Rally in Support of the Town of Avon and Home Rule

Posted by editor1 on January 31, 2013 None comments
When: View in Calendar » February 4, 2013 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Where: Front Lawn of Livingston County Courthouse, Main Street, Geneseo,NY 14454, USA
Contact: Zora@nyagainstfracking.org
Categories: Livingston
Tags: antifracking Frack Free Genesee Fracking gas drilling gas industry hydrofracking Lenape Resources moratorium New Yorkers Against Fracking rally Town of Avon
Join Frack Free Genesee and New Yorkers Against Fracking in support of the right of the Town of Avon and any other town in New York to make their own decisions regarding natural gas drilling and other forms of resource extraction in their area!
We will be hosting a rally and press conference on the lawn in front of the court house. Speakers will be highlighting the ways in which they have been or would be affected by the introduction of HVHF to their local areas.
Peaceful gathering, local speakers and theatrical shenanigans.
Event happening simultaneously with important court hearing: Lenape Resources vs Town of Avon in Courthouse Chambers. 
“The citizens of NYS WILL NOT be bullied by the Goliaths of the Gas Industry!”
We are many and we stand in solidarity!
Background: The Town of Avon is being sued over their passage of a moratorium on High Volume Hydraulic Fracking (HVHF). More information on the case here:
and here:

STATE OF THE STATE RALLY TO STOP FRACKING Featuring Sandra Steingraber, Nosh Fox, Natalie Merchant and more

Posted by editor1 on January 7, 2013 None comments
When: View in Calendar » January 9, 2013 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Empire State Plaza-Concourse, Albany
Contact: Zora
zora@nyagainstfracking.org
Categories: Counties
Tags: Andrew Cuomo antifracking Governor Cuomo New Yorkers Against Fracking rally State of the State Address
The New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition is calling on all New Yorkers to come to Albany for a rally to keep fracking out of our beloved state. We will take our message right to the Governor as we gather outside the annual State of the State Address, delivered by Andrew Cuomo. We’ve never needed your voices more than now!

Click here to sign up for the Rochester bus leaving from Bushnell’s Basin 6:15AM, returning 8:30PM: $35.
Email Zora for more info about bus and carpooling: zora@nyagainstfracking.org

Albany Rally: Cuomo’s State of the State Address

Posted by editor1 on December 12, 2012 None comments
When: View in Calendar » January 9, 2013 (all-day)
Categories: Counties
Tags: Albany anti-fracking cuomo Fracking rally State of the State Address

We will be back in touch regarding carpooling and other details.

Organized by New Yorkers Against Fracking

 

Read more here: http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9691e612c7b1b9a9a04bf1f41&id=7c18a6f1ba&e=56040e0db1

SOS from the Sacrifice Zone

Posted by editor1 on September 14, 2012 None comments
When: View in Calendar » September 15, 2012 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Otsiningo Park
Categories: Broome Chemung Chenango Steuben Tioga
Tags: antifracking broome county Craig Park cuomo grassroots march otsiningo park rally steuben county sustainability
Save Or Sacrifice
It’s our choice, not Cuomo’s!!
Now is the time to rise up and SAVE our precious resources…
Our pure water, land and air!
And to secure a Safe Future for Ourselves and our Children
 
Please join us Saturday, September 15th

 

1) Rally in Binghamton, Broome County,11am-noon at Otsiningo Park  (directions below), after which we’ll caravan to Painted Post in Steuben County
Celebrating New York’s local agriculture at the Farmers Market. Speakers will include grassroots activists who have led phenomenal grassroots campaigns in their respective towns, including Sue Rapp of Vestal Residents for Safe Energy; politicians who support our cause, including candidate for US Congress Dan Lamb and candidate for Broome County Executive Tarik Abdelazim; and brilliant author, poet and biologist Dr. Sandra Steingraber.
Please bring positively messaged signs, money to buy good local food, and good attitudes! Let’s make signs with our towns and counties represented, so we have a visual representation of what regions are represented.
Facebook events, please “join”  and “share” both and invite friends!

https://www.facebook.com/events/204569603007915/

2) Rally & March in Painted Post, Steuben County at 2-4pm in Craig Park  (directions below)
RALLY~
  • Identifying Current Local Impacts of Fracking in our Region ~ Aquifer depletion,  Nighttime train noise, Drill cuttings in local landfills, etc
  • Celebrating our clean Water, Land and Air
  • Seeing our Children’s Health as our Highest Priority
  • Recognizing the Power is with Us, the People
Speakers:  Sandra Steingraber, PhD, biologist, author, poet and visiting scholar at Ithaca College, Angela Monti Fox, founder of The Mothers Project; mother of Josh Fox (director and producer of Gasland), Mary Finneran, Painted Post native, educator, cofounder of FrackbustersNY and other groups, The Rev. Gary McCaslin, local pastor

 

MARCH ~ A 1.5 mi parade through the village’s commercial district and water withdrawal/railroad route led by Dixieland band!
Bring friends, kids, elders, positively messaged signs, & your determination to stop fracking from entering our state!

DIRECTIONS TO CRAIG PARK, 110 Steuben St., Painted Post, NY 14870
From the East: Take I-86 to exit 43 for Painted Post.  Turn right at the light onto Rt-415/Coopers-Bath Rd.  Proceed approximately .5 mile to entrance to Craig Park.  It’s the first right just after the entrance to Corning-Painted Post West High School.  The entrance is at a 135 degree angle with the road you’re on.  Proceed to large pavilion.  Lots of parking if you loop around the pavilion to the back.
From the West: Take I-86 to exit 43 for Painted Post.  Turn left onto Rt-415/Coopers-Bath Rd.  Proceed approximately .5 mile to entrance to Craig Park. It’s the first right just after the entrance to Corning-Painted Post West High School. The entrance is at a 135 degree angle with the road you’re on.  Proceed to large pavilion. Lots of parking if you loop around the pavilion to the back.

 

Freedom from Toxic Fracking Waste: National Rally Day

Posted by editor1 on September 7, 2012 None comments
When: View in Calendar » September 12, 2012 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Auburn City Hall, 24 South St, Auburn,NY 13021, USA
Contact: msmenapace@gmail.com, terrycuddy@me.com
Categories: Counties
Tags: action anti-fracking Auburn gas drilling hydraulic fracturing hydrofracking rally

On September 12, 2012 a national coalition of local coordinators and groups in communities across America will hold simultaneous rallies throughout the day to shine light on the numerous problems associated with toxic fracking waste and its disposal, including its links to earthquakes, spills, and leaks.

LOCAL RALLY

Wednesday September 12th

 6- 7 pm

Auburn City Hall

24 South Street  Auburn NY 13021

Come join us Wednesday evening and make some noise about fracking waste. Learn about what is happening even here and now in Cayuga County with the poisons produced by hundreds of existing vertical wells.   Imagine the effects of this waste magnified a millionfold with high volume drilling. 

The Government Office of Accountability paper on Produced Water makes no distinction between conventional and unconventional waste.  The sole distinction is volume. 

Learn about our three active injection disposal wells in NYS – one just 8 miles from Auburn, 3/4 mile from the shore of Cayuga Lake and Montezuma Wildlife Refuge.  Mary Menapace will share what she has learned from EPA documents on particulars of these wells. 

Terry Cuddy will share what is going on with Auburn City Council’s recent ban then rescission of the ban on discharging untreated vertical well frackwaste into the outlet of Owasco Lake that ultimately flows to Lake Ontario.  Written info will be available.

Stay tuned for other speakers. 

Bring signs,  banners, bells, drums, pots and pans and let’s make some noise about the frackwaste being sent downstream and injected into the earth in our home right here and now.  

Let’s let Auburn City Hall, Governor Cuomo and President Obama know, like other good people across the country,  we will not be sitting still and quiet for the fracking of our home.  We will not allow it. 

Come Wednesday evening and be part of this national event against the poisons of fracking.

For supper:  supporting the local businesses – there are some very good eateries in Auburn – on Genesee St. alone, one block over – Dadabbo’s Pizza, Parkers (pub), Bambino’s ( Italian), and tex-mex Mesa Grande Taqueria.  And the always great Connie’s (authentic SanAntonio tex mex) down the road on Wall St. 


Natalie Merchant in Albany

Posted by editor1 on April 22, 2012 None comments
When: View in Calendar » May 15, 2012 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Interstate 787,Albany,NY 12210, USA
Categories: Counties
Tags: anti-fracking Dan Zane Fracking gas drilling Ida Joan Osborne Mark Ruffalo Martin and Wood Medeski Melissa Leo Natalie Merchant New Yorkers Against Fracking rally the Felice Brothers

New Yorkers Against Fracking is very excited to announce a powerful and critically important rally and multi-media concert event to support a ban on fracking in New York State. On Tuesday May 15th, join Natalie Merchant, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Joan Osborne, the Felice Brothers, Ida, Dan Zane, actress Melissa Leo and actor Mark Ruffalo in calling on our elected leaders to ban fracking in New York. These all-stars are coming together for a special rally, concert, and multi-media performance at this very critical time.  New York needs to address this dangerous practice and enact a ban to protect the citizens of this great state.  Please join us and Academy Award winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, who will be filming the event, for an experience that promises to be transformative.

The Concert:

When: Tuesday, May 15th at 7pm

Where: The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223

The Rally:

Where:  The West Capitol Lawn, Albany NY

When: Tuesday, May 15th at 4:30 pm

Information about transportation coming soon. Stay tuned for public press release and announcement early next week.

Pre-sale tickets for the concert are available until Saturday, April 21st at the Egg box office.  You can pre-order the tickets by calling (518)-473-1845 between now and friday between 11am-3pm.  Pre-sale tickets are not available online.  You will be asked by a ticketing agent to provide a password  The Password is: No Fracking.  Tickets are $40 plus ticketing fees. Tickets for college students and seniors (over 65) are $20 plus ticketing fees.  Simply tell the ticketing agent that you are a student or a senior citizen.  College students must provide school I.D. on the night of the concert.  There are a limited number of “Pit” tickets for $150.

Presented by New Yorkers Against Fracking in Partnership with the Finger Lakes CleanWaters Initiative.