For Immediate Release: DISH Mayor Calvin Tillman and Affected Property Owner Tim Ruggeiro, Co-Founders of ShaleTest.org, Will Be Touring the Marcellus Shale.
DISH, TX -- DISH mayor Calvin Tillman and affected Wise County property owner Tim Ruggiero will be touring the Marcellus Shale discussing ShaleTest.org, a non-profit environmental testing organization co-founded by the two.
Last fall the formation of ShaleTest was announced in Fort Worth. Since the announcement, the ShaleTest Board of Directors have been working on building the non-profit in an effort to to provide environmental testing to lower income families. DISH mayor Calvin Tillman says that "this will be my fourth trip to the Marcellus Shale and it will be great to announce ShaleTest to that area, it is our goal to have a permanent presence in this region soon ".
Co-Founder Tim Ruggiero says "I have seen first hand the damage caused by drillers motivated more by profit than any attempt at being a Good Neighbor. Some drillers are reckless, cut corners and simply do not follow the law. Self-regulation and self-reporting are not working. Where there is no responsibility, there is no accountability. We need to drill, and we need the energy-but it needs to be done responsibly, with respect to people and their private property. I am excited to join Mayor Tillman on the 2011 Truth Tour on the Marcellus Shale."
DISH, TX -- DISH mayor Calvin Tillman and affected Wise County property owner Tim Ruggiero will be touring the Marcellus Shale discussing ShaleTest.org, a non-profit environmental testing organization co-founded by the two.
Last fall the formation of ShaleTest was announced in Fort Worth. Since the announcement, the ShaleTest Board of Directors have been working on building the non-profit in an effort to to provide environmental testing to lower income families. DISH mayor Calvin Tillman says that "this will be my fourth trip to the Marcellus Shale and it will be great to announce ShaleTest to that area, it is our goal to have a permanent presence in this region soon ".
Co-Founder Tim Ruggiero says "I have seen first hand the damage caused by drillers motivated more by profit than any attempt at being a Good Neighbor. Some drillers are reckless, cut corners and simply do not follow the law. Self-regulation and self-reporting are not working. Where there is no responsibility, there is no accountability. We need to drill, and we need the energy-but it needs to be done responsibly, with respect to people and their private property. I am excited to join Mayor Tillman on the 2011 Truth Tour on the Marcellus Shale."
Board of Directors member Susan Knoll says "ShaleTest is here to help those people in gas-developing communities who are unable to help themselves".
The tour will visit the following locations:
Monday - April 25, 2011:
Erie Art Museum,
411 State Street,
Erie, PA 16501
7:00 PM
Tuesday April 26, 2011:
Hughesville Fire Hall
Railroad & Water Street
Hughesville, PA
7:00 PM
Wednesday April 27, 20011:
Temple B'nai B'rith Auditorium
408 Wyoming Ave
Kingston, PA
7:00 PM
Thursday April 28, 2011:
Montrose Theatre
18 Public Ave
Montrose, PA
6:30-7:30 PM Showing of documentary 'Frack'
7:45 PM Tillman/Ruggiero presentation
Friday April 29, 2011:
American Legion Hall
118 South Jensen Rd
Vestal, NY 13850
6:00 PM
Saturday 30, 20011:
Penn State University- Dubois Campus
Hiller Auditorium
Dubois, PA
7:00 PM
For More Information:
Contacts:
(917) 763-8901, lonestar.ranch@gmail.com
* Calvin Tillman, Mayor, DISH, TX
(940) 453-3640, tillman4council@aol.com.
* Calvin Tillman, Mayor, DISH, TX
(940) 453-3640, tillman4council@aol.com.
i so appreciate all the efforts made by both these courageous men. the phrase "once you know, you can't not know" is one we in NYS have repeated over and over. Because of the cumuluative neg. impacts together with a state law, Compulsory Integration,(The taking of one's neighbor's gas, without consent, against their will is an unacceptable way to get gas.)Combine that with the FACT that their is NO REASON to frack for shale gas, conventional methods can still take place in NYS to get gas without the horrors of shale gas development. In New York we appreciate your help, in keeping that in mind please know that NEW YORKers Do NOT want shale gas development to take over our state. We KNOW the gas goes over seas, benefits no one in NY or our country, please make efforts to help us ban high impact, heavy industrial shale gas development through out NYS. we have NO chance at recovery if shale gas is allowed. WE GROW FOOD in the Finger Lakes not methane!! it's either gas or food, water and clean air and land or gas CAN"T HAVE BOTH. please remember that. Thank you sincerely for your effort to pass this on at each stop on your tour in NYS. My town, DRYDEN has asked our leaders to ban heavy industrial activity last Wed night, they ALL were very accepting and vow to protect the people not the energy corp. profits. We are now helping other communities learn and act fast. the law is on OUR side.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Cipolla-Dennis