YOU ARE HERE - Convergence Presentation on groundbreaking fracking map tool!

Many New Yorkers know that fracking has serious consequences for our health and our environment. But few New Yorkers realize that, although horizontal drilling is not happening in New York, we are already being fracked—by pipelines, compressor stations, storage caverns and waste dumping. How widespread is the problem? No one has really had a handle on that question––until now.

Sane Energy Project (Sane) is very pleased to invite you to the launch of our new online mapping tool, called “YOU ARE HERE.” We have been working with a coalition of upstate grassroots groups to catalog fracking infrastructure projects in New York State, and this collaborative effort has resulted in a map that not only presents the big picture of shale gas development, but also connects users to local opposition groups. Now activists will have a tool to help their local community fully understand how they fit into the gas industry's plans, by seeing all existing and proposed projects in their area, and we can ALL be connected to other New Yorkers who are building a future without fracking.

Please join us for a demonstration of the map’s ins and outs, hear firsthand accounts from affected frontline communities, and meet many of the contributors to this project. We'll have a long Q&A session, and iPads will be available for you to try out the map yourself!

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