Binghamton students connect the dots between fracking and the need to divest

Written by Bethany Eagan and Joe Morales, student leaders with Divest Binghamton, a project of

The Binghamton community is particularly aware of the connection between dirty energy and climate change.

, which followed upon floods in 2005 and 2006 that were suppose to occur only every 100 and 500 years, respectively. As hydrofracking companies try to to extract nonrenewable resources in our area, the Southern Tier of New York– and in ways that are economically, socially, and environmentally costly– the juxtaposition between the human-induced causes and the human-felt effects of climate change are starkly apparent.

Following the screening of “Do the Math”, we were able to generate a helpful discussion with members of College Democrats, Democracy Matters, Hillel Jewish Student Union (all who co-sponsored) and others present on how to move our campaign forward pending the results of Tuesday’s meeting. Whatever the outcome may be, we feel we’re in a much stronger position in our Divest Binghamton campaign with such a broad base of allies backing us.

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