Keep NY Frack Free!

Don't Frack NY - August 2012 (Photo Credit: Shannon Straney)

Last August, we joined with thousands of New Yorkers in Albany to pledge to resist dangerous fracking in New York State. At that time, Gov. Cuomo was on the verge of opening up thousands of communities in the southern tier to oil and gas companies.

Our show of force helped tip the balance, and he relented, calling on the New York Department of Health to conduct a study on the health impacts of fracking. But Gov. Cuomo didn’t even wait until the study was done to issue a new draft plan that would again threaten huge parts of New York State. We know that no matter what kinds of regulations are put into place, fracking is dangerous to our health, our air, water and atmosphere.

This Friday, the Cuomo administration will close public comments on the draft fracking plan. We’re working with dozens of allies and community members across the state to submit hundreds of thousands of comments, making the case that fracking is bad of our communities and bad for our climate.

Submit your comment today -- and feel free to customize the letter and add a personal message. We'll deliver your comments directly to the Department of Health, and keep the pressure on for a Frack Free NY!

Send a Letter

Tell the DEC that you support the ban on fracking in New York state:

PUBLIC COMMENT

High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing - Revised Proposed Regs, ID No. ENV-39-11-00020-RP

Dear Commissioner Joe Martens,

I support a ban on fracking in New York. The newly proposed regulations recently drafted by the DEC have a number of key problems.

The revised regulations fail to protect the health and environment of New Yorkers. Under section 560.4, smaller aquifers are completely unprotected. This creates a bizarre scenario in which some people's water is more important than others. The DEC and the Cuomo Administration must protect the water of all New Yorkers.

These newly proposed regulations also do not adequately address concerns with radiation. Under the new rules, companies would have to test for radiation but not have to prevent its release. We already know that radon levels in fracked gas are much higher than in natural gas from conventional wells.

Finally, a recent NOAA study confirmed that hydrofracking wells can leak as much as 9% of the methane during drilling operations. As you know, methane is a highly powerful greenhouse gas, driving climate change that would make disastrous storms like Hurricane Sandy more frequent and more destructive.

To protect our health, our water and our atmosphere, this administration must not allow fracking in New York. The new rules fail to make fracking safer.

Your Name

City

Postal/ZIP

Not ? Click here.

350.org / Privacy Information / Contact Us

Privacy Basics:

We do not share the information you've given us with unaffiliated groups without your explicit permission. For petitions, letters to the editor, and surveys you've signed or completed, we treat your name, city, state, and comments as public information. We will not make your street address publicly available, but we may transmit it to members of Congress, the President, or other targets specifically noted on the signup page. We will send you updates on this and other important campaigns by email. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from our email list, you may do so.

For our complete privacy policy, click here.