STOP THE SECRET SALE! Finger Lakes Leaders Launch Campaign Demanding Gov. Hochul Protect Cayuga Lake

Senator Lea Webb & Assembly Member Anna Kelles w/ FLX business owners and residents will call on Gov. Hochul to protect Cayuga Lake as Cargill, one of the world's richest private conglomerates, puts drinking water source for 100,000 at risk

ITHACA, NY (10/24/2023) (readMedia)-- Lawmakers, agritourism business owners, and advocates will hold a virtual press conference and launch a campaign demanding Governor Hochul and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation protect Cayuga Lake from the many threats posed by the potential sale of the salt mine under the lake.

After decades of salt mining by Cargill - one of the world's richest private conglomerates once designated the "worst company in the world" - Cayuga Lake is saltier than nearly all other Finger Lakes. Now, the lake could permanently become even more salty, destroying 100,000 residents' source of drinking water and the bedrock of the region's $3 billion, 60,000-employee agritourism economy. Cargill has put the community at risk for too long, and now they're trying to sell the mine in secret, without any public oversight or risk mitigation.

The group will call on Governor Hochul to take actionable steps to protect Cayuga Lake and ensure a secret sale of this land doesn't occur without appropriate public oversight that fully examines all environmental risks.

WHO:

New York State Senator Lea Webb

New York State Assembly Member Anna Kelles

Stephanie Redmond, Environmental Researcher, CLEAN

Yvonne Taylor, Vice President, Seneca Lake Guardian

Chuck Tauck, Owner, Sheldrake Point Winery

Anne Koreman, Tompkins County Legislator, Chair of Planning, Energy, and Environmental Quality Committee

Keith Batman, Former Chair, Cayuga County Legislature

Additional Speakers TBD
WHAT:

Lawmakers, agritourism business owners, and advocates will hold a virtual press conference and launch a campaign demanding Governor Hochul and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation protect Cayuga Lake from the many threats posed by the potential sale of the salt mine under the lake.
WHEN: Wednesday October 25, 2023 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Zoom (link below)
NOTES:

 Topic: Stop the Sale! Press Conference

Time: Oct 25, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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