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Don’t Frack My Family!
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“CPNY is a coalition of individuals and groups dedicated to halting the dangerous, destructive practice of high-volume hydrofracking for methane gas in our region. (Watkins Glen, New York)
This unconventional method of gas extraction is a huge and looming intrusion that signifies the industrialization of our area now rich in tourism, agriculture, recreational areas, wineries, and open spaces. We must defeat fracking to protect our families, the environment, our property values — indeed, our very way of life.“
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Our Vision: We say YES to that which promotes the health and vibrancy of our land, our resources, and ourselves. Our vision, like our work, is evolving.
Our Mission: Working together with other like-mined people and organizations, we aim to stop fracking before it gains a foothold in New York State. We inform, educate, and empower people to resist company directors, state and federal officials and all who frack our legislatures, and our public discourse.
We use the term “fracking” to mean all the processes involved in exploring, developing, extracting, disposing, storing, and distributing shale gas via high-volume, slick-water horizontal and vertical drilling, and secondarily but equally importantly to denote the “fracturing” of our health, environment, and communities.
We also do not use the term “natural” gas in regards to shale gas. The only natural state for gas trapped within shale rock deep in the ground underlying New York State is to remain where it is – serving as bedrock. The term “natural,” like many other carefully chosen terms used by the extraction industry, is intended to give the false impression that shale gas is a benign and “clean, green” fuel, when in fact its extraction via this unconventional method, is as or more dirty than coal.
See: Hydro-Fracking Resource and Action Center
See: Regulation Is Lax for Water From Gas Wells
See: Hydrofracking in New York State: Poll Shows No Consensus
See: New York State Assembly Passes Moratorium on Hydrofracking | Governor Vetoes Bill
See: Under the surface : fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale
See: Affirming Gasland
