Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll | Reuters
January 20, 2012
Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll | Reuters.
Poll shows opposition to hydrofracking in Cortland County – YNN, Your News Now
January 12, 2012
Poll shows opposition to hydrofracking in Cortland County – YNN, Your News Now.
New poll shows majority of Cortland County opposes fracking : News : CNYcentral.com.
Cover Letter – Cortland County, NY.doc
Summary Results- Cortland County – December 17-18, 2011
Comment on a similar poll by same polling firm
WHCU Coverage
From WHCU website:
Cortland County Says ‘No’ to Hydraulic Fracturing
Cortland County faith leaders and anti- ‘fracking’ advocates were joined with local Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton holding a press conference Thursday at the Christ Community Church to reveal results to a survey poll to show the widespread opposition to the natural gas drilling method.
Pastor Dr. Janet Adair Hansen says the results were not surprising.
“And we were pleased with the outcome, it showed what we see as growing concern in opposition with 58 percent of residents responding that ‘yes’ they were opposed and only about a third say they were in favor,” said Hansen.
Hansen says the county was left out of the public comment places and holding it in the church to show the community of faith is concerned.
The groups involved were Moving in Congregations Acting in Hope and members of the Gas Drilling Awareness of Cortland County.
The survey conducted included 500 adults.
Oldies 101.5 – Local News. New Poll Says 58% of Cortland County Residents are Opposed to Fracking
Cortland County Poll on Hydrofracking Supports Local Control
January 10, 2012
Majority of Cortland County Residents say they do not want hydrofracking in their town and do want their towns to take action to control its use.
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
Oldies 101.5 – Local News.New Poll Says 58% of Cortland County Residents are Opposed to Fracking
a million fracking letters
October 26, 2011
| Help us convince Governor Cuomo that hydro-fracking (“fracking”) isn’t good for New York. Here are just a few reasons: |
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The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 |
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| Many New Yorkers are concerned about the contamination of public water supplies, or the harmful effects of air pollution, or the economic impact on tourism or impacts on New York State’s vital agricultural community. | |
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Supporting Organizations Learn more about fracking by clicking on any of the links below Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy |
Others are concerned about exposure to radioactive materials or toxic heavy metals brought up from deep underground, or that toxic wastes will damage local water treatment plants. Parents are concerned about their children’s health. Many people are concerned that the the chemicals being used in the fracking process are kept secret. Others believe the gas industry should be subject to environmental laws like everyone else (Companies engaged in hydrofracking are exempt from the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.) Still others believe that the gas industry should be responsible for cleaning up spills and toxic residues. Right now, they can walk away, leaving the landowner responsible.
Many people are concerned that taxpayers are subsidizing the gas industry by paying for the highways, police, EMTs and other community services fracking companies depend on, or that these companies are donating hundreds of millions of dollars to political campaigns to ensure access and favorable treatment. Others are concerned that the multi-million dollar TV advertising campaign claiming that dirty gas drilling is “clean energy” is confusing the public.
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| Whatever your reason for opposing hydrofracking in New York, we need you now! Please write a personal letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, and tell him there are too many unanswered questions and potential problemsto allow hydrofracking in our state. Send your letter to:
The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 |
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Delaware and Sullivan Cos survey residents on hydrofracking
October 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
SULLIVAN COUNTY SURVEY
In what is believed to be the first poll to focus on New Yorkers who live in an area likely to be impacted by “fracking”, a Pulse Opinion poll reveals that 7 out of 10 Sullivan County residents do not want to see “natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing” in their town. An even greater percent favor zoning ordinances to restrict the process. The poll was commissioned by the not-for-profit Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy.
Bruce Ferguson, a member of the grassroots organization, said “Previous statewide polls have shown that most New Yorkers don’t think the rewards justify the risks; now we know that the great majority of people who will be directly affected by fracking want nothing to do with it. Sullivan County residents emphatically say “No!” to fracking.”
The poll of 500 county residents was conducted between October 1st and October 3rd. It has a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5% and a 95% level of confidence. Residents who said they did not know enough about hydraulic fracturing to form an opinion were not included in the poll.
The questions:
Do you support natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing in your town?
27% Yes
69% No
4% Not sure
Would you support your town enacting zoning ordinances to restrict natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing?
69% Yes
24% No
7% Not sure
DELAWARE COUNTY RESIDENTS STRONGLY OPPOSE FRACKING , FAVOR ZONING
A Pulse Opinion Poll of 500 Delaware County residents reveals that nearly three out of four people oppose hydraulic fracturing in their town, and seven out of ten favor municipal zoning ordinances to regulate the practice.
These results are similar to those of a poll conducted in neighboring Sullivan County the preceding week.
The questions in both polls were identical:
Do you support natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing in your town?
No Yes Not sure
Delaware County 72% 27% 1%
Sullivan County 69% 26% 4%
Would you support your town enacting zoning ordinances to restrict natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing?
Yes No Not sure
Delaware County 69% 27% 4%
Sullivan County 69% 24% 7%
The Delaware County poll was conducted on October 8 and 9. The Sullivan County poll was conducted between October 1 and 3, also by Pulse Opinion Research. The margin of sampling error in both polls is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Residents who said they did not know enough about hydraulic fracturing to form an opinion were excluded for the polls.
Both polls were commissioned by the not-for-profit Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy. They are believed to be the first scientific polls to measure the sentiment of New Yorkers who live atop the Marcellus Shale.
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GOVERNOR CUOMO LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC TOWN HALL FOR NEW YORKERS TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE GOVERNMENT
September 22, 2011
State of New York | Executive Chamber
Andrew M. Cuomo | Governor
For Immediate Release: September 22, 2011
GOVERNOR CUOMO LAUNCHES ELECTRONIC TOWN HALL FOR NEW YORKERS TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE GOVERNMENT
New Website Opens Up State Government to the People; Governor, LG, and Top Commissioners to Chat Online with NY’ers
Governor Will Hold First Chat This Saturday
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today launched CitizenConnects, an online town hall to encourage New Yorkers to participate in state government and share their ideas to help shape New York’s future. The new online town hall website will feature multiple interactive platforms for New Yorkers to communicate and participate with their state government. The website will give New Yorkers unprecedented access to the workings of the executive branch as well as provide new and easy ways to participate in the ongoing activities of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the cabinet, and top officials in the executive chamber. The website will feature a new online town hall where the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and top commissioners and executive officials will participate in weekly online chats where they will take questions directly from New Yorkers. The Governor will hold the first chat this Saturday. To visit CitizensConnects go to http://www.citizenconnects.com.
The website will also be a portal for New Yorkers to participate in upcoming state events and activities, use social media to talk and comment on the workings of state government, and track future and past travel for the Governor and the executive branch.
“Democracy works when the voice of the people rings strong and citizens participate in government,” Governor Cuomo said. “This will be a ‘Town Hall’ in every sense. It will be an open forum for New Yorkers to interact and participate in their government; it will be a place New Yorkers can visit to communicate with their leaders and sign up for community activities; and it will allow New Yorkers to have a direct window into the workings of their government. This world is changing. New technology allows us new opportunities to communicate with the people of the state. Traditional forms of communication and information have given way to electronics. It’s time government gets up to date.”
Since taking office, Governor Cuomo has worked to open state government and make it more accessible to all New Yorkers. CitizenConnects builds on those efforts and empowers citizens with the information they need to actively participate in their state government. On his first day in office, Governor Cuomo opened up the second floor — where the Governor and his top staff have their offices — to the public after it was closed off for more than a decade. The Governor then for the first time invited the public to attend the State of the State address and traveled to communities across the state to lay out his agenda for the people. During the budget and legislative process, the Governor held dozens of public forums and presentations in every region of the state, encouraging the public to support his agenda for reform and to make government work for the people once again. As Attorney General, Governor Cuomo launched “Project Sunlight,” the state’s first-ever online database of information related to campaign finance, lobbying activity, state spending, and state contracts.
CitizenConnects is another step in the Governor’s transformational efforts to bring government to New Yorkers. CitizenConnects will be an online Town Hall and a forum for New Yorkers to communicate with his administration and their government. The website will provide unprecedented direct access to the activities of the Governor and state agencies.
On the website, New Yorkers will be able to:
- · Participate in online town halls where New Yorkers can submit questions directly to government officials
· Learn about and sign up to participate in upcoming state government events
· Follow the travel of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and top officials and commissioners
· Submit ideas and policy questions to the Governor
· Follow the executive branch with enhanced access on Facebook and Twitter
· Sign up to receive e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter updates
· Access the Governor’s daily and future schedules
The first online chat will be hosted by Governor Cuomo; the second will be hosted by Superintendent Ben Lawsky who will answer questions about storm damage insurance claims and the third will be hosted by Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens who will answer questions about hydrofracking.
The site also features a calendar showing Governor Cuomo’s daily public schedule, including a map showing upcoming events, as well as places the Governor and Lieutenant Governor have visited since taking office. This feature will help New Yorkers stay informed about the Governor and Lieutenant Governor’s upcoming visits to their home towns.
Robert Freeman, Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government said, “I congratulate Governor Cuomo for taking government transparency to a new level. By providing information of importance to the public, even before anyone asks for it, the website will give New Yorkers the opportunity to know how their government serves them and offer their points of view. This is a groundbreaking effort in bringing government closer to the people.”
Russ Haven, Executive Director of the New York State Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), said, “The ‘town hall’ web page offers a user friendly way for two-way communication between New Yorkers and the governor and his staff. Particularly at a time filled with so many challenges, the public wants to keep tabs on what public officials are up to. Through this portal the governor can boost transparency of his activities and contribute to the public’s trust in government.”
Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union, said, “This new public access resource tool promises to bring a new level of transparency and knowledge about how the Governor is working for the people of New York.”
Lawrence Norden, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said, “The internet can make it easier than ever before to increase transparency and accountability in government. We’re happy to see Governor Cuomo taking this new step to further open the governor’s office to the public.”
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