URGENT: 4/5/12 CALL DAY TO MOVE FORWARD NYS BAN BILL (pass it on)
Rita Yelda
Thursday April 5, 2012 9am-5pm
STATEWIDE CALL DAY TO CHAIR OF SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Western New York is the home of Senate Environmental Conservation
Committee Chair-- Senator Grisanti. Senate bill 4220, which has been
stalled in his committee since LAST YEAR, can protect the entire state
from fracking by banning drilling and wastewater treatment. With fracking
posed to happen in New York as early as this summer, there's no time
to mess around: Grisanti MUST co-sponsor and move forward this bill. The
senator needs to hear from New Yorkers that it's his duty, as chair
of the Environmental Conservation Committee, to protect our environment
and not allow drilling in the state. No more messing around, Senator--
support SB4220 and move it up for a vote!
On the April 5th call-in day, New York residents must show their united
strength and demand that Senator Grisanti cosponsor the ban bill, put it
up for a vote, and do all in his power to ensure it's passage. Tell
the Senator that "Environmental Conservation" does NOT mean
DIRTY DRILLING. Can you take a moment to call? The call is easy to
make and will help build momentum for a ban on fracking across the state.
It only takes a few minutes and makes a big difference. Here's
how:
On Thursday, April 5th, between 9am and 5pm, call the senator and tell
him to BAN fracking now!
Senator Grisanti (head of the Senate Environmental Conservation
Committee) at 877-796-1949. Tell them your name and where you're
from, and then simply tell them that they must protect New Yorkers by
co-sponsoring bill 4220, a ban on fracking.
Sample script: "Hi, My name is ______ and I live in (city, state). I
believe it's Senator Grisanti's duty, as head of the
Environmental Conservation Committee, to protect New York's land and
people by banning fracking through cosponsorship of bill 4220. Thank you
for your time today."