Helen Slottje

Helen Slottje is an American lawyer and environmental activist. She received the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014. Helen lives in Ithaca, New York with her husband. She previously worked as a commercial attorney in Boston. She began fighting fracking after attending a presentation on the topic in 2009. She is credited with helping pass bans against fracking in more than a hundred communities in New York.

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2012

October (2012)

Under the surface: fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale

$Under the surface: fracking$

Hydrofracking’s proposed a massive industrial transformation on a huge swath of rural Northeastern U.S. It has divided communities and sparked an intense public debate about science, economics, law making and enforcement. Under the Surface tells the story of the Marcellus Gas Rush and is written by Tom Wilber, a newspaper reporter who covered the environmental beat for Binghamton, N.Y.’s Press & Sun Bulletin. Recommended!

Source: Cornell University Press (2012) Read More

2011

May (2011)

Property Rights and Drilling

…Slottje warned municipal officials to avoid getting trapped into thinking they have to provide road use agreements….The biggest problem Slottje sees facing municipalities is the increased erosion of enforcement of environmental regulations. “So we’re swinging back to protecting the environment through property rights and home rule,” she said.

Source: Tompkins Weekly (2011) Read More