R-CAUSE was created by Rochester citizens 
who treasure New York State and want its waters and air 
to remain clean and its communities to remain viable.  

R-CAUSE's mission is to inform as many people in the Rochester area as possible about the risks associated with high-volume, slick-water hydraulic fracturing. 

We hear a lot about the Marcellus Shale which lies south of the Thruway, but we hear little about the Utica Shale which lies under Rochester and Lake Ontario.  According to some the Utica Shale is deeper and may contain even richer deposits of natural gas than the Marcellus making them even harder to extract.