Hydrofracking Related Content
Converge on the Capital! Demonstration at Cuomo's State of the State address! Free Van from Syracuse!
Nonviolent Direct Action Training
New York State: A Repository for Pennsylvania’s Fracked Gas
Hydrofracking in Pennsylvania began in earnest in 2005.
Shaleshock CNY Meeting
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Educate, Agitate, Organize: SPC IN ACTION
No to Endless War
On Feb. 11, President Obama sent Congress a proposed joint resolution to Authorize the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which would authorize and extend military action against ISIS for the next three years. The Syracuse Peace Council calls on Congress to reject this new AUMF, rescind the 2001 AUMF, and stop an “endless” war on the people of the Middle East.
You Are Here Syracuse:Mapping and Resisting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Many are under the impression that New York is safe from fracking now because high-volume horizontal drilling will be banned. But the reality is that industry is on the attack with multiple proposals for pipelines, compressor stations, storage caverns, waste dumping and service facilities.
Court Rules That NY Towns Can Ban Fracking And Drilling
The New York Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of a lower court that local governments have the authority to decide how land is used, which includes deciding whether or not fracking and drilling should be allowed on that land. The plaintiffs in those lawsuits argued that New York’s oil, gas and mining law takes precedence over local zoning laws, but in rulings both by a lower court and now the Court of Appeals, that claim was overturned.
Shale-by-Rail: Regulations Aren’t Enough
If something sounds like a really bad idea, it probably is. Like shipping explosive shale oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale by rail across the United States in “DOT-111” shipping cars, originally made to carry molasses and corn syrup, to the Port of Albany and putting it on barges on the Hudson River.