Dear TC Sustainers: FYI as people in our region are informing themselves and mobilizing our communities to face the issues & challenges that hydrofracking presents to us all. Tony Del Plato Interlaken, NY
*PUBLIC FORUM Water Contamination from Toxic Gas Drilling WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009, 7 PM Unitarian Universalist Congregation/ Sanctuary 183 Riverside Drive, Binghamton, NY 13905 (Next to Lourdes Hospital)* * • Stephen Penningroth, Ph.D., Biochemical Sciences. *Executive Director, Community Science Institute, Ithaca, a non-profit NYS Certified water testing lab. He will speak on the risks posed by toxic drilling fluids on ground & surface water, and about legally admissible baseline well and water body testing. *• Helen Slottje,Volunteer Public Interest Lawyer*, Ithaca.Very active in gas drilling concerns and lead attorney for citizens group of Horseheads, NY, Re: proposed Schlumberger drilling supply facility. She will be addressing state mandated environmental regulations, as well as legal rights/recourse/actions for citizens and communities. *Free and open to the public Donations very welcome For more informantion: [email protected] * For more information about what you can do, visit the Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition's Gas Production Education website, http://www.binghamtonsustainability.org/index.php?/test/gas-drilling-education-amp-action/ ____________________________________________________________ -- There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good. - Robert Pirsig _______________________________________________ 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
