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To: The Colorado State House, The Colorado State Senate, and Governor Jared Polis
No Fracking in Colorado
Fracking is a dirty and dangerous process that is harmful to the environment and to people.
1. It emits heavy amounts of methane into the air through flaring and evaporation ponds.
2. It has been proven to foul groundwater and aquifers in Texas and Pennsylvania.
3. It has been proven to cause earthquakes in Oklahoma and Colorado.
4. People who live around fracking sites have had their health adversely affected in Texas and other states.
5. The wells have leaked in many places and there have been explosions at the well sites in some places.
The companies do not want us to have any information on the chemicals they use in the process and are fighting hard to keep it secret. If they need to hide it so badly, there must be something suspect about it. Also they do not want to be regulated and this has led to many of the problems above. Their efforts are all driven by greed and not for our well being.
They exaggerate the number of jobs that will be created but do not disclose that they are mostly temporary jobs. We should concentrate on renewable sources of energy and create jobs through those things that will not harm the environment or human beings.
Please sign this petition and let Governor Hickenlooper and our lawmakers know that we do not want fracking in Colorado.
Thank you.
1. It emits heavy amounts of methane into the air through flaring and evaporation ponds.
2. It has been proven to foul groundwater and aquifers in Texas and Pennsylvania.
3. It has been proven to cause earthquakes in Oklahoma and Colorado.
4. People who live around fracking sites have had their health adversely affected in Texas and other states.
5. The wells have leaked in many places and there have been explosions at the well sites in some places.
The companies do not want us to have any information on the chemicals they use in the process and are fighting hard to keep it secret. If they need to hide it so badly, there must be something suspect about it. Also they do not want to be regulated and this has led to many of the problems above. Their efforts are all driven by greed and not for our well being.
They exaggerate the number of jobs that will be created but do not disclose that they are mostly temporary jobs. We should concentrate on renewable sources of energy and create jobs through those things that will not harm the environment or human beings.
Please sign this petition and let Governor Hickenlooper and our lawmakers know that we do not want fracking in Colorado.
Thank you.
Why is this important?
Some of our lawmakers are trying to force fracking on us without our approval. It is time for us to stop them before fracking ruins Colorado.