Ban fracking (hydraulic fracturing, a toxic method of natural gas exploration) within New York State borders. The companies that extract our natural gas will be shipping it overseas to areas which will pay much higher prices than the U.S. would, raking in extraordinary profits, devastating our land, soil, and water, and impoverishing local economies.
Why is this important?
Gas and oil production are up nationally by 25 percent this year, yet Americans are still freezing to death each winter because they have had to make the choice between buying food and buying fuel. But energy is our number one export, and the gas and oil companies are sellling our precious resources to foreign buyers who can pay much more. Fracking, an environmentally perilous technology, is motivated not by necessity but by greed.
