Geographic Areas

National, New York

Focus area(s)

• Climate Change / Energy
• Environment
• Environmental Health

Contact Name

Amy Blume

Contact Phone

212-812-4353

Contact Email

ablume@ega.org

Fracking in New York: A Donor Briefing

Co-sponsored by Schmidt Family Foundation, New York Community Trust, The Scherman Foundation, North Star Fund, Grace Communications Foundation, EGA, and Philanthropy NY

Date: Thursday, July 19 from 8:45am-10:45am

Location: Philanthropy New York, 4^th floor conference room at 79 5th Avenue in New York, NY

We invite you to attend a Briefing on Thursday, July 19^th, where donors will have an opportunity to learn about the problems with hydrofracking in New York and about the movement that is being built to stop it. 

Program includes:

Wes Gillingham,  Catskill Mountainkeeper

Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch

Julia Walsh, Frack Action

Sandra Steingraber, Award Winning Author, Advisory Committee Member

Moderated by Lauren Davis, Schmidt Family Foundation

Large parts of New York sit atop the Marcellus Shale formation, and the oil and gas industry has been aggressively pushing for Governor Cuomo to open up New York to fracking. Governor Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued draft regulations last summer that would open up a large percentage of the state to fracking. Thanks to grassroots organizing, the DEC received almost 70,000 public comments on their draft regulations and is currently reading through the comments. Governor Cuomo and the DEC could come out with their final regulations at any time. The entire nation is watching to see what happens in New York.

Come to the Briefing to hear what’s going on and to ask the questions that need to be answered.  The Briefing will include presentations and ample time for questions and dialogue.