Additional information about Earth Day program at SRU
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Michael Bagdes-Canning
Apr 10, 2011, 8:55:56 PM4/10/11
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I include this information because I think it is an opportunity for us
to become better informed about the Marcellus Shale issue. I know
that we are trying to focus on corporate taxes (and how they don't
pay) but this is also a corporate freeloading issue (taxes) but also
corporate "raping" of the local environment and economy.
From the Marcellus Outreach Butler site:
"Thanks for agreeing to see if your core group is willing to send out
requests for helping in the funding of the symposium (description
below). As I explained, I just found out today that the
administration has decided not to put in additional funding for the
event, which means we will need about $1000 to make it happen. We
need some assurance that we'll be able to meet that (there will be no
charge for attending the event), so I am asking if you will send out
requests to your group to ask if members would be willing to donate to
help meet that. I've talked with Jane Scott of Citizens'
Environmental Association of the Slippery Rock Area (CEASRA), who will
check with their officers if they would be agreeable to receive any
checks (marked 'For MSGD Symposium at SR'), which they could then make
available to this project. Any funds not used for this event will be
used for other MSGD efforts critical of MSGD. I'll send you
information about that as soon as I hear from CEASRA. Because we need
to have some reasonable assurance that there will be sufficient
funding for the event before we send out announcements, we'll need to
get this request out to all your mail list ASAP. I regret this is
such a rapid-fire thing, but it shouldn't be too difficult to work it
out. I greatly appreciate your help.
Also, if your group would like to reserve a table for the event (in
the lobby of the Union), or even make a presentation (there can be
three things going on simultaneous with the the main sessions), let me
know. Please let me know if your group is willing to send out for
requests to help let this important event proceed. Perhaps you could
forward this to the others of your core group so they can give it some
thought.
********************************************
Here's a description of what we have planned
Slippery Rock University is organizing a day long event "Towards a
Sustainable Pennsylvania: Challenges and Responses" for April 22. It
is my understanding that SRU started the first graduate program in
sustainability in the world (1990), Masters of Science in Sustainable
Systems. The main concern is the Marcellus Shale gas drilling (MSGD).
We have decided it would best to invite both proponents and critics of
MSGD. Our thought is that the event/symposium/conference should focus
on a serious dialogue on this and other important aspects related to
the region's and state's sustainability, so as to give both students
and citizens a clearer understanding of those issues.
The format of the event that has been suggested is as follows:
9:00 Introduction to the overall issue of MSGD: What it involves
10:00 Session I: The Energy Concern
11:30 Session 2: Economic concerns
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Session 3: Environmental Concerns
3:30 Session 4: Health Concerns
5:00 Session 5: Legal/Political Concerns
6:30 End of event
We will have top experts in the region present information and
insight regarding these matters. Already, 6 experts have expressed
their willingness to participate: Mr. John Hanger, former head of Pa
DEP, Dr. Tim Kelsey, PSU economist who has investigated and spoken
widely on the economic pros and cons of MSGD, Dr. John Stolz,
ecologist at Duquesne University, who has studied the matter
extensively; Dr. Charles Christen, health expert at the Center for
Healthy Environments and Communities; and Mr. Ben Price, legal
counselor at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. We
still seeking the participation of proponents also present their cases
for each issue not yet having commitments from proponents (Energy,
Environment, Health, and Legal/Political), so that both sides of each
concern are presented."
to become better informed about the Marcellus Shale issue. I know
that we are trying to focus on corporate taxes (and how they don't
pay) but this is also a corporate freeloading issue (taxes) but also
corporate "raping" of the local environment and economy.
From the Marcellus Outreach Butler site:
"Thanks for agreeing to see if your core group is willing to send out
requests for helping in the funding of the symposium (description
below). As I explained, I just found out today that the
administration has decided not to put in additional funding for the
event, which means we will need about $1000 to make it happen. We
need some assurance that we'll be able to meet that (there will be no
charge for attending the event), so I am asking if you will send out
requests to your group to ask if members would be willing to donate to
help meet that. I've talked with Jane Scott of Citizens'
Environmental Association of the Slippery Rock Area (CEASRA), who will
check with their officers if they would be agreeable to receive any
checks (marked 'For MSGD Symposium at SR'), which they could then make
available to this project. Any funds not used for this event will be
used for other MSGD efforts critical of MSGD. I'll send you
information about that as soon as I hear from CEASRA. Because we need
to have some reasonable assurance that there will be sufficient
funding for the event before we send out announcements, we'll need to
get this request out to all your mail list ASAP. I regret this is
such a rapid-fire thing, but it shouldn't be too difficult to work it
out. I greatly appreciate your help.
Also, if your group would like to reserve a table for the event (in
the lobby of the Union), or even make a presentation (there can be
three things going on simultaneous with the the main sessions), let me
know. Please let me know if your group is willing to send out for
requests to help let this important event proceed. Perhaps you could
forward this to the others of your core group so they can give it some
thought.
********************************************
Here's a description of what we have planned
Slippery Rock University is organizing a day long event "Towards a
Sustainable Pennsylvania: Challenges and Responses" for April 22. It
is my understanding that SRU started the first graduate program in
sustainability in the world (1990), Masters of Science in Sustainable
Systems. The main concern is the Marcellus Shale gas drilling (MSGD).
We have decided it would best to invite both proponents and critics of
MSGD. Our thought is that the event/symposium/conference should focus
on a serious dialogue on this and other important aspects related to
the region's and state's sustainability, so as to give both students
and citizens a clearer understanding of those issues.
The format of the event that has been suggested is as follows:
9:00 Introduction to the overall issue of MSGD: What it involves
10:00 Session I: The Energy Concern
11:30 Session 2: Economic concerns
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Session 3: Environmental Concerns
3:30 Session 4: Health Concerns
5:00 Session 5: Legal/Political Concerns
6:30 End of event
We will have top experts in the region present information and
insight regarding these matters. Already, 6 experts have expressed
their willingness to participate: Mr. John Hanger, former head of Pa
DEP, Dr. Tim Kelsey, PSU economist who has investigated and spoken
widely on the economic pros and cons of MSGD, Dr. John Stolz,
ecologist at Duquesne University, who has studied the matter
extensively; Dr. Charles Christen, health expert at the Center for
Healthy Environments and Communities; and Mr. Ben Price, legal
counselor at the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. We
still seeking the participation of proponents also present their cases
for each issue not yet having commitments from proponents (Energy,
Environment, Health, and Legal/Political), so that both sides of each
concern are presented."
Linda Schoettker
Apr 10, 2011, 9:51:47 PM4/10/11
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Thanks Mike. How come I thought it was April 21 & 22?
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Michael Bagdes-Canning
Apr 10, 2011, 9:43:19 PM4/10/11
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I'm not sure. I thought we said it was Good Friday but I've been screwing that sort of thing left and right (like when I posted about the Butler action of the Marcellus Outreach Butler and Lou set me straight). Sorry for the misunderstanding - the thing I posted is from the horse's mouth rather than the horse's other end (me).
Linda Schoettker
Apr 11, 2011, 8:55:08 AM4/11/11
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Hardly.:) Thanks for sending the info. If you can
go on the 18th., maybe you & Len (and others?) can go together. Let us
know.
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Michael Bagdes-Canning
Apr 12, 2011, 9:48:16 AM4/12/11
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I'm planning on going on the 18th (I'm also attending a rally in Mercer on the 16th (a bunch of unions will be there, mine included).
res...@zoominternet.net
Apr 12, 2011, 12:41:22 PM4/12/11
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Do you want to ride with Len + Gene?
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Apr 12, 2011, 12:44:58 PM4/12/11
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Can we still get a table @Earth Day symposium?
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Apr 12, 2011, 12:55:18 PM4/12/11
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Oh I see the tables are for sustainability issues.
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Michael Bagdes-Canning
Apr 12, 2011, 10:15:35 PM4/12/11
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I'd be pleased to ride with anyone - I'll be driving my Toyota 4Runner that is a hog unless my daughter, Sarah, and Karen can ride together.
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Apr 13, 2011, 7:29:08 AM4/13/11
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Both our cars are small. Lens could hold 5 people. So you, Karen, your daughter, Gene + Len could fit although it might be a little cozy.
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Michael Bagdes-Canning
Apr 13, 2011, 7:57:44 AM4/13/11
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Karen and Sarah are going to work - it will just be me. I just meant that if Sarah and Karen can ride together, I could use the Subaru instead of my beast.
michael maholtz
Apr 13, 2011, 5:54:55 PM4/13/11
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I would say this does have to do with us because they are cutting funds for the EPA when we need it the most.
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Apr 13, 2011, 8:28:27 PM4/13/11
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True.
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