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Tell Obama: Don't Frack Our Water!
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    1,121 out of 5,000
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    1. The President of the United States (+ 6 others)
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      • The President of the United States
      • DRBC Executive Director (Carol Collier)
      • DRBC Secretary (Paula Schmitt)
      • Governor of New York (Governor Andrew Cuomo)
      • Governor of New Jersey (Governor Chris Christie)
      • Governor of Delaware (Governor Jack Markell)
      • Governor of Pennsylvania (Governor Tom Corbett)
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A dangerous new method of natural gas drilling called hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) has been linked to over 1,000 cases of water contamination across the country—including many cases where the water is so contaminated it can be lit on fire, right out of the tap!

Now gas companies want to frack in the area where New York City, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware get their drinking water.  The Delaware River is the critical water source for over 15 million people—five percent of the U.S. population.

Experts agree that hydraulic fracturing could create a catastrophe as severe as the Gulf oil spill that could cost taxpayers billions and cause irreparable harm—because once you contaminate water through hydraulic fracturing there is NO WAY to clean it up. 

At this critical moment, we are calling on President Obama to take hydraulic fracturing out of the United States environmental/energy agenda, and take the Delaware River watershed off the table for this dangerous form of extreme drilling.  The gas industry has shown time and again that fracking cannot be done safely.  We cannot gamble our 15 million people's drinking water on the chance that the past will not repeat itself. 


Take Action!  Tell President Obama and the Governors of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey: No Drilling in the Delaware River Basin!

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Don't Frack the Delaware River

Greetings,

Hydraulic fracturing within the Delaware River Basin presents a grave threat to the drinking water of over 15 million people in four states, a threat to taxpayers who could be forced to shoulder the costs of a massive and unprecedented cleanup, and a threat to U.S. national security interests, which are put at risk by the development of this dangerous industrial project in the same area as our nation’s critical water supply infrastructure.

Experts agree that hydraulic fracturing could create a catastrophe as severe as the Gulf oil spill that could cost taxpayers billions and cause irreparable harm. At this critical moment, we are calling on you to take hydraulic fracturing out of the United States environmental/energy agenda, and take the Delaware River watershed off the table for this dangerous form of extreme drilling. The gas industry has shown time and again that fracking cannot be done safely. We cannot gamble with 15 million people's drinking water on the chance that the past will not repeat itself.

I urge you not to move ahead with the proposed natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. The risks are just too great.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

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