Elmira Fracking Presentation - Apr 9
Dautremont-Smith, Julian
Dear Green Team,
The event below is FYI. I know many in our community are very interested in learning more about fracking and what it could mean for our region. This event seems like a great opportunity to hear from some internationally known experts. Contact Virginia below if you are interested in carpooling from the Alfred area.
Best wishes,
Julian
From: Virginia Rasmussen [mailto:vrasm...@stny.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:13 AM
To: Graham Marks; Megan Staffel; Dautremont-Smith, Julian; Sandra Singer; Pennisi, Constance E; Mcbride, Calista A; Buffy Turner; Doug Turner; Bahr, Ellen J; Bob and Anne Pipal; David DuBois ; Doug Clarke; Jody Bellows; Kasey Klingensmith; Kim Donius;
Lisa Looney; Ly Kesse; Mandy Burns; Michelle Illuminato; Pam Jones; Rhebeka Hyland; Sean Hyland; Sherman Clarke; Val and Elsie Cushing; Virginia Rasmussen; Becky Prophet; Brad Bowden; Clark, Craig R; Joe Dosch; Kathryn Koegel; Anne Wenslow; Justin Grigg; Liz
Cronin; Matt Katz; McClain, Peter M; Peg Prisco
Cc: 'Mary McGee'; 'Gary Ostrower'; 'Michele Hluchy'; 'Fred Beaudry'; 'Nancy Evangelista'; Dautremont-Smith, Julian; Flynn, Joseph G; 'Wakoh Shannon Hickey'; 'Catania, Roger P'; 'Emrys'; 'Mark Klingensmith'; 'Kasey Klingensmith'; 'Jo Ellen del Campo';
'Sandra Singer'; 'Louis Greiff'; Freddy Fredrickson; Bridget Reynolds; Susan Fowler; 'Bill and Joy Cleveland'; Fion MacCrae; Tom Mansfield; Mary and Jud Stearns; 'Jerry Snyder'; Donn Lang; Town of Alfred; McDowell, Tom
Subject: Invitation - Fracking Presentation - Apr 9 - RSVP Requested
This program on April 9th includes three highly informed voices on the wide ranging impacts of hydrofracking. PLEASE spread the word on this event and encourage those in the community and on Alfred’s campuses who are NOT familiar with the subject to take advantage of this opportunity.
I’m happy to coordinate carpooling. Get back to me at this e-mail (or 607-587-9558) if you want to travel with others.
Thanks,
Virginia Rasmussen
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Dear neighbor,
We are pleased to invite you to a free presentation about high volume hydraulic fracturing and its effects on our land, water, health, and economy. There are open questions about how industrialization associated with natural gas extraction could impact Elmira and the surrounding area. On one hand, fracking has been praised as a solution to our ailing economy; on the other, concerns have been raised about deleterious effects on the environment, human health, and local economies. Fact-based scientific research will be presented by three nationally-recognized experts: an engineer, a scientist and an economist. Presenter bios are below.
To Frack or Not to Frack: That is the Question
Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 pm
Grace Episcopal Church
375 Church St.
Elmira, NY
(entrance and parking in back)
Decisions related to fracking should be considered with the safety and well-being of Elmira and surrounding area residents in mind. We encourage you to attend this key presentation to hear leading experts discuss the economic, health, environment, and socio-cultural effects that the gas industry has on communities. Those who attend will have an opportunity to address questions and concerns directly to the presenters. The forum offers a rare opportunity for Elmira and area residents, elected officials, and spiritual leaders to become more informed so that they can better answer the question for themselves: To frack or not to frack.
Please RSVP at ct...@cornell.edu
We hope to see you there,
Colleen Boland
City of Elmira resident
Speakers
Jannette M. Barth, Ph.D.
Dr. Jannette Barth is an economist with Pepacton Institute LLC in Croton-on-Hudson, a research and consulting organization. Since 1974, Dr. Barth has been estimating regional and local economic impacts in the United States and the United Kingdom. As an example of her work, Dr. Barth was retained to estimate economic impacts of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Former positions include Chief Economist, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Consultant, Chase Econometrics/Interactive Data Corporation. Barth has lectured and written extensively on the economic impacts of shale gas development, including a recent peer-reviewed article in the journal, New Solutions.
Anthony R. Ingraffea, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Tony Ingraffea is the Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering and a Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University. He did R&D at Cornell for the oil and gas industry for 25 years, specializing in hydraulic fracture simulation and pipeline safety, and twice won the National Research Council/U.S. National Committee for Rock Mechanics Award for Research in Rock Mechanics. He became a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1991 and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Engineering Fracture Mechanics in 2005. He won ASTM's George Irwin Medal for outstanding research in fracture mechanics in 2006, and in 2009 was named a Fellow of the International Congress on Fracture. Recently, he has been deeply engaged in informal education regarding the topic of this lecture with over 100 public presentations. He is also President and a founding Member of the Board of Physicians, Scientists, and Engineers for Healthy Energy, Inc. TIME Magazine named him one of its "People Who Mattered" in 2011.
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
Dr. Sandra Steingraber is a biologist, author, and Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the Department of Environmental Studies at Ithaca College. Her research and writing focuses on environmental health and, for the past two years, has explored the health and environmental impacts of shale gas extraction. Steingraber has served as a science advisor for several state, federal, and international initiatives, including the California Breast Cancer Research Program, the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, the President's Cancer Panel, and the Health and Environmental Alliance in the Europe Union. In 2011, Steingraber received a Heinz Award for lifetime achievement and donated the prize money to the anti-fracking movement in New York State, thus becoming a founder of New Yorkers Against Fracking. She is also a founding principal of Concerned Health Professionals of New York.
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