Hawkins on Fracking

Here is an interesting email I received about Fracking...  Note: this blog does not endorse any particular view or candidate, but is a PLATFORM for IDEAS to be shared.

" ... the injected wastewater “counteracts the frictional forces on faults and, in effect, ‘pries them apart,’ thereby facilitating earthquake slip.” -- The United States Geological Service. Many New Yorkers would be surprised to know that America is now producing more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia.  America is becoming a oligarchic petro-state when we should be leading the world in a rapid 21st century upgrade to 100% clean energy in order to protect the climate and build a shared sustainable prosperity.   Hydrofracking is tearing through the the earth and injecting toxic fracking fluids several miles deep, polluting communities, water supplies and causing earthquakes. This election is a referendum on fracking.   Where does our Governor stand on this crucial environmental issue? He's sitting on the fence, waiting for the election to be over.   What many people don't know is that Cuomo has already brought fracking to New York. Last week, I met with fracktivists in the Southern Tier who showed me where Pennsylvania fracking wastes are being dumped in their community. They showed me the drilling pipes, equipment, fine sand, and chemicals stockpiled at the “The Center at Horseheads” industrial park for drilling in Pennsylvania and along the shale formations of the Appalachian Mountain chain.   Cuomo has allowed this fracking infrastructure and waste to take hold in New York State while even pro-fracking Republican Rob Astorino signed a law banning fracking waste from his own county.   Cuomo's big business allies, including the oil and gas giants and their Wall Street investors, have poured tens of millions of dollars into his campaign fund. We don't need that amount of money because we are not telling lies. Telling lies is a very expensive business.   But we do need to get our message out to the voters so that they know they have an ally, someone on their side standing up for the health of our communities. Otherwise we are invisible to the people of New York State who will only sink further into despair and abstention from elections knowing that no one -- not Democrat or Republican -- is on their side.  I don't want the Green alternative to be invisible to the people of New York State, but I'm going to need your support to get our message out. I need you to dig deep and I hope that you can.   The people of New York State need to know -- you are not alone – that the Green Party stands with you. They need to hear from us, but we will need to pay for the media to reach the people.   We want New Yorkers to know that – in all likelihood, barring a miraculous upset of Cuomo in the Democratic primary – the Green ticket is the only progressive choice in the race for Governor that remains on the November ballot.   Thank you again for your support. It means a lot to me and to everyone who is working so hard for this campaign.  In solidarity, Howie Hawkins