For those of you in touch with my YouTube page or my sporadic Facebook updates, you may have noticed over the past couple of years that I’ve developed a liking for the video medium.  With a few exceptions, every video I make is a document of something that happened in my life, edited and manipulated […]

11/27/2011 Greetings Governor Cuomo, My name is Michael Varley.  I’m a Long Island-born, upstate-educated, Brooklyn-residing New Yorker, writing to you with concern about the gas extraction process known as hydrofracking.  Many guesses have been made at your intentions behind supporting this controversial drilling method, but I’m not looking to add to the stack of speculations.  […]

Hello All, . I’ve recently completed work on a new short film series.  It’s called “Hydrofracking New York: From One New Yorker to Another,” a six episode project covering the controversial mining practice known formally as hydraulic fracturing.  In as early as two weeks from now, permits may be issued to allow gas companies to […]