REV Hearings in Buffalo & Fighting Against Bomb Trains

[Rita Yelda]

REFORMING THE ENERGY VISION (REV) Hearing

Thursday, January 29, 2015
Erie County Public Library
1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo 14203
Information sessions at 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Public Comment at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm

Concerned about climate change? Want to be sure that NYS Moves toward clean, green renewable energy?
Want to move away from fossil fuels and harmful processes like fracking? Want to create jobs and energy independence for New York? Gain more control over our energy future! Raise your voice at the New York State REV Hearing!

(Talking points attached from Sierra Club Niagara Group & PUSH Buffalo.)

 

 

 

Western NY Drilling Defense Community Meetings: Stop the Bomb Trains!

February 5, 2015 at 6 p.m.

https://www.facebook.com/events/771361166253060

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March 5, 2015 at 6 p.m.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1394182137544482

 

Every week trains loaded with volatile crude oil fracked in North Dakota's Bakken shale travel through New York communities at 30 to 40 miles an hour. The DOT-111 tankers used to haul oil are defective and prone to explode in derailments. Bakken oil trains from North Dakota are traveling across New York State and through the City of Buffalo.

With very little public awareness and no study of environmental impacts, the oil industry has made New York a dangerous pipeline for crude oil that snakes thousands of miles by rail, barge and ship from oil fields in North Dakota and elsewhere, to refineries on both coasts. Because they present an immediate danger to public health, we must work to halt the transport of oil trains. Join us in stopping the bomb trains!

We will also be discussing next steps in the anti-fracking campaign in New York, including increased focus on renewable energy. These meetings are open to all!