_ Petition to Criminalize Hydrofracking
We the undersigned, citizens of New York State, call for enactment of NY Public Law #1. It criminalizes hydrofracking in New York State by making the following illegal:
• Extracting oil and/or gas through fracking in NY State
• Importing frack-related materials, including fracking wastes, into NY State
• Withdrawing any NY State water for the purpose of fracking in NY State or any other state, territory or country
• Owning, possessing or transporting fracking paraphernalia anywhere in NY State
• Advertising, marketing or disseminating materials that promote fracking
NY Public Law #1 affirms the sovereign governing authority of We the People. When a sovereign people decides a behavior is unacceptable, it passes a law making it illegal. Our law will place fracking firmly in the NY State Penal Code, removing it from a rigged regulatory framework and the undemocratic, illegitimate DEC.
One purpose of the DEC is to “provide for the operation and development of oil and gas [for] a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas . . .” (DEC authorizing legislation §23-0301). Thus, under regulatory law administered by the DEC, the decision to prohibit fracking or to choose safe, sane energy sources is not in the people’s hands — or even in the hands of our representatives in Albany.
As citizens of New York working together to prevent our communities from being fracked, we invite our fellow New Yorkers to join the struggle to criminalize fracking and all corporate and government frackers — to strike a blow for our authority, our environment, our health, our economy and our future in a clean and caring world. Sign the petition and take it to your fellow human beings. We the People claim our SOVEREIGNTY.
We the undersigned, citizens of New York State, call for enactment of NY Public Law #1. It criminalizes hydrofracking in New York State by making the following illegal:
• Extracting oil and/or gas through fracking in NY State
• Importing frack-related materials, including fracking wastes, into NY State
• Withdrawing any NY State water for the purpose of fracking in NY State or any other state, territory or country
• Owning, possessing or transporting fracking paraphernalia anywhere in NY State
• Advertising, marketing or disseminating materials that promote fracking
NY Public Law #1 affirms the sovereign governing authority of We the People. When a sovereign people decides a behavior is unacceptable, it passes a law making it illegal. Our law will place fracking firmly in the NY State Penal Code, removing it from a rigged regulatory framework and the undemocratic, illegitimate DEC.
One purpose of the DEC is to “provide for the operation and development of oil and gas [for] a greater ultimate recovery of oil and gas . . .” (DEC authorizing legislation §23-0301). Thus, under regulatory law administered by the DEC, the decision to prohibit fracking or to choose safe, sane energy sources is not in the people’s hands — or even in the hands of our representatives in Albany.
As citizens of New York working together to prevent our communities from being fracked, we invite our fellow New Yorkers to join the struggle to criminalize fracking and all corporate and government frackers — to strike a blow for our authority, our environment, our health, our economy and our future in a clean and caring world. Sign the petition and take it to your fellow human beings. We the People claim our SOVEREIGNTY.
