here. It's critical to fight this industrial invasion, but the fight won't ever end unless we are no longer dependent upon coal and natural gas for so much of our existence. Gay On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Thomas Shelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends--Many thanks to Gay for forwarding this e-mail and to Sandy > and Bill for all of the work they did to construct the site. It is indeed > very revealing. And chilling. Especially chilling is the introductory > sentence: > "Gas drilling is coming soon to the Finger Lakes Region. Rumors abound, but > one thing is sure: in the next few years residents will see a dramatic > transformation of the local area to a more industrial landscape." > > [If you have "styles" for your e-mail and this is turned on the last phrase > is in italics for my emphasis.] > > Gee.... This is the beautiful Finger Lakes. I went for a ride through our > gorgeous hills this afternoon. It is deeply saddening that we may soon have > an "industrial landscape" instead of lush green hills in our future. And a > toxic future at best. I think we should resist this transition to the > extent possible. Thanks for listening. Tom > > P.S.: And so much for the tourist industry that supports so many people in > the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier!! > > At 08:34 PM 8/30/2009, you wrote: > >> From: Sandy Podulka [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:24 PM >> To: Recipient list suppressed >> Subject: Our New Website! (Please check it out) >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> Bill and I are finally launching our new website, >> www.tcgasmap.org We hope to get more sleep soon! >> >> It has a map of Tompkins County showing all the gas leases, .... >> rest delted..... >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. President Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 www.sustainabletompkins.org 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 607-216-1552 (ST office) 607-216-1553 (ST fax) [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 Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
