Rick Blotter, Agate, CO. The COGCC is obviously a captured regulatory agency. We need legislative help to protect our Constitutional rights of safety, health, and the pursuit of happiness.
Robert Smith, Aurora, CO. There are too many issues raised by this engineering method. There are air quality issues, groundwater contamination, and also the issue of ground tremors that have health effects on people. The oil and gas industry has not disclosed all it knows about the hazards of these operations.
Skye Skinner, Carbondale, CO. Please consider the long term future of our precious Colorado environment and stop this from happening. There are better ways. This state should be a leader in doing things right - not entrenched in outdated practices that ultimately hurt us all.
Mickele Thompson, Breckenridge, CO. Fracking = poisoned waters, poisoned crops, poisoned people! Please think of people, not profits! Green energy is the way to go! Thank you.
Andrea Lawrence, Breckenridge, CO. Colorado is better than this. It's most valuable incomparable scenic beauty should never be compromised, especially not for short term gain through an industry with insufficient regulations to protect its people and resources.
Glenn Martin, Castle Rock, CO. We have family living in areas of Texas that have been increasingly exposed to fracking in the past couple of years -- they have experienced 19 earthquakes since it started! You don't typically see earthquakes at all in this region of the country -- they are definitely linked to fracking. Who knows what ailments the chemical exposure to humans will cause.
Linda Perschbacher, Loveland, CO. Please consider how serious fracking can be. The fact that the oil and gas industry wants the EPA clean air regulations postponed says it all!
Rhonda Schoenecker, Alamosa, CO. We could easily run out of water before we run out of fossil fuels! We can't drink oil. Colorado could instead be a leader in alternative energy without destroying its irreplaceable resources. The short term economic gain isn't worth it! Just looking at what oil and gas has done to Colorado already in terms of environmental damage should be enough to stop the destructive practice of fracking.Would you welcome it in your backyard and be okay with toxic water, air, and land? Would you stand by in the name of economy while your family and livestock get ill and die? Water is our life blood and we can't risk it!
Jason White, Carbondale, CO. It costs more and takes more communication, but resources can be extracted without harming communities. More money toward renewables can bypass a lot of these painful PR issues.
Norm & Mary Lizotte, Aurora, CO. We expressed our opposition at meetings held but did not receive any reaction. We are strongly opposed to fracturing and its possible financial effects on our property value.
Wayne Kocina, Erie, CO. Maybe, this explains all of the "strange" sicknesses that have plagued our household over the past three years. I can almost throw a rock and hit three gas wells from my front porch.
Peggy Woodward, Arvada, CO. Please ban fracking in Colorado. It is damaging to our environment. We have already allowed way too much environmentally damaging activity in the name of oil exploration & distribution. It is time to turn efforts to sustainable energy like solar, wind & geothermal energy and it is past-due time to protect our environment.
Elaine Doudna, Colorado Springs, CO. With the amount of water needed to service each well and the lack of water to fight forest fires and irrigate farms, where do people come into the equation? When we have fouled our nest, will the water be here for us to exist? We cannot trade our future existence for the short-sighted goal of driving bigger automobiles and forgetting energy conservation.
Loretta Mitson, Manassa, CO. What was the point of winning the battle against AWDI in the San Luis Valley if we are going to keep our water so that oil and gas producers can make it unable to sustain life? Allowing the frackers to voluntarily comply with making information available about the chemicals they use is like the fox guarding the hen house. What's the point of that? We need a law about fracking that is not just one of voluntary compliance. It needs some teeth in it with consequences!
Barbara Kowalik, La Veta, CO. Considering the risk to all from fracking chemicals in the ground and on the roads (trucking to sites) and the practice of breaking up our deep foundation, and the myth of energy independence since a lot of this gas is being sold to the highest bidder overseas, fracking needs to be banned.
Anne Bliss, Boulder, CO. Until we can guarantee that fracking is safe to the environment and to people and other animals, we must not allow it. This technology is especially dangerous in Colorado with the geology and pristine environment we have worked so hard in the past to protect. We can find and use other forms of energy that are readily available in Colorado: SUN, WIND, WATER.
August Miller, Longmont, CO. Why rush in until: the water recovered can be reused for each and every job in perpetuity, there are enough inspectors to make sure accidents are found promptly and addressed, venting of dangerous gas can be contained before human and animals are exposed to its negative effects. Short-term thinking is a solution for short term survival. Good luck and thanks for putting the petition together!
Tracie D. Giargiari, PhD, Longmont, CO. There is no excuse for the oil and gas industry being exempt from environmental laws such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act and Hazardous Waste Regulations. We owe it to ourselves and our children to ban fracking in this beautiful state to preserve our environmental future. The hydraulic fracturing processes of today are not what they were in the time of our grandparents, and the safety record is not equivalent. We must protect ourselves and future generations. PLEASE ban fracking in Colorado!
Deborah Brown, Paonia, CO. Fracking is not a good alternative here in the North Fork Valley renowned for its organic food sources and world famous fruits its clean water and pristine. landscapes.
Cindie Sorensen, Paonia, CO. Please help protect our water, air and views in Rural areas. We live in a pristine area of Colorado and we would like the land to remain as it is. This is exactly why we moved away from Denver. Please help protect our lands for our children. We have abdundant wildlife, are surrounded by organic farms and orchards. Please keep fracking away from our watersheds. Many thanks.
Elizabeth A. Comeaux, Denver, CO. Save the water, we will need it. Jumpstart the sun, Germany can do it so can we.
Phillip T. Doe, Littleton, CO. Fracking is to public health as cigarettes were to public health, and once again the politicians and the machinery of government are squelching the facts in the mistaken belief that things can't possibly be as bad as the evidence suggests.
Jane Reed, Hotchkiss, CO. I lived up Divide Creek ten years ago where fracking was done and my best friend died of a rare kind of leukemia caused by benzene poisonng. She had been completely healthy up until that point. her spring had become contaminated from the fracking going on at the neighboring ranch, which had 7 wells. I had a headache for 3 years until I moved and it went away the first day after I left. This is unhealthy for everyone. to say it does not affect the water table is outright wrong.
Leland Bourne, Walsenburg, CO. Fracking is not only harmful to our health by use of pollutants chemicals, it is harmful to the land, air, water, crops and other food sources to sustain us.
Clare Barker, Mosca, CO. As responsible citizens-with a debt to future generations-it would be foolish to frack anywhere-it is dangerous technology that threatens water quality, and uses precious water. Judicious attention to beefing up conservation, efficiency of buildings, transportation and industrial applications-along with massive attention to DISTRIBUTED building of solar and wind development at the point of use can make us a model and forward thinking state with massive employment opportunities and cleaner air and water.
Please join us in creating a movement to ban the dangerous practice of hydraulic fracturing in Colorado.
Our neighbors in eastern Utah are dealing with this issue, as well. Here is a recent newspaper report http://www.moabsunnews.com/news/article_15f1bf74-1d37-11e2-a445-001a4bcf6878.html. We're all in this together - as was reiterated eloquently by many at the Frack Free rally in Denver yesterday.
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