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Lisa Ann Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202-368-8753 Community Forum on Gas Drilling In New York State Sept. 18th 7-10 PM at Women’s Community Building in Ithaca Documentary Screening “Land Out Of Time” Ithaca, NY, September 3, 2008: The public is invited to attend a screening of the award-winning documentary Land Out of Time which highlights the often devastating effects of oil and gas drilling on public lands. Representatives from citizens’ groups Citizen’s Energy Alliance (CEA) and Chenango Delaware Otsego Gas (CDOG) will be among the speakers participating in a question and answer period following the screening. Speakers will include attorney Mary Jo Long and Mike Bernard. Long is a member of Afton Town Board (elected on the Green Party) who has served on numerous Boards including Northeast Organic Farming Association-NY, and the Central New York Occupational Health Clinic. Mike Bernhard makes furniture from the oaktrees uphill from his homestead, where he raises most of what he eats. He is a NY Green Party state committeeman (Chenango County) and a graduate of Democracy School. He is Chenango County rep to ChenangoDelawareOtsego Gas (CDOG). While Land Out of Time focuses on the impact of advanced forms of deep drilling on communities in the western states, the effects of this type of wide-scale gas drilling will soon become apparent in New York State. Soaring energy prices, loose environmental regulations, and advanced drilling technologies have created a natural gas drilling boom across the country, and in our state. With approximately 65% of the land leased to industry, our region is set to become the proving grounds for Marcellus Shale drilling when the Department of Environmental Conservation finishes its revised Generic Environmental Impact Statement in early 2009. Is New York State ready for this kind of drilling? What burdens will municipalities face? Who will protect our watershed? What can we learn from already impacted communities? Join the discussion at the Women’s Community Building at 100 West Seneca St., Ithaca NY. More information about gas drilling can be found at http://sites.google.com/site/nymarcellusshale . ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-279-6618 (cell) 1 Maple Avenue Lansing, NY 14882 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator www.sustainabletompkins.org Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities Regional Coordinator Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 [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 free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
