Help Save The Delaware River from Gas Drilling
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**Updated 8/9/09 A new hearing has been set for September 23, 2009 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. Every opinion counts...sign this petition today!
Chesapeake Appalachia has revised their application for the Cutrone Withdrawal Site. The new docket will be available to view at: www.state.nj.us/drbc/.
Your voice is needed to keep them from allowing Chesapeake Appalachia from being granted a permit to use over one million gallons of water per day for gas drilling. The Delaware River supplies water to over 28 million people. This granted permit would open the doors to others and hence the "flood" gates would open. Please sign this petition, call the DRBC (609) 883-9500 to voice your opinion and email: pamela.bush@drbc.state.nj.us We can't lose our most valuable resource..water!
The Upper Delaware Watershed [which includes the entire New York City Watershed]. Chesapeake and their foriegn partners have begun deployment within the Watershed Region.
Overwhelming evidence and much science now exists that the type & scale of gas drilling proposed for this region - made possible by total federal deregulation - is a danger to the public health, causes contaminated drinking water, carcinogens in the farmland and food chain, torn-up roads, air pollution, plummeting home values, and noise polution.
***Chesapeake Appalachia is seeking permission from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to withdraw 1 million gallons a day from the West Branch of the Delaware River for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas extraction. This is the first application to the DRBC for this purpose and would put the Delaware River Watershed at risk for tens of thousands of applications to follow.
The withdrawal is proposed in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. More information about this meeting is on the DRBC website: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/commeet.htm.
Natural gas extraction would have a devastating impact on the Delaware River and the entire basin area. Please speak out to protect this extraordinary resource and the community that we all hold so dear. This is a critical moment in this struggle & your response is critical.
After months of discussion of the substantial impacts that natural gas drilling will have on the Delaware River Watershed, Chesapeake Appalachia will be the first with their "foot in the door" application to use 1 million gallons of water per day for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development. The withdrawal is proposed for the West Branch of the Delaware River just above the East Branch in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. The Draft permit is at: http://www.drbc.net
Your voice counts anywhere in the world! Sign the petition today!
Chesapeake Appalachia has revised their application for the Cutrone Withdrawal Site. The new docket will be available to view at: www.state.nj.us/drbc/.
Your voice is needed to keep them from allowing Chesapeake Appalachia from being granted a permit to use over one million gallons of water per day for gas drilling. The Delaware River supplies water to over 28 million people. This granted permit would open the doors to others and hence the "flood" gates would open. Please sign this petition, call the DRBC (609) 883-9500 to voice your opinion and email: pamela.bush@drbc.state.nj.us We can't lose our most valuable resource..water!
The Upper Delaware Watershed [which includes the entire New York City Watershed]. Chesapeake and their foriegn partners have begun deployment within the Watershed Region.
Overwhelming evidence and much science now exists that the type & scale of gas drilling proposed for this region - made possible by total federal deregulation - is a danger to the public health, causes contaminated drinking water, carcinogens in the farmland and food chain, torn-up roads, air pollution, plummeting home values, and noise polution.
***Chesapeake Appalachia is seeking permission from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to withdraw 1 million gallons a day from the West Branch of the Delaware River for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas extraction. This is the first application to the DRBC for this purpose and would put the Delaware River Watershed at risk for tens of thousands of applications to follow.
The withdrawal is proposed in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. More information about this meeting is on the DRBC website: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/commeet.htm.
Natural gas extraction would have a devastating impact on the Delaware River and the entire basin area. Please speak out to protect this extraordinary resource and the community that we all hold so dear. This is a critical moment in this struggle & your response is critical.
After months of discussion of the substantial impacts that natural gas drilling will have on the Delaware River Watershed, Chesapeake Appalachia will be the first with their "foot in the door" application to use 1 million gallons of water per day for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development. The withdrawal is proposed for the West Branch of the Delaware River just above the East Branch in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. The Draft permit is at: http://www.drbc.net
Your voice counts anywhere in the world! Sign the petition today!
**Updated 8/9/09 A new hearing has been set for September 23, 2009 in Hawley, Pennsylvania. Every opinion counts...sign this petition today!
Chesapeake Appalachia has revised their application for the Cutrone Withdrawal Site. The new docket will be available to view at: www.state.nj.us/drbc/.
Your voice is needed to keep them from allowing Chesapeake Appalachia from being granted a permit to use over one million gallons of water per day for gas drilling. The Delaware River supplies water to over 28 million people. This granted permit would open the doors to others and hence the "flood" gates would open. Please sign this petition, call the DRBC (609) 883-9500 to voice your opinion and email: pamela.bush@drbc.state.nj.us We can't lose our most valuable resource..water!
The Upper Delaware Watershed [which includes the entire New York City Watershed]. Chesapeake and their foriegn partners have begun deployment within the Watershed Region.
Overwhelming evidence and much science now exists that the type & scale of gas drilling proposed for this region - made possible by total federal deregulation - is a danger to the public health, causes contaminated drinking water, carcinogens in the farmland and food chain, torn-up roads, air pollution, plummeting home values, and noise polution.
***Chesapeake Appalachia is seeking permission from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to withdraw 1 million gallons a day from the West Branch of the Delaware River for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas extraction. This is the first application to the DRBC for this purpose and would put the Delaware River Watershed at risk for tens of thousands of applications to follow.
The withdrawal is proposed in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. More information about this meeting is on the DRBC website: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/commeet.htm.
Natural gas extraction would have a devastating impact on the Delaware River and the entire basin area. Please speak out to protect this extraordinary resource and the community that we all hold so dear. This is a critical moment in this struggle & your response is critical.
After months of discussion of the substantial impacts that natural gas drilling will have on the Delaware River Watershed, Chesapeake Appalachia will be the first with their "foot in the door" application to use 1 million gallons of water per day for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development. The withdrawal is proposed for the West Branch of the Delaware River just above the East Branch in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. The Draft permit is at: http://www.drbc.net
Your voice counts anywhere in the world! Sign the petition today!
Chesapeake Appalachia has revised their application for the Cutrone Withdrawal Site. The new docket will be available to view at: www.state.nj.us/drbc/.
Your voice is needed to keep them from allowing Chesapeake Appalachia from being granted a permit to use over one million gallons of water per day for gas drilling. The Delaware River supplies water to over 28 million people. This granted permit would open the doors to others and hence the "flood" gates would open. Please sign this petition, call the DRBC (609) 883-9500 to voice your opinion and email: pamela.bush@drbc.state.nj.us We can't lose our most valuable resource..water!
The Upper Delaware Watershed [which includes the entire New York City Watershed]. Chesapeake and their foriegn partners have begun deployment within the Watershed Region.
Overwhelming evidence and much science now exists that the type & scale of gas drilling proposed for this region - made possible by total federal deregulation - is a danger to the public health, causes contaminated drinking water, carcinogens in the farmland and food chain, torn-up roads, air pollution, plummeting home values, and noise polution.
***Chesapeake Appalachia is seeking permission from the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to withdraw 1 million gallons a day from the West Branch of the Delaware River for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas extraction. This is the first application to the DRBC for this purpose and would put the Delaware River Watershed at risk for tens of thousands of applications to follow.
The withdrawal is proposed in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. More information about this meeting is on the DRBC website: http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/commeet.htm.
Natural gas extraction would have a devastating impact on the Delaware River and the entire basin area. Please speak out to protect this extraordinary resource and the community that we all hold so dear. This is a critical moment in this struggle & your response is critical.
After months of discussion of the substantial impacts that natural gas drilling will have on the Delaware River Watershed, Chesapeake Appalachia will be the first with their "foot in the door" application to use 1 million gallons of water per day for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas development. The withdrawal is proposed for the West Branch of the Delaware River just above the East Branch in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, PA, across from Hancock, NY. The Draft permit is at: http://www.drbc.net
Your voice counts anywhere in the world! Sign the petition today!
Dear Commissioners,
We the under signed are very concerned that water will be withdrawn from the West Branch of the Delaware River in Wayne County, PA for natural gas drilling. The flow of the West Branch is regulated by New York City for water supply and some releases are made to protect the West Branch and the main stem, which begins where the East Branch joins just south of the proposed withdrawal location. It is difficult enough to keep a healthy flow in the river; there are already lots of competing interests regarding flow management. Fresh water is needed by people for water supply and fish, wildlife and aquatic life cannot exist without a healthy flow regime.
Until the Commission completes a build-out analysis of the full impacts of water withdrawals and pollution inputs for natural gas extraction, it is premature for the Commission to approve withdrawals. How much water will be needed ultimately by all gas development projects in the Upper Delaware River Watershed? What will these water withdrawals do to the water supply and aquatic life that rely on these waters? How will the exceptional water quality of this part of the river be impacted by the withdrawal, compounded by the input of pollution from gas development projects? This proposed docket forecasts over a 10 year period%u2014how will this withdrawal impact the region, compounded with other projects%u2014over that time?
Executive Director Carol Collier has issued a Determination in May 2009 that natural gas extraction has the potential to have substantial impacts on the Special Protection Waters of the Delaware River, which includes the West Branch. But how will those impacts be measured so that harm can be averted? What is the %u201Csafe yield%u201D of the River? Will we sacrifice our water quality and volume for the development of natural gas? Until you have studied the ultimate build out of what is expected and how that will impact our precious resources, it is wrong to approve this application.
Please postpone action on this Application until you complete a build-out analysis of gas development. Thank you for protecting the Delaware River! Our voice is representative of the world as this is and will become a pressing issue for many worldwide.
We signed the "Help Save The Delaware River from Gas Drilling" petition!
# 666:
1:25 pm PST, Jan 8,
Susan Chew, New York
Experience tells us that industry cannot be trusted. They will not be held accountable when they destroy the environment. Prohibit drilling/fraking in the New York City Watershed, saving the Catskill Park as well.
Experience tells us that industry cannot be trusted. They will not be held accountable when they destroy the environment. Prohibit drilling/fraking in the New York City Watershed, saving the Catskill Park as well.
# 665:
2:09 pm PST, Jan 7,
Elizabeth Perrego, Pennsylvania
# 664:
4:02 pm PST, Jan 5,
Denise Katzman, New Jersey
2 NOs Make a Right: NO Serial NatGas Junkies NO FRACing Way Our Health and Enviro Future R NumerO UNO
2 NOs Make a Right: NO Serial NatGas Junkies NO FRACing Way Our Health and Enviro Future R NumerO UNO
# 663:
7:27 pm PST, Dec 27,
Name not displayed, New York
# 662:
12:15 pm PST, Dec 23,
Susanna Margolis, New York
We can't live without water. It's indefensible to threaten the supply as hydrofracking does.
We can't live without water. It's indefensible to threaten the supply as hydrofracking does.
# 661:
6:11 pm PST, Dec 18,
Dawn Ryder, New York
Protect our water, environment and our future
Protect our water, environment and our future
# 660:
4:29 pm PST, Dec 17,
Debra Oremland, New Jersey
The environmental impact is tragic. Our water is not replaceable. Who will be responsable for the cleanup.
The environmental impact is tragic. Our water is not replaceable. Who will be responsable for the cleanup.
# 659:
7:35 pm PST, Dec 15,
James Kimball, New York
I don't agree to allow gas drilling in the Delaware water shed or any where where our water comes from. Thank you.
I don't agree to allow gas drilling in the Delaware water shed or any where where our water comes from. Thank you.
# 658:
1:22 pm PST, Dec 15,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 657:
1:21 pm PST, Dec 15,
Karen London, New York
It is absolutely essential for sensitive watershed areas to be protected from hydraulic gas drilling. The Delaware River should be afforded the same protections demanded by NYC for its water supply.
It is absolutely essential for sensitive watershed areas to be protected from hydraulic gas drilling. The Delaware River should be afforded the same protections demanded by NYC for its water supply.
# 656:
8:28 pm PST, Dec 14,
Larysa Dyrszka, New York
Please protect our watershed, our people, our wildlife, our water. Our health and our children's future are too important to sacrifice to greed.
Please protect our watershed, our people, our wildlife, our water. Our health and our children's future are too important to sacrifice to greed.
# 655:
6:39 pm PST, Dec 2,
Timothy Ruggiero, Texas
When did we become so desperate for natural gas that poisoning our drinking water was acceptable? The energy companies cannot drill in the millions of square miles of the Alaskan wilderness because it is ILLEGAL. They cannot drill with 50 miles of shore of the Gulf of Mexico because it is ILLEGAL. Then why can they drill for gas 200 feet, sometimes as close as 80 feet from our homes? Because we haven't made that illegal.Yet.
When did we become so desperate for natural gas that poisoning our drinking water was acceptable? The energy companies cannot drill in the millions of square miles of the Alaskan wilderness because it is ILLEGAL. They cannot drill with 50 miles of shore of the Gulf of Mexico because it is ILLEGAL. Then why can they drill for gas 200 feet, sometimes as close as 80 feet from our homes? Because we haven't made that illegal.Yet.
# 654:
12:31 pm PST, Dec 1,
Donna McKee, Pennsylvania
I urge you in the strongest terms not to permit Chesapeake Appalachia, or any other company, to withdraw a million gallons of water a day or more from the Delaware River for gas drilling. This clean and pristine drinking water belongs to the people of Pennsylvania and is critical to our life, health and well-being. It is a public trust and must be protected at all costs. Furthermore, it is utterly outrageous that these gas and oil companies have been exempted from crucial federal regulations that protect the health and safety of our citizens, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act or any other Act of Congress enacted to protect the public. It is not surprising that Dick Cheney was behind this sinister legislation! It is a very sad commentary that Congress, too, has so little regard for the citizens and the public trust they are elected to serve! This unconscionable exemption must be overturned and repealed, as quickly and expeditiously as possible, before any more people are harmed or killed by the irresponsible and downright predatory, sociopathic behavior of these companies and the corrupt politicians that have sold us all out to do their bidding for campaign cash. It is truly shameful that our elected "public servants" even have to be told to do this, as if they did not know that it was wrong when they originally supported such heinous legislation. The drinking water for my family comes from a pure, artisian well aquifer. This irresponsible and totally unregulated and unmonitored drilling is a serious threat to the health of my family and many others! Allowing these money-grabbing companies to degrade and deplete the Delaware River threatens the future health of all Pennsylvanians. And we are not even 'permitted' to know the toxic contents of the "proprietary" drilling fluid being used to pollute our drinking water??! Absolutely unbelievable!! Incumbents beware: any politician who has jeopardized the health of their constituents by supporting this travesty who does not act to rectify this situation, now, will be the target of a massive campaign to remove him/her from office. This is not a threat, it is a promise! Our rivers are not for sale - and neither will we allow our rivers and aquifers to be polluted and degraded by any industry, person or other entity, for ANY purpose.
I urge you in the strongest terms not to permit Chesapeake Appalachia, or any other company, to withdraw a million gallons of water a day or more from the Delaware River for gas drilling. This clean and pristine drinking water belongs to the people of Pennsylvania and is critical to our life, health and well-being. It is a public trust and must be protected at all costs. Furthermore, it is utterly outrageous that these gas and oil companies have been exempted from crucial federal regulations that protect the health and safety of our citizens, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act or any other Act of Congress enacted to protect the public. It is not surprising that Dick Cheney was behind this sinister legislation! It is a very sad commentary that Congress, too, has so little regard for the citizens and the public trust they are elected to serve! This unconscionable exemption must be overturned and repealed, as quickly and expeditiously as possible, before any more people are harmed or killed by the irresponsible and downright predatory, sociopathic behavior of these companies and the corrupt politicians that have sold us all out to do their bidding for campaign cash. It is truly shameful that our elected "public servants" even have to be told to do this, as if they did not know that it was wrong when they originally supported such heinous legislation. The drinking water for my family comes from a pure, artisian well aquifer. This irresponsible and totally unregulated and unmonitored drilling is a serious threat to the health of my family and many others! Allowing these money-grabbing companies to degrade and deplete the Delaware River threatens the future health of all Pennsylvanians. And we are not even 'permitted' to know the toxic contents of the "proprietary" drilling fluid being used to pollute our drinking water??! Absolutely unbelievable!! Incumbents beware: any politician who has jeopardized the health of their constituents by supporting this travesty who does not act to rectify this situation, now, will be the target of a massive campaign to remove him/her from office. This is not a threat, it is a promise! Our rivers are not for sale - and neither will we allow our rivers and aquifers to be polluted and degraded by any industry, person or other entity, for ANY purpose.
# 653:
3:12 pm PST, Nov 16,
Nadia Davidovich, Argentina
Please, sign and spread my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clean-the-streams --- You are also invited to join my new Group: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/ArgentinaSolidaria --- THANK YOU!!!
Please, sign and spread my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clean-the-streams --- You are also invited to join my new Group: http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/ArgentinaSolidaria --- THANK YOU!!!
# 652:
8:20 pm PST, Nov 11,
Meryl Tihanyi, New York
That this is even a discussion is a sad reflection of how screwed up our priorities are. How can profit come before the basic necessities for life? Clean soil and water is an imperative. We have the means to develop and utilize clean energy - do it already and stop bleeding the environment of its every last resource. Profit MUST NOT be the priority!
That this is even a discussion is a sad reflection of how screwed up our priorities are. How can profit come before the basic necessities for life? Clean soil and water is an imperative. We have the means to develop and utilize clean energy - do it already and stop bleeding the environment of its every last resource. Profit MUST NOT be the priority!
# 651:
3:05 pm PST, Nov 5,
Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin
# 650:
9:51 am PST, Nov 5,
Jeffrey Moore, New York
# 649:
5:44 pm PST, Nov 4,
Elizabeth Luisada, Pennsylvania
# 648:
9:16 am PDT, Oct 31,
Helle Collin, Denmark
# 647:
11:04 am PDT, Oct 23,
Mara Tippett, New Jersey
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/6/environmental_battle_brews_in_new_york
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/6/environmental_battle_brews_in_new_york
# 646:
3:53 am PDT, Oct 20,
John Doig, New York
The risks are much to high to even consider gas drilling in the NYC watershed. Greed is a powerful force, but let's hope common sence wins out!
The risks are much to high to even consider gas drilling in the NYC watershed. Greed is a powerful force, but let's hope common sence wins out!
# 645:
7:17 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Karen Boscarino, New Jersey
# 644:
4:57 pm PDT, Oct 18,
Diane Johnson, Delaware
I understand we need to find new sources of energy, but not at the expense of our health and water supplies. If withdrawl of natural gas cannot be accomplished without polluting our air and water supply, then it should be left where it is until a safe withdrawl process can be deveoped.
I understand we need to find new sources of energy, but not at the expense of our health and water supplies. If withdrawl of natural gas cannot be accomplished without polluting our air and water supply, then it should be left where it is until a safe withdrawl process can be deveoped.
# 643:
6:50 am PDT, Oct 18,
Arthur Siegel, New York
# 642:
3:26 pm PDT, Oct 16,
Arthur Block, Pennsylvania
I started canoeing on the Delaware River in 1962, fell in love with the Delaware River Valley, and have had a vacation home there for over 25 years. I've been drinking pure well water at my house all that time. Don't let the energy companies destroy our environment.
I started canoeing on the Delaware River in 1962, fell in love with the Delaware River Valley, and have had a vacation home there for over 25 years. I've been drinking pure well water at my house all that time. Don't let the energy companies destroy our environment.
# 641:
6:51 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Catherine Scott, New York
This isn't something we can afford to look back on and wish it could have been different. We have too much to lose for their gain.
This isn't something we can afford to look back on and wish it could have been different. We have too much to lose for their gain.
# 640:
6:29 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Theresa Arzilli, New York
# 639:
2:53 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Jeffrey Putt, Pennsylvania
Please do not allow the extraction of water from the Delaware River Basin or surrounding deep well aquifers. Pennsylvania residents must make a stand against hydraulic fracturing before its too late. The impact on the water supplies, destruction of lands, roadways and other public infrastructure must stop!
Please do not allow the extraction of water from the Delaware River Basin or surrounding deep well aquifers. Pennsylvania residents must make a stand against hydraulic fracturing before its too late. The impact on the water supplies, destruction of lands, roadways and other public infrastructure must stop!
# 638:
12:40 pm PDT, Oct 14,
Alex Higgins, Maryland
# 637:
10:31 am PDT, Oct 14,
Darcy Higgins, Maryland
# 636:
9:56 am PDT, Oct 14,
Jakara Hubbard, Maryland
# 635:
7:29 am PDT, Oct 14,
Creighton Higgins, Maryland
The health of our rivers and water is too important to risk.
The health of our rivers and water is too important to risk.
# 634:
9:18 pm PDT, Oct 13,
Lazarus Boutis, New York
# 633:
2:08 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Anthony Tomcyk, Pennsylvania
I own land on the Delaware River and plan to build a home there in the near future. I am opposed to gas drilling near the river as it poses great dangers to the pristine environment.
I own land on the Delaware River and plan to build a home there in the near future. I am opposed to gas drilling near the river as it poses great dangers to the pristine environment.
# 632:
8:06 am PDT, Oct 12,
Donna Deaveiro, New York
# 631:
11:48 am PDT, Oct 9,
Lydell Cortez, New York
We're all connected to each other by our water sources. That's why we should speak up even if are not directly effected.
We're all connected to each other by our water sources. That's why we should speak up even if are not directly effected.
# 630:
9:24 pm PDT, Oct 1,
Amy Brehm, California
# 629:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 1,
Alicia Kessler, Massachusetts
If we continue to destroy our water sources, we will destroy ourselves.
If we continue to destroy our water sources, we will destroy ourselves.
# 628:
2:33 am PDT, Oct 1,
Dennis Burns, New York
It is the right of every individual to have clean drinking water. The lives and health of the people are far more imortant than the availability of natural gas.
It is the right of every individual to have clean drinking water. The lives and health of the people are far more imortant than the availability of natural gas.
# 627:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 29,
Matthew Werner, California
I grew up on the Delaware River. In a very personal way, I still think of it as "my" river. The Middle Delaware is protected under the Scenic Rivers program, but the surrounding watershed must also be protected. Don't let the gas extraction companies jeopardize the health of the Delaware or of its citizens.
I grew up on the Delaware River. In a very personal way, I still think of it as "my" river. The Middle Delaware is protected under the Scenic Rivers program, but the surrounding watershed must also be protected. Don't let the gas extraction companies jeopardize the health of the Delaware or of its citizens.
# 626:
7:11 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Tawny Oram, Maryland
# 625:
7:00 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Glenn Bowman, Florida
# 624:
10:44 am PDT, Sep 28,
Karen Dewig, Illinois
# 623:
7:19 pm PDT, Sep 25,
James O'Keefe, North Carolina
# 622:
7:31 am PDT, Sep 19,
Janet Rea, Pennsylvania
Millions count on Clean drinking water. We can't let the gas companies destroy the resource. Contamination of streams is happening with just the start of this operation in the NE.Save Our WATER. Wake up before it's too late!!!!!
Millions count on Clean drinking water. We can't let the gas companies destroy the resource. Contamination of streams is happening with just the start of this operation in the NE.Save Our WATER. Wake up before it's too late!!!!!
# 621:
2:02 pm PDT, Sep 18,
Talia Lugacy, New York
# 620:
5:14 am PDT, Sep 18,
Name not displayed, New York
Besides the environmental harm, it's criminal that the safeguards, WHICH ARE IN PLACE, are not enforced. I am referring to the Clean Water Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Natural gas drilling companies can pollute the water and earth, with horrific health risks, WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
Besides the environmental harm, it's criminal that the safeguards, WHICH ARE IN PLACE, are not enforced. I am referring to the Clean Water Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Natural gas drilling companies can pollute the water and earth, with horrific health risks, WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
# 619:
4:09 am PDT, Sep 17,
S Bryan, New York
# 618:
11:58 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, New York
# 617:
12:42 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Wendy Sax, New York
# 616:
3:53 am PDT, Sep 16,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 615:
12:01 am PDT, Sep 16,
Brett Keyser, Pennsylvania
The saying "everything is for sale" bears a long history of engendering riches for the savvy, and stark consequences for the swindled. While we were sleeping recently a cunning hand cut holes in the public defenses offered by the clean air and water acts, opening the way for the latest repetition of un-natural history. Since our elected officials have not proven capable of providing for this common defense, we, the people, will now please stand, draw the line here and say with a cold, unflinching stare: THIS RIVER IS NOT FOR SALE.
The saying "everything is for sale" bears a long history of engendering riches for the savvy, and stark consequences for the swindled. While we were sleeping recently a cunning hand cut holes in the public defenses offered by the clean air and water acts, opening the way for the latest repetition of un-natural history. Since our elected officials have not proven capable of providing for this common defense, we, the people, will now please stand, draw the line here and say with a cold, unflinching stare: THIS RIVER IS NOT FOR SALE.
# 614:
5:06 am PDT, Sep 14,
Candy Spilner, New York
Gas drilling is hazardous to our health.
Gas drilling is hazardous to our health.
# 613:
6:25 pm PDT, Sep 12,
Paul Pietropaolo, New York
This sounds like it will be very damaging to our aquifers - Protect the Delaware River Basin!
This sounds like it will be very damaging to our aquifers - Protect the Delaware River Basin!
# 612:
4:43 am PDT, Sep 12,
Heema Patel, New Jersey
# 611:
12:17 pm PDT, Sep 11,
Carol Goss, New York
CLEAN WATER FOREVER ! Don't allow the gas companies to pollute our aquifers. Protect the Delaware River!
CLEAN WATER FOREVER ! Don't allow the gas companies to pollute our aquifers. Protect the Delaware River!
# 610:
6:31 am PDT, Sep 11,
Rick Keyser, Pennsylvania
What would it be like without enough potable water? Is natural gas worth risking that? Must we be this greedy?
What would it be like without enough potable water? Is natural gas worth risking that? Must we be this greedy?
# 609:
10:33 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Ward Morford, New York
# 608:
8:09 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Les Sloan, New York
i don't believe in drilling for gas or other wise. there are always other ways to get what we need. if god or mother nature wanted us to have it we wouldn't have to fight them both!!!
i don't believe in drilling for gas or other wise. there are always other ways to get what we need. if god or mother nature wanted us to have it we wouldn't have to fight them both!!!
# 607:
8:05 pm PDT, Sep 10,
Caitlin Disler, New York
I would like to be able to go to the lakes and rivers with the knowledge that they are clean of any "human" polluants when I am old.
I would like to be able to go to the lakes and rivers with the knowledge that they are clean of any "human" polluants when I am old.
# 606:
10:14 am PDT, Sep 10,
Name not displayed, New York
Please do not allow New York State's water supply to be poisoned forever with the chemical used in this process. It is unfair to us, to our children, and all coming generations.
Please do not allow New York State's water supply to be poisoned forever with the chemical used in this process. It is unfair to us, to our children, and all coming generations.
# 605:
9:32 am PDT, Sep 10,
Kathleen Livingston, New York
# 604:
9:30 am PDT, Sep 10,
Name not displayed, New York
# 603:
6:55 am PDT, Sep 10,
BRAULT Gaia, France
For more impact, add a personal comment here CHANGE - That's what we HOPE !
For more impact, add a personal comment here CHANGE - That's what we HOPE !
# 602:
5:57 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Martin Rowan, Pennsylvania
I'm sick and tired of these energy companies cornering the market on our water supplies. We are aware of the Governments involvements in Aiding and Abetting these criminals who will risk the lives of millions of Americans to fatten their wallets. You flood the US with illegals to dumb us down, weaken our vote and drive us from our homes just like you did in the 60's with "BlockBusting". Ronald Reagan lifted the Laws against them to corporations could start again.
I'm sick and tired of these energy companies cornering the market on our water supplies. We are aware of the Governments involvements in Aiding and Abetting these criminals who will risk the lives of millions of Americans to fatten their wallets. You flood the US with illegals to dumb us down, weaken our vote and drive us from our homes just like you did in the 60's with "BlockBusting". Ronald Reagan lifted the Laws against them to corporations could start again.
# 601:
4:09 pm PDT, Sep 9,
Louise Washer, Connecticut
Please do not allow oil and gas companies to move forward with drilling until the proper oversight by the EPA has been reinstated. I strongly believe that these companies should not be exempted from the clean water act, the clean air act, or any other guidelines that other businesses must abide by. The upper Delaware River has never been polluted and is a vital ecosystem and provides drinking water to millions. Why would we let these companies tamper with it in order to make themselves a profit? They must have oversight.
Please do not allow oil and gas companies to move forward with drilling until the proper oversight by the EPA has been reinstated. I strongly believe that these companies should not be exempted from the clean water act, the clean air act, or any other guidelines that other businesses must abide by. The upper Delaware River has never been polluted and is a vital ecosystem and provides drinking water to millions. Why would we let these companies tamper with it in order to make themselves a profit? They must have oversight.
