Carol Chock speaks at 350.org's Draw the Line NYC
Channel: Owen Crowley
Date: 26/09/2013

Carol Chock is an elected official on the Tompkins County Legislature, from Ithaca, NY, where she has been a leader in the effort to ensure that NYS understands the economic and environmental risks of hydrofracking. 

More recently, NYS has proposed to "repower" several legacy coal plants with natural gas, including the plant in her county. People in the region would be required to guarantee all costs and profits to the industry as part of their electric bills. New pipelines, with routes still to be determined, would need to be built to service the plants. "The DEC knows that thousands of people are watching their actions. Meanwhile, the Public Service Commission (PSC) is allowing build-out of gas infrastructure all over the state." 

At the event where this video was shot, Chock was about to speak when the NYC police required organizers to turn off the loudspeaker. She proceeded off the cuff to make these shorter remarks, using a human mic instead.