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Fracking Roundtable: This program will be a Roundtable Discussion on the controversial and highly important subject of hydro-fracking, the physical & chemical breakage of shale to release gas. To shed light on this subject, Mitchell will have NY State Senator Tony Avella who just sponsored a bill that bans fracking in NYS, Carl Arnoldof the Sierra Club, has testified at hearings, lobbied in Albany and NY City, to ban fracking in NYS before it yields the same kind of harm it has in other areas of the country. John A. Conrad, President- hydrogeololist of Conrad Geo-Science Corp. and member of IOGA, provides environmental services for government agencies, institutions and businesses, including the energy industry and has done so for over 20 years. Emily Squires, director/writer, won 6 Emmys as Director of Sesame Street, winner of a Cine Golden Eagle for her documentary on artist Frederick Franck and wrote Spiritual Places in and around New York City with her husband, Len Belzer. Emily and Len have a house in Wayne County in PA. where gas companies are eager to begin the fracking process.