Public Comment, Stone Energy Dockets: Ban Shale Gas Drilling in Delaware River Watershed
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From: Your Name <you@example.com>
To: Paula.Schmitt@drbc.nj.us
Subject: Public Comment, Stone Energy Dockets: Ban Shale Gas Drilling in Delaware River Watershed
Your Personal Statement
I strongly oppose both the Stone Energy application to withdraw up to 700,000 gallons / day from the West Branch Lackawaxen River and its application to drill the Matoushek well.
I live downstream, in the Philadelphia area; please hold a downstream hearing!
Please do NOT give out any permits to Stone Energy, which previously drilled with no permit in our watershed, before a cumulative environmental impact study has been done in our watershed, before downstream voices have been heard, and before adequate state and federal regulations are in place.
Please protect us from the shale gas drilling companies. Don't let them mix clean water from the pristine West Branch Lackawaxen River (the Lackawaxen is our 2010 River of the Year in Pennsylvania!) with their toxic cocktail.
Furthermore, I urge you to ban shale gas drilling in our watershed, because:
Toxic contaminants travel hundreds of miles. People are already getting sick and getting cancer from fracking fluids. We want clean, safe drinking water.
Philadelphia Water Department says the deforestation and soil compaction from this heavy industry would create long-term water quality degradation.
Air quality is at risk; people living near natural gas operations breathe in carcinogens and neurotoxins at wildly escalated levels. Please protect our air.
Aquatic life is even more sensitive to poisons in the water than people are.
Fracking is exempt from every federal environmental law that matters, due to an amendment Halliburton got inserted in the 2005 Energy Bill. That is scary.
Democracy matters. How dare you give permits to shale gas drillers who will reap huge profits, before ordinary Philadelphia residents have had any say?
Methane emitted from natural gas operations is a significant and increasing contributor to global warming.
Also, diesel fumes would increase exponentially. The Stone Energy water withdrawal would result in trucks transporting up to 1,277,500,000 gallons of clean water from the West Branch Lackawaxen to drilling sites, and then again to waste treatment/disposal sites.
We want justice, and not for just us: domestic animals, wildlife, birds, fish and future generations ALL need clean water and air. Do not frack with our future!
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
123 Your St.
Yousville, YO 12345
Phone: (123)456-7890
Fax: (123)456-7890x123
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Campaign (<em>1987</em>): <em>Public Comment, Stone Energy Dockets: Ban Shale Gas Drilling in Delaware River Watershed</em>
Learn more about this campaign here: <em>http://www.citizenspeak.org/node/1987</em>
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To: Paula.Schmitt@drbc.nj.us
Subject: Public Comment, Stone Energy Dockets: Ban Shale Gas Drilling in Delaware River Watershed
Your Personal Statement
I strongly oppose both the Stone Energy application to withdraw up to 700,000 gallons / day from the West Branch Lackawaxen River and its application to drill the Matoushek well.
I live downstream, in the Philadelphia area; please hold a downstream hearing!
Please do NOT give out any permits to Stone Energy, which previously drilled with no permit in our watershed, before a cumulative environmental impact study has been done in our watershed, before downstream voices have been heard, and before adequate state and federal regulations are in place.
Please protect us from the shale gas drilling companies. Don't let them mix clean water from the pristine West Branch Lackawaxen River (the Lackawaxen is our 2010 River of the Year in Pennsylvania!) with their toxic cocktail.
Furthermore, I urge you to ban shale gas drilling in our watershed, because:
Toxic contaminants travel hundreds of miles. People are already getting sick and getting cancer from fracking fluids. We want clean, safe drinking water.
Philadelphia Water Department says the deforestation and soil compaction from this heavy industry would create long-term water quality degradation.
Air quality is at risk; people living near natural gas operations breathe in carcinogens and neurotoxins at wildly escalated levels. Please protect our air.
Aquatic life is even more sensitive to poisons in the water than people are.
Fracking is exempt from every federal environmental law that matters, due to an amendment Halliburton got inserted in the 2005 Energy Bill. That is scary.
Democracy matters. How dare you give permits to shale gas drillers who will reap huge profits, before ordinary Philadelphia residents have had any say?
Methane emitted from natural gas operations is a significant and increasing contributor to global warming.
Also, diesel fumes would increase exponentially. The Stone Energy water withdrawal would result in trucks transporting up to 1,277,500,000 gallons of clean water from the West Branch Lackawaxen to drilling sites, and then again to waste treatment/disposal sites.
We want justice, and not for just us: domestic animals, wildlife, birds, fish and future generations ALL need clean water and air. Do not frack with our future!
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Organization
123 Your St.
Yousville, YO 12345
Phone: (123)456-7890
Fax: (123)456-7890x123
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Campaign (<em>1987</em>): <em>Public Comment, Stone Energy Dockets: Ban Shale Gas Drilling in Delaware River Watershed</em>
Learn more about this campaign here: <em>http://www.citizenspeak.org/node/1987</em>
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This campaign was created with CitizenSpeak. Visit us online at http://citizenspeak.org
