Important Upcoming Events

PANEL AT LINCOLN CENTER - ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF "FRACKING"

When: January 6 at 6:30 at Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center
Where: Lincoln Center Green Screens - "Red Gold"
What: Carolyn Zolas will be speaking on a panel on gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale as a representative of Sierra Club.

She will be talking about the effects of Hydraulic Fracturing on our watersheds at the next Film Society of Lincoln Center's Green Screens environmental program, entitled "Red Gold" a movie about the impact of the Pebble Mine on the water and salmon runs in Alaska. Pebble Mine is an open pit mine.

The panel will explore local energy issues. It will be held after the movie, and includes Riverkeeper and several environmental lawyers.

Admission is $11, with a discount for Seniors.

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Tell President-elect Barack Obama how you feel about federal exemptions from the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act for gas drilling companies.

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