Petition Form for Caroline Residents

Caroline Petition

The petition was presented to the Caroline Town Board on September 6, 2011.  We will still keep track of new signatures in the event we need to make a new presentation, so if you would like to sign, please do so below.  To see an on-line version of the petition presentation, click here.

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Please fill out the form below if you are a resident of the

Town of Caroline. If you are not a resident of Caroline

but own land in the Town of Caroline, click here

to sign a different version of the petition.

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Background:

Gas extraction by high-volume, slickwater, hydraulic fracturing is a heavily industrialized process that in other states has caused significant water, air, and noise pollution; severely snarled traffic and damaged roads; and increased accidents and crime rates.

If pursued in this area, it would likely harm tourism, hunting, fishing, agriculture, and our local economy.

Gas companies can force unleased neighbors to allow drilling under their land through compulsory integration.

Instead, we should pursue energy conservation and sustainable sources of energy, such as small-scale water, wind, and solar power. We also should support community and state initiatives to help local farmers pursue sustainable farming methods that are economically viable.

Neither the Federal nor the New York State government has stepped forward to protect residents from this harmful gas-extraction practice, so local people and their governments must lead the way.

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Petition:

We, the undersigned residents of the Town of Caroline, urge the Town Board to ban gas extraction using high-volume, slickwater, hydraulic fracturing in the Town of Caroline.

The methods used and the intensity of industrial development threaten our clean air, clean water, soil, rural landscapes, and health, as well as our social and economic well-being.

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