EMC Issues 

• EMC Gas Drilling Working Group provides comments to DEC on draft regulations for High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (1/11/2013)
• EMC sends letter to Governor Cuomo opposing the idea of possibly allowing high volume horizontal fracking (HVHF) for natural gas in five Southern Tier counties (7/12/2012)
• EMC provides comments to DEC on the draft supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on gas drilling
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• Gas Drilling Committee comments on DEC regs and reviews local actions
  The NYDEC is currently revising their Gas and Oil Drilling regulations to reflect new concerns associated with horizontal fracturing for natural gas.
• Invasive Species Alert! Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
  Learn more about this invasive forest pest that is killing Hemlock trees.
• Cities for Climate Protection Campaign
  The Cities for Climate Protection Campaign is a voluntary program for municipal governments to identify sources of greenhouse gas emissions within their jurisdictions and to implement actions to combat global warming at the local level. Tompkins County joined the CCP Campaign in 2001, recognizing the need to address the global warming problem swiftly and effectively, and the County's unique position to play a role.
• Cornell Wind Turbine Project
  Cornell University recently ended a project to study the feasibility of installing several large-scale wind turbines to generate electricity for campus use. Although the project was cancelled, a wind resources map of Tompkins County was created, and is available to the public here.
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