re SenecaJean's alerting us to one commentary on the released NY state document concerning regulation of gas holes in our shale:
I have watched the small, rural and relatively liberal and green but politically weak town of Lincoln, MA gain an odd ally: the politically significant town of Cambridge, MA. This happened because our bucolic acres are a significant portion of the watershed that feeds one of the reservoirs from which Cambridge drinks. This has in general been a good thing for causes related to sustainability. For example, Cambridge went to bat for us when a neighboring town dominated by its Chamber of Commerce planned an industrial park exit road through our town and along that reservoir. We had enough voice with county authorities to have that road made a one-way street though not enough to eliminate it. I would encourage any alliance building with a power center like NYC when their sustainability issues align with our own. Others have have written on this list to tell us where, when and to whom we must speak up to keep authorities from giving away the store of clean water that, for the moment, is under our very feet. If you are the Who from whom the bureaucratic Wickersham Brothers have not yet heard, squeak up! personally, I am of the opinion that we have too many gasholes already. -- freedom is not more important than fairness and much easier to fake. _______________________________________________ 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
