New Yorkers Living on the Shale say "No!" to Fracking

The facts are clear:

1. New Yorkers living in the area to be most widely fracked oppose any drilling for Natural Gas that includes the use of the highly dangerous industrial practice known as Hydraulic Fracturing.

2. Governor Cuomo and Delaware River Basin Commission are in cahoots with each other as they try to stack the deck in favor of the Natural Gas industry...the Delaware River Basin Commission as DELIBERATELY and EGREGIOUSLY (emphasis added) postponed a October 21st vote on Hydraulic Fracturing, moving the vote back to Novermber 21st, 2011 right at the start of the Thanksgiving Holiday week, and right in the middle of most of the public meetings on the Draft SGEIS here in New York...this deliberately moves the vote away from the day when all citizens opposing fracking had planned their protests, had taken off from work to be there.

Meanwhile, this poll from Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy shows conclusively that we here in Sullivan County ARE OPPOSED TO FRACKING...question is, are our local elected officials listening to the WILL OF THE PEOPLE, or the will of the Natural Gas industry? You can answer that question with one simple question to your elected officials, "What zoning restrictions have you put in place to keep Natural Gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing from coming to our community." If they have not passed these restrictions, serious consideration should be given to the idea of giving them a PINK SLIP.

New Yorkers Living on the Shale say "No!" to Fracking

In the first poll of its kind, New Yorkers who live in a region targeted for shale gas extraction told Pulse Opinion Research they don't want to be fracked. Seven out ten residents responded that they don't want "natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing" in their town; an even greater percent favor zoning ordinances to restrict the process.

The poll of 500 Sullivan County residents was commissioned by Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy and conducted between October 1st and October 3rd. It has a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5%, and a 95% level of confidence. Residents who said they didn't know enough about hydraulic fracturing to have an opinion were not included in the poll.

You can read more about the poll here.

Tell the Cuomo Administration to stop trying to push fracking down the throats of rural New Yorkers. It's time to withdraw the Draft SGEIS and prohibit high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

Why Cuomo is a SLEAZE BAG SHILL for Natural Gas Industry!

Cuomo Rakes In Donations From Energy Sector

Power companies with a stake in natural gas are among Cuomo's largest campaign contributors, raising questions about how he'll handle the statewide debate over hydrofracking.0

Keep Your Enemy Close

Support The Efforts To Ban FRACKING This Saturday Night September 17th

Forget fighting city hall...we are in a fight against the millionaires and billionaires that ARE THE GAS INDUSTRY, and they are spending tens of millions of dollars blanketing our airways with a pro-fracking propaganda campaign. Catskill Citizens is a small not for profit organization trying to fight the proverbial good fight, and they need our support. This Saturday night, September 17th they are holding a fund raiser that sounds like a lot of fun...I encourage you to attend if you find yourself free for the evening...or, if you are busy, consider sending them a donation in the mail.

We Need Your Cash to Fight Big Gas

Join us for our fourth annual fundraiser this Saturday (September 17th) at the Delaware Youth Center in Callicoon New York. The potluck dinner party gets underway at 6 PM and will feature live music, a raffle and silent auction.

Performers include Sean Zigmund, Sara Hulse, Most Ambitious Sloth, Bears in my Living Room and The Drummers with Kazzrie Jaxen.

Suggested donation $10. Bring a dish to share & BYOB

Delaware Valley Youth Center
8 Creamery Road
Callicoon New York

For more information email info@catskillcitizens.org or call (845) 468 7063

Two out of three people who find out about fracking think the risks aren't worth the rewards.

Public awareness is the key to our success, so spread the word!

Please donate to Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy.

Summitting Comments on DEC's Fracking Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Last week the New York State DEC released the complete, a d fatally flawed Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the environmental dangerous drilling technique hydraulic fracturing. Although the entire document runs to over 1,500 pages, the Cuomo Administration insists that scientists, the medical community and the general public will have only three months to read, analyze and submit written comments on a plan that will contaminate our safe drinking water supplies, endanger our public health, destroy our local economies, and put we the taxpayers on the hook for billions in environmental clean up costs.

It is imperative that the average citizens who will be negatively impacted by this large scale drilling under our lands, our homes, even our schools be heard. If you are concerned about FRACKING, now is the time to summit your questions, worries and concerns to the DEC before the deadline for comments expires. Many of us are submitting a formalized request for an extension of time to file, but Cuomo seems far more concerned with keeping his DONORS in the (un)Natural Gas Industry happy than keeping our water, health and the environment both safe and clean, which means the comment deadline will not be extended.

To submit your comments, simply write them into a letter and send to:

Attn: dSGEIS Comments
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-6510.

Please include the name, address, and affiliation (if any) of the commenter. Paper submissions also will be accepted at the public hearings date/locations TBD.

Please Help Ban Wide Spread Fracking in New York State

September 1, 2011

We've gained an additional week in our campaign to ban fracking in New York and we need to use it. Hurricane Irene delayed the Department of Environmental Conservation's release of its draft environmental impact statement, which could open large portions of our state to fracking. Sign the petition to Governor Cuomo to ban fracking now!

Fracking is a method of drilling for natural gas that involves injecting millions of gallons of water, sand and toxic chemicals into dense rock. Fracking is a threat to our drinking water, health, communities and environment. Over 3,000 New Yorkers have already signed the petition, but we want to get to 5,000 before we deliver the petition. Will you add your name to our petition asking Governor Cuomo to ban fracking?

We know that there are alternatives to natural gas, but there are no alternatives to water. To convince Governor Cuomo, we need to build a strong movement of people demanding that he stand up to the oil & gas industry. Will you help send a message to Governor to ban fracking in New York?

Sign today to ban fracking.

Stay tuned for more, and thanks for taking action,