THE FAIRS:

Our Coalition has secured a booth at both the Otsego and Chenango County Fairs.  We will be posting our coalition maps at these booths, assisting landowners to sign up with our coalition and distributing factual information on the safe process of natural gas exploration. 

Your Work Has Made A Huge Difference
 Hold Off on Phone Calls, Emails and Faxes For Now
 
Together, We Are Succeeding!
Because of your hard work calling, emailing and faxing our state senators, you are successfully holding off the vote on a moratorium.  If you remember, the state senate was supposed to vote on these bills nearly two weeks ago.  However, there has been such an overwhelming response from landowners like you, our state legislators had to take notice.  There is no vote planned for these bills today or Monday and they have asked that we hold off on the phone calls, emails and faxes for now.  Our diligence combined with the efforts of fellow NY coalitions, has made a huge difference.  Great Work!

103 callers registered with CNY that they called the Senators on the Encon committee to try to defeat the moratorium bill sponsored by Senator Thompson.  We do not yet know the results of the Encon meeting today.  If this bill is defeated in committee, it is largely due to the special action taken by our committee members.  
 
Thanks for all your work!

SNEAKY “ANTI-GAS” BILL MUST BE STOPPED

OPPOSITION’S ATTEMPT TO SNEAK A BILL THROUGH: NYS Senator Antoine Thompson has just introduced a bill to the NYS Encon Committee, which he chairs, that would ban any hydraulic fracturing activity in NYS for one year – which is certain to be followed up by subsequent moratoriums in future years. THIS BILL HAS THE SAME LONG-TERM AGENDA AS THE OTHERS AND IS NOT A COMPROMISE!!! If this passes, we can forget about leasing for years to come and we can be certain that any gas company who might be waiting for the DEC to release the SGEIS will give up & head elsewhere.

We need you and your family to do this immediately

URGENT!! Please take three minutes right now to go to the website link below and send an urgent letter to our NY lawmakers.

http://www.capwiz.com/iogany/home

Landowners to Albany: Let the drilling begin
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100609/NEWS01/6090395/Landowners+to+Albany++Let+the+drilling+begin

Dear Coalition Friend:

We know that your time is very important so we would not want to ask too much of you. However, this Wednesday brings a critical event that desperately needs your full support. The Joint Landowner's Coalition of New York is hosting a rally in Albany on Wednesday, June 9th. Buses will be leaving from various locations throughout the Southerntier and upstate NY. If we do not have a tremendous showing of support for this rally, this very well may be the end of our gas drilling prospects for many years to come.

BY JON CAMPBELL •ALBANY BUREAU • MAY 25, 2010, 7:40 PM

Elmira Star Gazette

ALBANY -- Environmentalists descended on the Capitol this week to push a bill that would prohibit issuing natural-gas-drilling permits in New York's Marcellus Shale until a federal study is complete, but a group of drilling advocates called the proposal "unnecessary." 

Natural-gas companies and some landowners are eager to begin drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation, which stretches across many of the northeastern states and is rich with natural gas. But some are worried about the potential impact of using hydraulic fracturing, or hydro-fracking, to help extract the gas.

By: Tyler Murphy, Sun Staff Writer 
Published: May 14th, 2010

NORWICH – Standing in front of the Chenango County Courthouse Thursday, gas company representatives along with local government and business officials passed $656,923 worth of symbolic checks at a press conference highlighting the 2009 tax revenue gained from natural gas development.

The Albany rally for May 25th has been cancelled - the majority of our elected officials will not be in town on that date.