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Statewide Rally Against Fracking
June 17, 2013 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
NY CROSSROADS RALLY
New York stands at a crossroads; this is our moment to decide the course of history.
Come to our No to Fracking/Yes to Renewable Energy Rally:
What: New York Crossroads: Rally to Stop Fracking and Demand Renewable Energy
When: Monday, June 17th, 12pm-3pm
Where: Rally and March in East Capitol Lawn, Albany, NY
Transportation: A sign up link of buses to the rally from Binghamton, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, New Paltz, New York City, Queens (The Rockaways), Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester. The Westchester bus will leave at 8:30am from the Memorial United Methodist Church in White Plains, NY, located at 250 Bryant Avenue. Please park in the rear of the church parking lot. Tickets are $20 per person and the bus should return by 6pm.
Car Pool: If you would like to set up a car pool please email Corinne Rosen at [email protected]
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Here’s what its about:
On Wednesday, June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor, where she has stood as our nation’s symbol of freedom ever since.
On Monday, June 17, 2013, citizens from across New York—from Long Island to Niagara Falls—will arrive in Albany to demand freedom from dirty energy, calling on Governor Cuomo to reject fracking and lead the nation in constructing a renewable energy economy here and now in New York.
At this march and rally, the anti-fracking movement will, for the first time, join with business leaders, faith leaders, health professionals, elected officials, farmers, and youth to demand the renewable energy jobs that our families and communities want and deserve. New York is at a crossroads. In one direction: more ruinous dependency on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels. This path requires we blow apart the bedrock of our state and inject it with toxic chemicals. Providing only temporary, dangerous jobs, it leads to accidents, explosions, poisoned water, polluted air, contaminated food, public health disasters and climate catastrophe. This road chains us to the past and ransoms our children’s future. Running in the other direction is the road to renewable energy based on wind, water, and sunlight. This path leaves our communities unfractured and provides long-term, safe jobs to New Yorkers. This path creates an infrastructure that will not cost us the water we drink, the air we breathe or the health of our children. This path will make New York a leader in energy independence and, once more, a beacon of hope for the world. This path is the one we demand because our lives literally depend on it.
Governor Cuomo has said, “We will not allow the national paralysis over climate change to stop us from pursuing the necessary path for the future.”
We agree. Here in New York, where we have watched our subways fill with seawater and witnessed Hurricanes Irene, Lee and Sandy wash away our communities, we now call on our governor to reject the climate-destroying practice of fracking and take aggressive strides towards a 100% renewable energy economy.
On June 17th, we invite people from every corner of New York State to gather at the State Capitol in Albany. Here, we will stand united to demand that Governor Cuomo reject fracking and blaze a trail to a renewable energy future.
Join us for this historic event as we rally in the East Capitol Lawn and march in the streets surrounding the Capitol building.
The moment of power is now!
What: New York Crossroads: Rally to Stop Fracking and Demand Renewable Energy
When: Monday, June 17th, 12pm-3pm
Where: Rally and March in East Capitol Lawn, Albany, NY
Transportation: A sign up link of buses to the rally from Binghamton, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, New Paltz, New York City, Queens (The Rockaways), Rochester, Syracuse, Westchester and other areas will announced next week!
Car Pool: If you would like to set up a car pool please email Corinne Rosen [email protected]
Sponsored by: New Yorkers Against Fracking, Food & Water Watch, Frack Action, Catskill Mountainkeeper, United for Action, WESPAC, NYPIRG, Citizens Environmental Coalition, The Alliance for a Green Economy and many more to be announced!
Thank you and see you in Albany!