To: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Just say "no" to fracking!
Governor Cuomo: There is no safe way to do horizontal hydraulic fracking. Hydrofracking is more polluting than coal. The large amount of uncaptured methane, wasted in the extreme method of fracking, contributes 100 times more to global warming compared to the carbon dioxide emission of coal burning. Extreme waste and toxification of drinking water in the processs is also an urgent issue. Do not allow fracking in New York - be an example to the nation!
Why is this important?
There is NO safe way to do horizontal hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") for extraction of natural gas. Ground water supplies are poisoned in the process, and the trucking of materials involved, as well as the escaped methane, create greenhouse gases that worsen global warming. This largely unregulated procedure has already caused death and illness to large numbers of people and animals, and has caused environmental degradation wherever it is located.