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color:#1F497D'>Hi all-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Earlier this afternoon I sent out an Action Alert through Constant
Contact to all members for whom we have email addresses. The email is also
below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Please share this email and information with your members who have
not given the state League an email address. If you have questions, feel free
to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Laura <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>League of Women Voters of NYS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>62 Grand St, Albany, NY 12207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>(518) 465-4162<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>www.lwvny.org <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> League of Women
Voters of NYS [mailto:laura@lwvny.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 04, 2010 4:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> laura@lwvny.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Action Alert: Hydraulic Fracturing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'>Hydraulic Fracturing Action Alert</span></b><span
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10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The New York State
Legislature is currently considering a bill (A10490/S7592) which would
impose a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of
natural gas or oil until 120 days after the EPA reports on its
Congressionally-mandated study of the effect of hydrofracking on water
quality. Today LWVNYS wrote a <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103456116615&s=1&e=001OnimxKN9JyyISsQCtPYN4Bsi-N8Ea6hkXu9sFzh_jKw2n66H1Kiobv1wn0mN6z9oaC4AdzfFYIO2P3TOfFNY2D49twBgIC5aF0IrGCr65yYgqiPRQ8lWldc8QfRCQk6trXVMTYaeYakgUKh5qX9mDSAbXTGd-Gi50kRG5r3631c="
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the Assembly bill was voted 22-7 out of the Environmental Conservation
committee and sent to the Rules committee (standard procedure). The
challenge now is to get the same bill out of the Senate Environmental
Conservation committee and then have each bill passed on the floor of
the respective chamber.<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Now
we need all our members to push for passage of this legislation before
the session ends. You may do this in two ways:<br>
<br>
1. There is a lobbying day scheduled in Albany for
this Monday, June 7. If you can attend on Monday, please notify Roger
Downs who has the schedule of appointments with legislators <a
href="mailto:roger.downs@sierraclub.org" target="_blank">(roger.downs@sierraclub.org)</a>.
Print a copy of the <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103456116615&s=1&e=001OnimxKN9JyyISsQCtPYN4Bsi-N8Ea6hkXu9sFzh_jKw2n66H1Kiobv1wn0mN6z9oaC4AdzfFYIO2P3TOfFNY2D49twBgIC5aF0IrGCr65yYgqiPRQ8lWldc8QfRCQk6trXVMTYaeYakgUKh5qX9mDSAbXTGd-Gi50kRG5r3631c="
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lobby. We need your help to obtain passage before the legislative
session ends.<br>
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2. If you cannot lobby, please call or fax your NYS
Senator and Assemblyman/woman next week urging each to co-sponsor the
respective bill and push toward passage before the end of session. <br>
<br>
If we don't succeed, the DEC will produce its final regulations this
fall, and drilling will start in 2011.<br>
<br>
For background on LWVNYS concerns on this subject, see the <a
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103456116615&s=1&e=001OnimxKN9JywSla1RJymSRjStjiLI3ZIz_U1y5X0F8vIu9oQws3RO5yGLH83gDNAGaVNpqWI-gGObNk2wdVqE6v7BZLQGBhrRuJH9Akt3t6lYfTLta_RWZcwaWzUyRpiwvdawYecpgZZlkyt4Dh_iWX8lFYtYzwuF"
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