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Impacts on Communities - Organizing and Outreach

Community Organizing and Outreach

Talking Points

How to Prohibit Fracking In Your New York Town

Julie Huntsman Fly Creek, NY posted 4/2/2011 7 minute slide show

Talking Points for Town Meetings

A guide for a discussion of drilling issues.

Citizen David Tames Gas Goliaths on the Marcellus Shale Stage: Citizen Action as a Form of Dispute Prevention in the Internet Age

Elizabeth N. Radow, Marcellus Shale Initiative Publications Database Bucknell University, June, 2011. This article reviews some general information on environmental and public health risks associated with hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus shale and emphasizes the particular role of citizen action. The scope is broad and covers impacts and actions in multiple states. Includes a comprehensive bibliography. This journal is edited by third-year law students at the Cardozo School of Law.

Dryden NY Announces Petition to Ban zoning

DRAC announces the results of a petition drive to ban fracking, calls on the Dryden Town Board to pass a protective zoning ordinance; Town Board unanimously passes resolution to move forward with drafting an ordinance.

Playing for Keeps along the Susquehanna

A Community-Integrated GIS of Land and Water Uses and Rights in Rural Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play. By Dr. Simona L. Perry, July 27, 2011.

Talking Points for Town Meetings (Sullivan County Version)

This version contains information specific to Sullivan County.

Handouts

Don't Frack New York's Farms!

Pamphlet from Northeast Organic Farming Associations of NY, Inc. in collaboration with Food & Water Watch. Posted Jan 2013.

What to Consider Before Signing A Lease

Damascus Citizens' handout covering the issues a landowner should consider before signing a natural gas lease.

Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of Interest in Land Use Decision-Making

Elected and appointed officials involved in land use decision-making must not be tainted with prejudice when deciding on matters that come before them. Such prejudice exists when the individual finds herself with a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest arises when a public servant is in the position of deciding between public duty and private interests. By Gary D. Taylor, Iowa State University.

Dealing with Drillers

Dealing with Drillers

Town of Lebanon Supervisor Jim Goldstein describes his experience dealing with natural gas corporations.

Resolutions

Proposed Resolution

This resolution is designed for Towns that wish to express their support for NYS legislation that would restore home rule and impose a moratorium on shale gas extraction until the EPA has concluded it's study of fracking and drinking water safety.

Proposed Resolution (Sullivan County Version)

A version of the proposed resolution designed for use in Sullivan County.

Request to Members of Sullivan County Town Councils

Five citizens advocacy groups call on Sullivan County Town Councils to endorse a resolution calling for a statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and independent scientific assessment of its safety.

Resolution offered by five citizens advocacy groups

Memorializing the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York to place in effect a moratorium on hydrofracking, and requesting the Governor to pursue further independent scientific assessments to determine the risks associated with hydrofracking, and requesting Mr. Andrew Cuomo, Democratic Party candidate for Governor, to express his support of such moratorium

What Other Communities Have Done

Groundbreaking methane emissions report issued for Damascus, PA

Press Release from Damascus Citizens for Sustainability Oct 29, 2012

Presentations to Cochecton Planning Board

Presentations delivered by grassroots group Keep Cochecton Green in response to Cochecton's intention to explicitly zone for natural gas drilling in 90% of the town.

Impacts on Communities - Organizing and Outreach
Impact on Communities
Community Organizing and Outreach
Legal Tools
Speaking Out! Oppostion to Fracking
Accidents