Fwd: FW: Shale study
Anna Falicov
FYI
From: stephen Halpern <schal...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Subject: FW: Shale study
To: annaf...@gmail.com, maga...@gmail.com, "John N. Lipsitz" <j...@lipsitzponterio.com>, Charles Cobb <cc...@collinscollins.com>, Lou Jean Fleron <lj.f...@cornell.edu>
Cc: James Holstun <jamesh...@hotmail.com>, Martha McCluskey <martha.m...@gmail.com>, Kevin Connor <kpco...@gmail.com>
Hi all:
I JUST WANTED TO PASS along information ABOUT A meeting tomorrow night at 6 PM of a newly formed group to struggle against UB’s new institute that seems to be a shill for the gas industry and fracking. I think that what is developing at UB at this “Institute” is quite disturbing. I hope you will consider attending.
My best, Steve
From: Kevin Connor [mailto:kpco...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:01 PM
To: stephen Halpern
Cc: James Holstun; artg...@verizon.net; Martha McCluskey
Subject: Re: Shale study
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What is UB's Shale Resources and Society Institute doing shilling bad scholarship for energy corporations in the name of the people of New York State?
The Public Accountability Initiative released a review of a report written by SRSI that claims hydrofracking has gotten safer over the past 3 years. PAI found that the report "contains a number of significant errors and problems with seriously undermine its claim that fracking is getting safer and causing fewer environmental violations. While masquerading as independent, academic research, the report's errors all point in the direction of heavy pro-industry bias and spin."
Learn more: http://tinyurl.com/fracking-recap
Stand Up!
We want to build a coalition of students, community members, environmentalists, and academics to let SUNY, UB, and SRSI know that what they're doing is irresponsible and destructive for the environment, SUNY, and New York State. Join us for our first meeting to discuss the facts and the future of SRSI, and organize against it.
Wednesday, June 6
6 PM
Burning Books
420 Connecticut St
Buffalo, NY 14222
More info: som...@buyindontsellout.org
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:49 PM, stephen Halpern <schal...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all:
Another good meeting today.
Heard back from Joe Belluck quickly after leaving the voicemail. He can do a telephone call on June 27th. We can choose time. Any preferences? I would opt for 10 AM when we and he are all fresh. But do let me know of any time preferences or constraints.
I would also like to put together a packet of info for him. Please make suggestions as to the documents I should include in that packet. And last, I do think we need a two pager with basic factual information for him. Anyone willing to try that?:
Let’s keep at it. We is making progress
Steve
P.S> Kevin, Can you forward the info about the meeting on Wednesday so that we can forward it to a few people? Thx.
From: James Holstun [mailto:jamesh...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 12:54 PM
To: schal...@gmail.com; artg...@verizon.net
Cc: kpco...@gmail.com; Martha McCluskey
Subject: RE: Shale study
Sorry, my mistake--Steve mentioned this to me when we were on the phone last week, but I forgot to put it in. I'll rectify that with the next revisin.
CC: kpco...@gmail.com; martha.m...@gmail.com; jamesh...@hotmail.com
From: schal...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Shale study
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:50:31 -0400
To: ArtG...@verizon.net
Hi all
I would like to ask in the letter for some kind of independent investigation in order to get to the bottom of the many irregularities that have occurred and the unanswered questions that remain.
I don't know who should conduct the investigation. But in the name of transparency and academic integrity and to protect the good name of the institution some independent fact finding is in order.
Steve
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 4, 2012, at 8:57 AM, "Art Giacalone" <ArtG...@verizon.net> wrote:
Martha and Steve,
Thanks for suggesting use of a speaker phone to keep me involved this afternoon, but I would find the imperfections of that approach nerve-wracking. [It was hard enough in person to follow the discussion and get a word in edgewise with a bunch of academicians!]
Someone can give me a call and bring me up-to-date after the meeting. Just don’t take advantage of my absence to “volunteer” me for too many tasks.
Art
P.S. Steve, I, too, am awfully impressed by the quality of the exchanges.
From: stephen Halpern [mailto:schal...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:41 AM
To: 'Art Giacalone'; 'Kevin Connor'; 'Martha McCluskey'
Cc: 'James Holstun'
Subject: RE: Shale study
I’m in for 2 PM, have reserved the back conference room at Ashkar’s and am darn impressed with the level of activity from you guys. Is it feasible to get Art in by speaker on a cell phone. I would like to keep him in the loop if possible. Steve
From: Art Giacalone [mailto:ArtG...@verizon.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:25 PM
To: 'Kevin Connor'; 'Martha McCluskey'
Cc: 'James Holstun'; schal...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Shale study
Sorry to say that I’m without a vehicle tomorrow – an unplanned change in my wife’s work schedule – so I cannot travel to the scheduled meeting unless someone has the time and energy to pick me up and return me to East Aurora.
On the other hand, I would gladly host the meeting at my office conference table if you all wouldn’t mind hopping in a vehicle and traveling to East Aurora for a 2:00 pm gathering .
If lovely East Aurora doesn’t sound attractive or convenient, please don’t let my unavailability stop the rest of you from convening at the trendy Elmwood Avenue venue.
Keep me in the loop.
Art
From: Kevin Connor [mailto:kpco...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:05 AM
To: Martha McCluskey
Cc: James Holstun; artg...@verizon.net; schal...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Shale study
Hi all --
Looking at my calendar I see a UB follow-up meeting scheduled for 2pm tomorrow at Ashker's. Are we still on?
Kevin
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Martha McCluskey <martha.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
Jim, and others thanks for all your work . The Buffalo News letter from the non-UB person today was good. Sorry, I just can't manage to get something written before I leave town tomorrow, just way behind on grading, family stuff, other commitments.
Martha
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM, James Holstun <jamesh...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
Good point, Art. As I told yall yesterday morning, Walter has passed. I agree with Art about the problems with the alternate Walter recommended, Linda Schneekloth.
Back in February, I was part of a group (with Martha) working on the UB union referendum on UB's membership in the BNP and the BCNYS. We talked quite a bit about crafting a letter to the editor and getting this or that union committee to sign it for maximum impact; things got complicated quickly. To supplement this letter to the editor, I went off, spent a couple of hours, and wrote an "Another Voice" column that was published quickly: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial-page/from-our-readers/another-voice/article727429.ece. The letter from the union never arrived, but I think this piece may have done the job.
As some of you know and the rest of you probably suspect, the UB professoriat is moribund--carping, craven, and generally pulseless--so I'm not sure whom to turn to. I think the Another Voice piece needs to be set and ready to submit soon after Kevin's paper goes public (Kevin, any word on when that might be?), so that it can refer to that piece. In an email to the five of us, Martha suggested I should start writing the faculty letter/protest draft. I agreed and sent her a draft and she sent me some suggestions for revision and some additional documents she wants me to read and factor in. Happy to do that, and I'll send it along to everyone for suggestions soon.
But we need some more writing now for this "Another Voice" piece. Kevin's busy with his own writing, Steve just published so he's out for the byline, but writing and byline need not be identical. Any thoughts here? I'm happy to write or cowrite or revise, with or without byline, and I'm happy for someone else to do it, too--Martha, are you available? I know you told me you're busy with lots of stuff now--so am I (trying to finish a few articles, read honors theses, and dissertation chapters), but I can find a couple of hours.
Let's rock!
Jim
From: ArtG...@verizon.net
To: martha.m...@gmail.com; schal...@gmail.com; jamesh...@hotmail.com; kpco...@gmail.com
Subject: RE: Shale study
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:36:39 -0400Good Morning All,
Can’t help but wonder if the presence in today’s Everybody’s Column of a letter from David Kowalski concerning “Shale study harms UB’s reputation” [inserted below] impacts the timing and/or content of our planned AnotherVoice submission.
Art
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From: Martha McCluskey [mailto:martha.m...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:31 PM
To: stephen Halpern; James Holstun; kevin connor; Art Giacalone
Subject: UB research conflicts and disclosure requirements
I don't have time to dig through this all today or tomorrow but here are some rules for UB research financial conflicts , I believe governed in part by federal regs. I don't understand which internally funded research is covered.
I'm also passing this on as possible FOIL /FOIA material. The policies and documentation on research conflicts of interest are within the University, even if the money is from UBF, so should be available though some personal info would be confidential I assume.
Martha
