Greetings,
Quick update.
DEC Commissioner Grannis, EPA Region 2 Administrator Enck and Governor Paterson continue to get pressured to reject DEC's cynical and inadequate plan to exclude New York City and Syracuse reservoir watersheds from the proposed draft SGEIS while treating all other residents of New York's Marcellus Shale region like second-class citizens.
Thank you so much Catherine McVay Hughes and her colleagues on New York City's Community Board One for unanimously passing a resolution Tuesday spelling out the shortcomings of DEC's pathetically weak plan and reiterating their request for DEC to withdraw the draft SGEIS and address its inadequacies on a comprehensive basis. That super-quick work sends a strong message to the powers that be.
See: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/MarcellusShale/documents/manhattan_cb1_ny...
Some New York City leaders are trying to duck out on safeguarding the drinking water for nine million residents in a meaningful way. Don't believe their self-serving declarations of victory.
Representatives of other Community Boards and NYC advocacy groups, please adopt the same resolution ASAP. Don't hesitate to contact me if I can assist you.
I was interviewed on MSNBC Tuesday about the perils of offshore drilling and how unprepared government agencies are to cope with environmental disasters. Ring a bell? I slipped in a mention of Marcellus Shale.
Check it out: http://www.toxicstargeting.com/news/2010-04-27/oil-spill-disaster-calls-...
Thanks for your help. Keep slugging. GET MORE COALITION LETTER SIGNATORIES.
Best,
Walter
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