[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sing Along!!?

[Tony Del Plato]

https://youtu.be/NGu__oqMcKM
> I'm a Better Anarchist Than You 
>
> I'm a Better Anarchist Than You
> A song for all the better anarchists.
> 
>
>
> -- The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much
> as you cry.
>


> Maya Angelou
>

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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Alert: No Fast-Track for Pipelines///Deadline Monday

[Maura Stephens]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Iris Marie Bloom 
>
Subject: Alert: No Fast-Track for Pipelines
Date: July 29, 2016 2:33:58 PM EDT

Dear Friends, As you know, Pilgrim wants to drill both their proposed 
fracked-oil and volatile petroleum products pipelines under 232 waterways, 
including two dangerous crossings under the Hudson River. The Army Corps of 
Engineers (ACE) should have to do a major study of cumulative impacts to decide 
whether to issue ACE permits for the preposterous Pilgrim pipelines. However, 
ACE's "Nationwide Permit" renewal would allow permits to be fast-tracked!

Please use the alert below to send your comment opposing fast-track 
decision-making when pipelines are drilled horizontally under waterways, 
quickly -- by August 1st, Monday, end of business day -- using the alert below 
from Food and Water Watch. Remember the Yellowstone 
River!

Thanks so much! Please circulate this alert. And, if you missed last week's 
great news about the City of Rensselaer Common Council victory, it's posted 
here -- Rensselaer Unanimous: No Pilgrim 
Pipelines.
 The Town of Catskill also voted opposing Pilgrim pipelines this past 
Wednesday! Keep up the great work--
Iris

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Watch]  
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They're Looking at Pipelines the Wrong Way
Tell the Army Corps to Stop Green-Lighting Pipelines and Look at Their Real 
Impacts!

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Pipelines Can Have Huge Impacts on Water

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Make the Army Corps Look at All of Them!



Dear Friend,

Communities across the country are facing an unprecedented onslaught of new oil 
and gas pipelines — and it can be difficult to find ways to challenge their 
approval.

Every five years, the Army Corps of Engineers revisits its permitting program 
for pipelines that cross bodies of water. Currently, these permits are set up 
to streamline approvals for pipeline projects even if they damage water 
quality, harm wildlife or cause permanent destruction of wetlands.

Tell the Army Corps of Engineers to fix its Nationwide Permit 
program!

Imagine a pipeline that crosses multiple streams, wetlands or lakes. For the 
purposes of the Army Corps' review, each water crossing would be evaluated 
separately, making impacts seem smaller and avoiding a more thorough and 
time-consuming full-project evaluation.

That seems wrong, doesn't it? After all, those impacts add up. And if a full 
project needs all those individual water crossings, their combined impacts 
should be evaluated to determine the full environmental harm of allowing the 
project to be built. Submit a comment to the Army Corps before the comment 
period closes on Monday, August 
1st!

Regulations and permit conditions can have far-reaching effects for 
communities' water quality and land use. Current regulations already favor the 
oil and gas industry enough, which is how we already have so many pipelines 
near houses and schools, as well as cutting through our wetlands, forests and 
streams.

When permitting programs like this are up for review, we have a chance to weigh 
in and call for real changes. Industry officials are already busy submitting 
comments of their own to make sure the status quo prevails, so it's essential 
for the rest of us to speak up too. Business as usual will continue unless we 
force it to change.

Help ensure that communities' interests are reflected in the comments for the 
Nationwide Permit review. The Army Corps needs to hear from 
you.


If you have questions about this alert, please direct them to the CAPPNY 
participant for Food and Water Watch:
Eric Weltman, Senior Organizer, 347-778-2743 
ewelt...@fwwatch.org

Please note: if you need to unsubscribe to this list, there is an "unsubscribe" 
option below my e-signature below!

Thanks for all you do in these amazingly challenging times,

Lastly, please celebrate our hard work to protect water by refusing ALL 
single-use plastic (cups, straws, and bags especially) because...
Single-use plastics requires fracking, and causes climate damage, water 
pollution, plastic gyres in oceans; health harms to animals and humans.

Iris

Iris Marie Bloom
Director, 

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Family Friendly Flatbreads on the Farm - Aug 10th

[Elizabeth Vivianna Karabinakis]

Family-Friendly Flatbreads on the Farm
RoseBarb Farm, Caroline NY (12 min from downtown Ithaca)
Wednesday, August 10th
Fun on the farm from 4pm-nightfall; Food and drinks served from 5-7pm

Reservation required. $30 Adult / $15 Children. 100% of proceeds benefit 
Healthy Food for All.
More info & tickets at: 
www.HealthyFoodForAll.org
 / 607-272-2292 x242

Bring your whole family for fun and great food on the farm — Wednesday, August 
10th from 4pm until nightfall at the charming RoseBarb Farm in Caroline. Enjoy 
wood-fired oven pizza from Wide Awake Bakery made with all local delicacies 
from Caroline farmers (cheeses, meats, veggies and more!), and relish a 
smorgasbord of fresh salads featuring flavorful vegetables recently harvested 
from the surrounding fields. For dessert, we will be scooping a special-edition 
blackberry ice cream from Cayuga Lake Creamery made with RoseBarb Farm’s 
berries. Savor craft beer from Hopshire Farm and Brewery, and hard cider from 
Finger Lakes Cider House featuring South Hill Cider and Good Life Farm Cider.

Dance and frolic to live music by John Simon, tour the farm by horse-drawn hay 
ride driven by Farmer Don Barber himself, fly a kite in the open fields, and 
enjoy other activities for all ages! Try your luck at a raffle or bid in the 
silent auction with exciting prizes offered by local businesses including 
Alphabet Soup, Jillian's Drawers, Antlers Restaurant, Sap Bucket Farm's Maple 
Syrup, Hatch's Honey, and a small private party on the farm for your family 
with a personal horse-drawn hay ride and house-made dessert!

100% of proceeds benefit Healthy Food for 
All  the non-profit partnership of 
local farms and Cornell Cooperative Extension in Tompkins County that makes 
fresh, locally grown produce accessible to community members with limited 
income.

Limited tickets available. More info & tickets at: 
www.HealthyFoodForAll.org
 / 607-272-2292 x242

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