Frack Gas Drilling
Don't Frack New York!
Support a State-Wide Ban!
TO: Governor Paterson, DEC Commissioner Peter Grannis, State Senate, State Assembly, DEC dSGEIS Comments
INTRO:
Geological experts claim that shale beds in New York, particularly the Utica and Marcellus Shale, contain significant amounts of natural gas. Numerous energy and gas drilling companies are now vying with one another to tap these deposits using a method known as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking). The recent release of the fatally flawed draft supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on horizontal drilling and hydrofracking by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now bringing this issue to the forefront. Hydrofracking, a gas extraction process developed by Halliburton, pumps millions of gallons of water and 'fracking fluids' containing mixtures of up to 250 toxic chemicals under high pressure to break apart the rock, forcing the gas to the surface. With operations in 32 states, the gas industry has provided ample evidence that extracting gas from low permeable rock is environmentally unsafe.
It is unlikely that this method of drilling could ever be made completely safe, regardless of regulations, and natural gas drilling in New York State has the capacity to jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of millions of New York residents. As global corporations turn our state into a sacrifice zone, reap massive short-term profits, and significantly add to greenhouse gas emissions, the true costs of drilling in terms of environmental impacts, quality of life, and long-term cleanup costs will be passed on to state residents.
Due to the inherent danger of un-natural gas drilling and the potentially massive impact on our local rural communities, we are calling for a complete ban on drilling in low permeable stone deposits in New York State. Support a State-Wide Ban!
Join us by adding your signature to the petition!
Carolyn Kavarnos,
No Fracking!!!
brian west,
Sue Harris,
chris holder,
mark johnson,
Please don't frack up our water supply!!
Jagdeep Davies,
This is a critical issue for me and will be one of the critical issues that decide how I lend my political support in the following election.
Barb,
This would destroy our land and wells - let's not let it happen!
Adrienne Harnas,
How can I get a sighn for my yard & neighbors
Iemanja Brown,
chris,
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-unregulated-natural-gas-drilling
www.gaswells.org
Craig Wm. O\'Buckley,
Where can I find a lawn signs for my various properties?!
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tara dukaczewicz,
Emily Noel Massarotti,
Leave the land alone!!!
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Josh Cheuse,
These companies know they are poisoning us. Yet they continue to drill. Tell your friends.
Jeff,
After viewing a special on HBO, I find that apes have more since than the people in government and the people who run Halliburton as well as all who say that this type of behavior is acceptable. Does Dick Chaney or any of his relatives live in the areas infected by this blatant disregard for humanity? I watched people set water from their taps on fire. I am so sick and tired of our representatives using the job card as an excuse for destroying our environment, our safety, and most important the safety of our children. What good is money in our pockets if all we have to look forward to is more cancer, or sickness of all kinds? We all need to take a stand in this debate. Unfortunately we are bombarded with the notion that we need to have and that we deserve to have all the latest and greatest luxuries no matter what the cost. If we learn to sacrifice some things, generations to come will not be sacrificed. What was Bush thinking when he passed the laws in 2005 that not only is criminal, it is immoral. We are facing a similar burden with the drilling in the gulf waters. For too many years drilling companies have done things for the sake of saving a dollar. Are they going to clean up their mess? I say no. Until we band together and say enough, we will continue to disrespect ourselves and our children. Is there no one on this planet that can come up with a solution to our energy crisis? Are we that ignorant? All these companies need to be held accountable for their actions. The people that have been elected to protect us are the same ones who are protecting the enemies of mankind. What will we be drinking ten years from now when we won't be able to find clean drinking water? The waters polluted from these drilling practices should be bottled and shipped back to the companies that have created these hazards and have these defiant ones drink said water. Again I say, Americans let's band together and begin to boycott these major drilling companies by beginning to make certain sacrifices and save our planet for generations to come. Even in the animal world Mothers provide for their young to make sure that their species survive. Are we less than animals?
Shoshana Sommer,
Rachel Knaggs,
I oppose fracking and will do anything in my power to help prevent it. There is clear evidence showing the dangers to our water supply.
Sharon Lawless,
Arigo Sugihara,
it is irresponsible to allow hydrofracking in a state that is home to millions of people. Water, clean, drinkable water is a precious commodity and will become far more valuable in this century. Why destroy this irreplaceable resource; one that will become ever more valuable and is renewable. New York and especially the Catskill's water is one of the best in the world. Let's sell this to the rest of the United States and not destroy this valuable economic resource.
Hannah Moorhead,
Sarah Moon,
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Marilyn Gold,
Dennis & Nancy Rodabaugh,
no, no, no.....10 years down the road, this will show its ugly head, or sooner...stop the killing of our lakes and enviroment!
Inge Otto,
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This technology is clearly too dangerous. There have been disasters across the country, and NY State will become the next victim. We will also ruin our water supply.
Harry and Ellen Levine,
Dr. Ronald E. Bishop,
Jack Spaeth,
Having spent 2 years studying the nature of the process of extracting gas from impermeable formations, I have become convinced there is no way to do it without widespread and intense impacts that are intolerable for the people who live in proximity to this activity. People who have leased, ultimately, are going to deeply regret having done so unless they can move far away. For their sakes, as well as for the rest of us, there is no other way to save New York State for all New Yorkers except to ban horizontal drilling / high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the state.
lise brenner,
Thomas Thomson,
David Barouh,
Amanda Byrnes,
Statewide ban now.
Charlene Sugihara,
Water is our most important resource. It sustains life. Let's not destroy the incredible natural resource we have in the Catskills. It sustains us and will do so for generations to come.
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It is time to realize there is more to life than money/profits....the land can give us everything we need to substain life...if we allow it to!
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Why doesn't anyone speak about conservation anymore? Why don't we ration gas? Why don't we declare one day a week, or even one day a month as non-driving days? Why don't we turn out all the lights for a night? Why are we all so stupid about the long term?
Kimberly Sternberg,
Linnea Hartmark,
I want the clean air and pristine water in the Oneonta area to be preserved
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The state of New York is wobbling under unprecedented economic stressors. This proposal will add environmental and health stressors to our already-overburdened state.
Daniel Levin,
Reverend Ellen Sokolow,
Carole Marner,
No life without water. Can live without fossil fuel. Probably live longer and better too.
Ann Ellis,
Peter Maniscalco,
Jane,
Man cannot live by money alone. We are mostly water based and must have clean drinkable water to survive. Drilling for oil can only damage the thing we need most.
Ronald Knaggs,
Horace H Albaugh,
Annie Lenihan,
One of the most pristine areas left in the U.S. and these corporations are going to come in and take it! Without the people's permission. 2 percent of the people will benefit, the rest will pay for the rest of their lives! Stop them now!
Carl Arnold,
Poisoning the state is NOT an option.
Ken Baer,
Laura,
This is the biggest environmental & public health threat facing New York -- and we have the power to stop it! Let's mobilize and take this opportunity to develop truly clean & renewable energies for NYS.
Robert Jereski,
Outrageous with what we know of the impacts of this hydrocarbon extraction method on water, air, and climate that some would consider allowing it!
Antonia Perez,
christina giorgio,
A state-wide ban is the only responsible position.
Regina Gradess,
Aazam Otero,
NO DRILLING!
richard chilton,
As both a former resident of New York State and New York City, i emphatically oppose any attempt to fractionalize our so-call'd "Energy Independence" on the backs of continuing to relie on the subterraneous extraction of fossil fuels.
gillian Tausend,
Rain Chacon,
