Assemblymember
Defends New York's Water and Resources
Buffalo,
NY
– Advocacy organizations including Food & Water Watch, Citizen
Action, WNY Peace Center and members of the Buffalo Common Council
will host a press conference to recognize Assemblymember Crystal
Peoples-Stokes who recently took a stand against the issue of
hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a highly controversial natural gas
drilling method under consideration by Gov. Cuomo. As concerns with
fracking in New York grow, Peoples-Stokes'
has come out to support bill A7218, a ban on fracking, showing a
commitment to a clean and healthy New York. Peoples-Stokes is the
first legislator outside of the NYC-area to step up in support of
this bill and in defense of our finite natural resources. Because of
the threats fracking poses to Western New York, it is exceptionally
significant to have a legislator adding their name to this
legislation.
Assemblymember Peoples-Stokes sits on the Environmental
Conservation Committee and will discuss her concerns with water
contamination and disposal of fracking waste for New Yorkers.
Speakers:
Assemblymember
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Buffalo
Councilmember Joseph Golombek Jr.
Jim
Anderson, Vice President of the State Board of Citizen Action of NY
Charley
Bowman, Interim Director of the WNY Peace Center
Rita Yelda, Food
& Water Watch
When: Tuesday,
July 17, 2012 10AM
Where: Buffalo's
Canalside, 1
Naval Park Cove, Buffalo,
NY [Map]
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