Guess who joined our fight???/Latest Coalition Letter Goes Nuclear

Please sign a new coalition letter with truly staggering implications for Governor Cuomo's reelection bid: http://toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2014/6/23/coalition-le...

Greetings,

I am immensely pleased to report a wonderful new development that will cause nuclear consternation for the shale fracking powers-that-be.

As you know, our latest coalition letter requests that Governor Cuomo kill the shale fracking DOH "review" as well as the Draft SGEIS (Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement) because both proceedings are based on outdated data nearly five years old.

I am thrilled to report that our new letter received massive press coverage all over the state (see bottom) and just gained its 1,786th signatory.

THAT NOTABLE SIGNATORY IS NONE OTHER THAN ZEPHYR TEACHOUT, WHO IS CHALLENGING ANDREW M. CUOMO IN THE UPCOMING DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY (9/9/14). (I confirmed that she actually signed.)

Zephyr also became the 22,809th signatory to our earlier coalition letter which requests that Governor Cuomo withdraw the woefully inadequate Revised Draft SGEIS. She joins more than 50,000 signatories to our campaign's various coalition letters during the last five years.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FRACTIVISTS, A HISTORIC HORSE RACE IS NOW UNDERWAY FOR GOVERNOR INVOLVING THIS CRITICAL ISSUE.

THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE COULD NOT ASK FOR ANY MORE THAN THAT.

MS. TEACHOUT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS AND PRINCIPLED STAND TO PROTECT ALL NEW YORKERS FROM SHALE FRACKING HAZARDS. YOU ARE TO BE COMMENDED.

FRACTIVISTS, PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATE, URGENT ACTION. EVERY SINGLE DAY COUNTS.

The next Governor of New York will almost certainly decide the fate of shale fracking in our state. The honorable Republican gubernatorial candidate, Rob Astorino, strongly supports shale fracking. The two Democratic candidates differ starkly on this issue. As a result, voters have a clear choice in the matter.

Throughout his tenure, Governor Cuomo steadfastly refused to provide a favorable reply to a series of respectful coalition letters which requested that he halt his secret DOH "review" and withdraw his woefully inadequate Draft SGEIS. He advocated permitting shale fracking since he was a gubernatorial candidate.

In contrast, Zephyr Teachout signed our excruciatingly specific coalition letters which request that the DOH "review" and Draft SGEIS be killed. If that can be achieved, shale fracking would not allowed for years to come and might never be permitted in New York.

Zephyr also publicly promised to ban shale fracking on her first day in office if she is elected Governor. Her position on this issue could not be more different than the Governor's.

Go, Go, Go!!!

I implore you to learn more about Zephyr Teachout, Andrew Cuomo and Rob Astorino so that you can make an informed decision about whom to cast your vote for on Democratic Primary Day (9/9/14) as well as Election Day (11/4/14):

http://www.zephyrteachout.com/

http://andrewcuomo.com/

http://www.robastorino.com/

Once you have made a decision, please take focused action without delay:

1) JOIN THE CAMPAIGN OF YOUR CHOICE.

2) Support your candidate with as much financial support as you can possibly muster. It is now or never.

3) Use every trick in the book that you have learned during the five years of our campaign to require the antiquated DOH "review" and Draft SGEIS to be killed. Above all, organize your communities and supporters to get out the vote on Primary Day (9/9/14).

4) Incessantly Email Governor Cuomo and tell him who you are voting for and why: http://www.governor.ny.gov/contact/GovernorContactForm.php

5) Phone bank the Governor and tell him to halt the shockingly outdated DOH "review" and Draft SGEIS. Tell him that you will remember in November:

Albany: 518-474-8390

New York City: 212-681-4580

Binghamton: 607-721-8367

Tweet the Governor: @NYGovCuomo

Facebook him: https://www.facebook.com/GovernorAndrewCuomo?sk=wall

I Beg You to Beat the Bushes for More Signatories

Finally, I beg you to beat the bushes for more signatories to our latest coalition letter. We need thousands more signatories to make Zephyr's support more respectable. This is crucial.

SIGN THE COALITION LETTER: http://toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/letters/2014/6/23/coalition-le...

Forward this alert to every list-serv you know.

Request that every group you work with become a signatory and forward the coalition letter to their membership list-serv.

Ask every elected official who represents you to sign.

There is really no excuse for not signing. If you peruse the signatories, you can see that this strategy is endorsed by leading activists who also want to ban fracking, criminalize fracking, support home rule, halt natural gas infrastructure, prevent natural gas export, develop sustainable alternatives and adopt practically every other public health and environmental protection proposal you can think of.

Conclusion

The bottom line is that Governor Cuomo could permit shale fracking any day. We have survived enormously long odds during the six years that New York's shale fracking moratorium has been in effect, but we are not out of the woods by any means.

I am pleased to note that our groundbreaking research and sophisticated coalition letters have generated immense local, statewide, national as well as world-wide press coverage and, thus, fundamentally shaped the shale fracking discourse. By preventing a Final SGEIS from being adopted, not one shale gas production well has ever been fracked in New York.

The more than 50,000 signatories to our letters represent an extraordinarily powerful coalition of highly focused, knowledgeable and effective community organizations, elected officials, farmers, health care professionals, academics, scientists, religious leaders, business owners and concerned citizens of every ilk.

That political force could very well play a decisive role in the days to come.

Onward and upward. We have our work cut out for us. Don't stop till you drop.

Very best regards,

Walter

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