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Ban high-volume slickwater hydrofracking in Town of Groton
Petition published by Sharon Kahkonen on Aug 15, 2011
113 Signatures 
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Target: Groton Town Board in Groton, New York
Region: United States of America
Petition Background (Preamble):
Neither the federal Environmental Protection Agency, nor the New York Department of Environmental Conservation has stepped forward to protect the people from the plundering of our resources, poisoning our water, crowding and damaging our roads, ruining our beautiful landscapes, and threatening our agriculture and tourism caused by industrialized gas extraction.
Can our local government step in and fill the gap? We propose that the Town Board of Groton, New York enact a total ban on the technique known as high-volume slick water, hydraulic fracturing for gas extraction.
Can our local government step in and fill the gap? We propose that the Town Board of Groton, New York enact a total ban on the technique known as high-volume slick water, hydraulic fracturing for gas extraction.
Petition:
We believe that high-volume slickwater hydrofracking for gas extraction threatens our water, our air, and ultimately our safety.
We believe that allowing this practice in our community will significantly endanger our health and well-being. Hydrofracking is a heavily industrialized process that in surrounding states has severely snarled traffic and damaged local agriculture, hunting, fishing, tourism, roads, and community economies.
We urge the Town of Groton to ban high-volume slickwater hydrofracking, including water withdrawal, materials trucking, and drilling waste disposal.
We believe that allowing this practice in our community will significantly endanger our health and well-being. Hydrofracking is a heavily industrialized process that in surrounding states has severely snarled traffic and damaged local agriculture, hunting, fishing, tourism, roads, and community economies.
We urge the Town of Groton to ban high-volume slickwater hydrofracking, including water withdrawal, materials trucking, and drilling waste disposal.
The Ban high-volume slickwater hydrofracking in Town of Groton petition to Groton Town Board in Groton, New York was written by Sharon Kahkonen and is in the category Environment at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: groton, hydrofracking, fracking
