Stop Drilling For Natural In The State Of New york

[ladyperegrine9]

Right Now in the state of New York.They are drilling for natural gas in the water shreds there.Its killing the animals and poisoning the water the people drink and destroying the environment.They got around the environmental laws to do it.Here is a petition that to sign that says you oppose this.I blame the Republicans and George Bush for working so hard to get rid so many of our laws to protect our environment.


http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/NY-Statewide-Ban-On-Natural-Gas-Drilling

[DesertFlower]

1. signed. anyone who thinks drilling is a good

idea needs to see the documentary "GasLand".

[glinda]

2. Done! Try looking up the various States and hazards areas. It is sickening.

[knownothing]

3. I'd sign it but....

I'm not from New York.

[Kringle]

4. a better move, turn NYC's electricity off

then stop drilling.

everybody wins

[Muttocracy]

5. Are you confusing PA and NY?

There has been natural gas drilling here for decades. The new Marcellus/Utica shale drilling with high-volume hydrofracturing, while not under a full moratorium, is not happening because of the delay in getting new regulations from the state DEC. The drillers don't want to do site-by-site permit reviews; they're drilling like mad in PA which is where the enviromental disaster stories are coming from - and where regulation was not as strict.

[eilen]

6. No confusion, the drilling is occurring in NY too

And they will drill under your land whether you sign a contract or not-- horizontal drill from your neighbor's. It is horrible.

How Drilling Companies Won't Take No For An Answer|
“There’s nothing you can do to stop it,” said Riolo, who had about 7 acres integrated into a drilling area. “I called a lawyer and he said, ‘You don’t really have a choice.’ ”[br />
While compulsory integration has been going on for years, it’s likely to become more widespread and more controversial if New York allows a new type of drilling to begin next year in deep shale formations. Drilling in the Marcellus and other shales will encompass much larger tracts of land than previous types of drilling did because the gas is scattered throughout a rock formation that runs from Virginia to New York. In addition, the injection of millions of gallons of chemical-laden water at high pressure to fracture underground rocks – called “hydrofracking” — has raised concerns about tainted wells and streams.

Compulsory integration “is a sleeping giant,” said Chuck Geisler, a development sociology professor at Cornell University who specializes in land use policy. “If and when New York state starts issuing permits, this is going to start showing up and it’s going to take us by surprise.”

In southern and Central New York, thousands of land owners are weighing whether to capitalize on the projected underground gold rush or fight the environmental consequences of hydrofracking. In Onondaga County alone, about 1,900 separate parcels are leased to gas drilling companies, said Lindsay Speer, a community organizer who works with Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation.