Resistance to Gas Pipelines Spreading / Public News Service

Resistance to Gas Pipelines Spreading / Public News Service.

Polling Shows Americans Support Environmental Enforcement And Clean Energy

Polling Shows Americans Support Environmental Enforcement And Clean Energy.

Canadians not confident Ottawa can handle oil spills, government poll shows | Toronto Star

Canadians not confident Ottawa can handle oil spills, government poll shows | Toronto Star.

Most back drill ban – Times Union

Most back drill ban – Times Union.

Climate coverage soars in 2013, spurred by energy, weather — The Daily Climate

Climate coverage soars in 2013, spurred by energy, weather — The Daily Climate.

American perceptions of hydraulic fracturing | Yale Project on Climate Change Communication

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/american-perception-of-hydraulic-fracturing

Keystone fatigue? Get over it : Columbia Journalism Review

Keystone fatigue? Get over it : Columbia Journalism Review.

Sienna poll on hydrofracking in NY 1/2013

SNY0313 Crosstabs.xlsx.

There is tremendous stability over time in the overall result for support/oppose fracking
Support:  39%
Oppose:  43%
Upstate support:  39%
Oppose:              49%
(beyond margin of error)
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Income <50K:
Support:  36%
Oppose:   46%
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Income <$100K:
Support: 33%
Oppose:  51%
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Income  $100K+:
Support:  47%
Oppose:   35%
(all beyond margin of error)
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So…Upstate : don’t like, higher income folks: like.
Hmm.
S
Stan Scobie, Binghamton, NY, 607-669-4683

Oil and gas lawyers want residents banned from talking at rule hearing – The Denver Post

Oil and gas lawyers want residents banned from talking at rule hearing – The Denver Post.

PUBLIC OPINION POLLS ON HYDROFRACKING

NEW STATE-WIDE POLL

Cornell Survey Research Institute study on attitudes toward shale gas drilling in NY:

http://sri.cornell.edu/sri/files/esp/2012/Report%202%20-%202012%20-%20Natural%20Gas%20Drilling.pdf

Three comments:
(a) Good results. On issue after issue NYS residents are not favorable toward drilling: revenue  vs. risks, will it improve quality of life, home rule, only a few will benefit, ….
(b) I think this is the direct result of all the work the grassroots groups have been doing over the last several years.
(c) So with public opinion the way it is, why isn’t NYS passing a ban, or a moratorium, or a home rule bill (61% to 28% in favor of home rule)?? It’s almost as if the NYS legislature is not representing the residents of NYS.

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Poll Sponsored by Gas Drilling Awareness for Cortland Co. (GDACC) and Moving in Congregations, Acting in Hope (MICAH) Concludes that Home Rule Legislation is needed to Protect towns right to self-determination.

Cover Letter – Cortland County, NY.doc

Summary Results- Cortland County – December 17-18, 2011

Comment on a similar poll by same polling firm

News Coverage:

Poll shows opposition to hydrofracking in Cortland County – YNN, Your News Now.

New poll shows majority of Cortland County opposes fracking : News : CNYcentral.com.

Oldies 101.5 – Local News.New Poll Says 58% of Cortland County Residents are Opposed to Fracking

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