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Did you know that the 9 million residents of NYC rely upon the largest unfiltered surface water system in the world? This system will be impacted by natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, the largest gas reserve in the US which lies miles underneath NY, PA, OH, WVA, MD, & TN. Natural gas drilling is currently taking place in 34 states. Recent advances in technology (accelerated by rising gas prices and our collective over-consumption of fossil fuels) have made natural gas exploration more accessible by updating a process called hydraulic fracturing first developed by Halliburton in the 1940s. Slick water hydro-fracking uses lots of water, sand, toxic chemicals, and pressure to extract the gas trapped in tiny pores and cracks dispersed throughout millions-of-years-old rock formations miles below Earth’s surface. Community complaints from fracking include exploding wells, ignitable water, livestock deaths, and severe illnesses in people living on/near well sites. Come find out why natural gas is not a “green bridge” to clean energy, and get involved in exposing the irreversible environmental damage that drilling will have on our air, soil, and water, threatening animal, human, and plant life for many generations to come.