Please join us in signing Walter Hang of Toxic Targeting's Coalition Letter to Governor Cuomo Requesting Termination of DEC Shale Gas Rulemaking Proposal as well as a Restart of SGEIS Proceeding.  New York State is not prepared for fracking and will likely never be.

http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2012/11/28/cuomo

Please call Governor Andrew Cuomo's office at 518-474-8390 to express your wishes for the future you would like to see for Chenango County, the Southern Tier and the larger shale regions of New York State.  Help protect us from extreme fossil fuel extraction and heavy industrialization.  Our future lies in sustainable solutions to our agriculture and energy needs.  Fracking is not the answer.

Action Alert from Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy catskillcitizens.org - please sign & call Governor Cuomo to protect our Southern Tier communities as well as the state:

CALL CUOMO NOW! TELL HIM “COMPLETE THE FRACKING HEALTH REVIEW BEFORE WRITING RULES AND REGULATIONS”

In Albany: (518) 474-8390    In New York City: (212) 681-4580

November 28, 2012
Yesterday Governor Cuomo indicated that New York State will file for a 90 day extension in order to buy time to complete fracking regulations before a legal deadline expires on November 29th. This extension gives the state until the end of February to publish regulations without having to hold public hearings or face the increased scrutiny that those hearings would provide.
It’s irresponsible for the governor to set a deadline for promulgating regulations before the ongoing review of public health impacts is complete. To make matters worse, it appears that the DEC is preparing to issuing fracking rules (these are different than the regulations) within a matter of days or hours – also before the health review is finished, before the SGEIS is published, and before regulations are in place. These rash decisions can only be interpreted one way – Cuomo intends to fast track fracking without regard for the health or safety of New Yorkers.
For a better understanding of this confusing, and disheartening, situation, read NRDC’s Senior Attorney Kate Sinding’s excellent blog on this subject.

 

What can you do to prevent fracking?

•Tell Governor Cuomo "Don't you dare permit fracking before rules are in place!"
•Tell Governor Cuomo to Fire the Climate Change Denier in charge of fracking in New York State.
•PROTECT NEW YORK! PLEDGE TO RESIST!

October 27, 2012

Video of Frack Free Chenango Rally, Saturday, October 27th, Norwich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfcsT_POzlg&feature=em-share_video_user 

Grassroots group rallies against hydraulic fracturing, Evening Sun

Frack Free Chenango is the fourth in a series of rallies across the Southern Tier in which residents of each county are rejecting Governor Cuomo's proposed "sacrifice zone." A Protect Our Towns Rally followed the YMCA Halloween Parade through Norwich in which we marched alongside a fantastically decorated float complete with musicians.  Parade-goers cheered us on and we were awarded second place in our category in the parade. Joining us at the rally were anti-frack candidates Dan Lamb for US Congress & Howard Leib for NYS Senate and anti-frack speakers from many of our Chenango towns as well as our neighboring counties.  The day came to a close at the Elk's Club with two phenomenal local bands Fetish Lane and The Zydeco Trailblazers.  

C-CARE is signed on to Don't Frack NY, August 25th-27th
www.DontFrackNY.org
Broad Anti-Fracking Movement Announces “Pledge to Resist Fracking in New York”
Major Joint Action in NYC and Albany — Don’t Frack NY
(Albany, NY) — The broad anti-fracking movement in New York State is unifying around a powerful new “Pledge to Resist Fracking in New York.”  Don’t Frack NY will put a national spotlight on Governor Cuomo and the fight to ban fracking in NY. Participating organizations include: 350.org, Back to Democracy, Cancer Action NY, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Citizen Action, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Dryden Resource Awareness Coalition, Enfield Neighbors for Safe Air and Water, Food & Water Watch, Frack Action, Gas Drilling Awareness for Cortland County, Green Umbrella: NY Youth for a Just and Sustainable Future, NY Grassroots Alliance to Save our State, Residents Opposing Unsafe Shale-Gas Extraction, Shaleshock Action Alliance, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, United For Action, Vestal Residents for Safe Energy, and many others. For a full list and more information, see www.DontFrackNY.org.
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Solar Energy Forum #3

Solarize Chenango

   

Tuesday, May 22

6:30 PM

SUNY-Morrisville/Norwich Campus

20 Conkey Avenue, Norwich

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Jan Myers and Jamie Hart, project managers of Solarize Madison, will discuss the Solarize model being implemented nationwide and how the program can transform the solar market in our community. Join us for an interactive discussion and share your ideas about how we can solarize Chenango County.

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Solar Energy Forum #2

Solar Farms & Funding Solar Projects

   

Thursday, April 26

6:30 PM

SUNY-Morrisville/Norwich Campus

20 Conkey Avenue, Norwich

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Dr. Gay Canough is a physicist and the CEO and founder of ETM Solar Works. She will speak to us about new opportunities in leasing solar installations and community based solar farms.

Next Solar Energy Forum May 22

A Solarize Project