By Matthew T. Ryan As Mayor of Binghamton, I was honored to welcome President Barack Obama to our community on Friday. I’m proud of our city and the strides we have made to revitalize it. And I’m proud the president chose to come to the Binghamton University, a premier public institution, as affordable, quality education […]
Business Gets Down To Earth; Leaders Speak Out Against Fracking At ABC Carpet & Home

Deepak Chopra opened the evening’s conversation, “If Governor Cuomo goes forward with fracking, he is risking his career.” Earlier this year at Deepak HomeBase, ABC Carpet & Home held a gathering of innovative business leaders, in cooperation with other action organizations – the American Sustainable Business Council, Chefs for the Marcellus, Food and Water Watch, […]
Businesses Against Fracking in New York: Wake Up Call for the Nation

By Brian Halweil A critical mass of New York celebrities and food luminaries is opposing fracking in the city’s watershed. Mario Batali and Edible hero Bill Telepan recently authored a persuasive op-ed asking the governor to “serve food, not fracking” in a May 30 opinion piece in the Daily News. Gasland 2 will headline the docs category at […]
Food Businesses Stand Up to Fracking
Read about the anti-fracking case made at Governor Cuomo’s Yogurt Summit here!

