Community Environmental Defense Council, Inc. (CEDC) is a non-profit public interest law firm based in Ithaca, New York. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and donations to CEDC are tax deductible. CEDC is dedicated to using the power of law to help communities and citizen groups in New York whose land, air, water, health, and quality [...]

Industrialization is coming to our rural landscapes even before large scale drilling begins.  Schlumberger has started work on its 72 acre facility in the middle of the Village of Horseheads.  A metering station has been approved for siting on a steep hillside in a residential neighborhood in the Town of Vestal.  Wells ultimately destined to [...]

So what can be done to protect the integrity of our environment, the place we call home? Community Environmental Defense Council, Inc. is working with municipalities to enact local laws that protect the health, safety and welfare of citizens. The evidence that methane extraction using slick water horizontal chemical fracturing is damaging and dangerous to [...]