Hydrofracking--A New Threat  

Rally Pushes Hydrofracking Moratorium
Some 40 NOON supporters and other concerned Central New Yorkers rallied at the NYS Office Building in Syracuse on Friday, June 18 to call on Senators Valesky and DeFrancisco to help pass a moratorium on hydrofracking before the end of the legislative session.

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WSYR TV Story. YNN News story.

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Basic Information

Slickwater Horizontal Hydrofracking is a new process for natural gas extraction that could shortly be a regular process seen in upstate New York because of the extensive Marcellus and Utica Shale deposits found throughout Central New York and the Southern Tier. NOON and the Onondaga Nation oppose hydrofracking because of the intensive resource use and the environmental and health impacts that are often incurred from the drilling process, inevitable accidents, and their aftermath. Hydrofracking will harm our communities, our land, our water, and our air; the impacts will be felt for generations.



Hydrofracking sites scattered around the Upper Green River Valley, Wyoming.

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Talking/Writing Points to Support a Ban

Other websites:

http://www.un-naturalgas.org/

http://un-naturalgas.org/weblog/

NYSDEC’s dSGEIS on Hydrofracking – Comments Due December 31, 2009

ProPublica’s investigative journalism series on the impacts of Hydrofracking

A clearinghouse of information put together by citizens’ groups along the Southern Tier

Petition to ban natural gas drilling in NYS

Columbia University’s Urban Design Research Seminar’s case study on drilling in the Marcellus Shale

Democracy Now!’s interview with Walter Hang regarding Marcellus Gas drilling

TING (Tioga Investigates Natural Gas) Comprehensive Response to DEC dsGEIS (word file)