Until it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the process is not harmful to the environment or to our drinking water supplies the practice of fracking should be haulted. Fresh clean, drinkable water is becoming scarce and harder to find, thus it is becoming a precious commodity that shouldn't be messed with.
So the vote yesterday morning to postponing the upcoming Monday mornings vote to approve the process in and along the Delaware River Basin (a key fresh water source for residents of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware) is welcomed news.
Accoding to the Star-Ledger environmental groups are pleased with this postponment:
Environmentalists greeted the vote postponement as a major victory, and for grassroots activism. Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, said the anti-fracking contingent would still be demonstrating in Trenton on Monday morning as previously planned, despite the cancellation.
"There's still going to be a showing — to send a message, largely," she said.
"As long as there is a delay, we can continue working toward getting a permanent ban on fracking in the Delaware basin," added Jeff Tittel, executive director of the Sierra Club's New Jersey chapter. "We need to keep the pressure up on Governor Christie and the Obama administration to stop these weak rules from moving forward."
You can read the more about the postponement .... Here
2 comments:
I am certainly not an uber-environmentalist. I think they SHOULD built the US-Canada Pipeline, I think the US SHOULD drill for more oil, we SHOULD build more refineries, and that the EPA does overstep their bounds often to the detriment of US competitive business (when the environment wouldn’t be negatively impacted) and etc.
That said, I am in complete agreement with you about Fracking!!! The chemicals they use for this process are NASTY and very well could lead to some devastating damage to our needed natural resources (like water we can drink or use for recreation, land we can us for farming or recreational use). How can we inject some of the most corrosive and damaging chemicals deep into our earth without their being some negative consequences??
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The only victory will be when the process is banned. While they are trying to determine if the process is safe, our Govenor is investing his money in companies that are trying to make it safe. Maybe this is why the vote was postponed.
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