On January 25th, hundreds of concerned New Yorkers will join
representatives from environmental and conservation groups
EW YORKERS TO rally in ALBANY, call on Gov Paterson & state leaders
to delay natural GAS DRILLING rush

rally In WEST CAPITOL PARK planned for january 25th

WHO: On January 25th, hundreds of concerned New Yorkers will join
representatives from environmental and conservation groups including
Action Otsego, Sustainable Otsego, Citizens Campaign for the
Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Sierra Club –
Atlantic Chapter and Catskills Mountainkeeper, among others, at a
rally in West Capitol Park on the west side of the New York State
Capitol to call attention to what is arguably the most pressing threat
to the health of the state’s environment—particularly our drinking
water—the rush to drill for natural gas in the Southern Tier and
Catskills regions.

WHAT: The natural gas industry is eager to drill in New York. Drilling
companies propose
to use a dangerous technique, called hydraulic fracturing or
“fracking,” to extract natural gas buried beneath the rock of the
Marcellus and Utica Shale formations. In other parts of the country,
fracking has poisoned wells and spilled toxic chemicals across
landscapes.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is
currently reviewing comments submitted on its draft natural gas
drilling guidelines. The DEC’s draft Supplemental Generic
Environmental Impact Statement has been called inadequate by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, New York City Council, New York
Department of Environmental Protection, and members of Congress
including Representatives Hinchey, Arcuri, Massa and Nadler, among
others.

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2010

Rally scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m.; program at 10:45 a.m.

WHERE: West Capitol Park on the west wide of the New York State Capitol Building

WHY: This is the first time in 2010 that New Yorkers will come to
Albany to call on Governor David Paterson and other state leaders to
protect New York’s environment from the dangers of natural gas
drilling.

HOW: More information on registration and buses (1 leaving from
Oneonta) at http://www.actionotsego.org