Tell the NY State Legislature: Keep Our Water Safe!

Protecting New York's Water from Fracking NOW

What's Going On?

This summer, New York made history in a stunning midnight vote when the State Senate voted by 49 to 9 to declare an 11 month moratorium on fracking. The moratorium bill passed with an overwhelming majority of bipartisan support thanks to an outpouring of grassroots action from ordinary citizens - phone calls, emails and lobby visits. Thousands of New Yorkers stood up and spoke loud and clear, and the Senate heard us.

Now, the New York State Assembly is scheduled to come back for only one session at the end of this month – and if they don’t pass this companion bill, all of our hard work will be undone! Since this is the final time the Assembly will meet this year, it's going to be our last chance to pass the moratorium bill in the Assembly to stop fracking in NY State this year. If the Sweeney Bill (A11443B) fails to be brought up for a vote, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation could begin issuing fracking permits at any moment and all will be lost. We can't let it happen! It is critical that the Assembly and the Governor hear from you as a member of our powerful movement.

Take Action!

On Tuesday 11/23 and Wednesday 11/24, please call and ask the Speaker, influential members of the Assembly and the Governor to attend the Special Session in Albany and “bring the Sweeney hydraulic fracturing moratorium bill A11443B to the Assembly floor for a vote and pass the bill!”

· Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
518-455-3791 or 212-312-1420 or mailto: Speaker@assembly.state.ny.us

· Sponsor of Moratorium Bill Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (Chair of Committee on Environmental Conservation)
518-455-5787 or 631-957-2087 or mailto: Sweeney@assembly.state.ny.us

· Assemblyman Kevin Cahill (Chair Committee on Energy)

518-455-4436 or 845-338-9610 Cahill@assembly.state.ny.us

· Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (Chair of Committee on Codes)
518-455-4477, or, 718-383-7474 or mailto: LentolJ@assembly.state.ny.us

· Assemblyman Herman Farrell (Chair of Committee on Ways & Means)
518-455-5491, or, 212-234-1430, or, 212-568-2828 or mailto: FarrelH@assembly.state.ny.us

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Dear Governor Paterson, Assembly Speaker Silver, and Assembly member Sweeney, New York&#39;s precious water and other natural resources will be confronting their greatest risk in many years if the pending proposal for industrial gas drilling is allowed to proceed based on the Department of Environmental Conservation&#39;s fatally flawed draft environmental impact report. Legislation is pending in both the Senate and Assembly that would prohibit industrial gas drilling until further analyses into its safety have been conducted. If the legislative session is allowed to adjourn without action on these bills, the DEC could move forward with permitting new gas drilling based on the draft environmental impact study and without an appropriate set of protective regulatory measures. Please work with your colleagues to ensure that this critical legislation (A. 114436) is brought to a vote and passed this session suspending any new permitting for drilling in the Marcellus Shale until the risks to the state&#39;s drinking water, air quality, landscapes and health have been properly examined, and a determination is made as to whether and if so how those risks could be adequately managed.

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