1,537 Pages Of Fracking Guidelines In Only 90 Days?
New York's leaders have released a 1,537 page document that could guide how fracking proceeds in New York State. But once this huge document is made available to the public, Governor Cuomo only plans to give New Yorkers 90 days to read, make sense of, and share their concerns about if and how fracking could be conducted in the state. 90 days is not enough! New Yorkers deserve at least 180 days to read and respond to the state's fracking guidelines, formally known as the revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement. (Read the entire revised draft SGEIS.)

Needed: A Responsible Approach
New Yorkers deserve a more deliberative approach to determine if and how fracking and the gas industry should be allowed to operate in the years to come. Fracking is a dangerous industrial process that could contaminate New York's water and pollute our communities for generations to come. The failure to responsibly slow down the state's efforts to oversee this industry could have disastrous effects on our drinking water, economy and health in the future.

The Virtual Rally
On September 6, concerned citizens joined together to post pictures, videos, and comments to Governor Cuomo's Facebook page and Twitter feed, sending a clear message to the Governor and the state's environmental agency that New Yorkers need more time in order to responsibly consider these guidelines.

You can still help make a difference by continuing to post messages and tweets to Gov. Cuomo. With your help, New Yorkers can get Governor Cuomo's attention and help him understand that what he chooses to do about dirty gas drilling and fracking will leave a lasting legacy.

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Finding Their Way

Jim and Jen Slotterback had only 11 days to save their favorite park from gas drilling—and they succeeded.

Watch Finding Their Way, a six-minute film about the Slotterbacks' journey, and find out how you can also protect the areas you love from fracking.

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Things Find A Way

Things always find a way to happen … A pen leaking … Your shoelace coming untied … Toxic chemicals in your drinking water.

What?!

Watch this video to find out—and learn how the more oil and gas companies frack, the more trouble is finding ways to happen.

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What is "fracking"?

Hydraulic fracturing (also known as "fracking") is a controversial technique that involves blasting millions of gallons of chemically-treated water into the earth to extract gas.

Once the oil and gas companies are done with the water, it's even more contaminated, sometimes even radioactive. If not handled properly, this wastewater can poison drinking water wells and public water supplies. In some cases, people's wells have even exploded, residents can light the water from their faucet on fire, and pets have gotten sick from drinking tap water.

Oil and gas companies are contaminating water faster than the state's treatment plants can handle it. Not to mention the air pollution, heavy truck traffic, and destruction of forests that comes with all of this industrial activity.

The areas where oil and gas companies want to drill stretch through the Southern Tier and Catskill areas of Upstate New York. These areas supply drinking water for more than 13 million people—including people upstate, in New York City, and in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, and Putnam counties.