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To: Julian Sturdy or the elected MP in York Outer
Protect our children and residents, by saying no to fracking in Haxby and Wigginton area
We want you to proactively object to exploratory drilling or fracking plans, in and around Haxby and Wigginton.
Why is this important?
As parents and other local community members, we are worried about the health impacts, among many other impacts, that the exploratory drilling and fracking in our area will cause.
Licences have already been granted in this area, and exploratory drilling may well take place before the end of 2017. Water companies have already warned that drinking water could be contaminated with methane gas and chemicals used in fracking, in any drilled area.
These are our villages, where we and our children live, grow up and go to school. This is their home and safe place. If there should even be the smallest risk that their health would be affected by fracking or exploratory drilling, we should be able to object to it and our MP should object to plans*, in the best interest of his or her constituents.
*We ask that they object to action which includes exploratory drilling as well as actual extraction, whether it uses less or more than the prescribed cubic volume at each stage or in total - if less, it can slip through and be carried out under current legislation, without planning permission, or giving locals the chance to formally object.*
Fracking uses huge amounts of water that must be transported to the fracking site, which is going to have an environmental impact. Other possible risks include:
- disposal of significant quantities of radioactive waste water
- thousands of HGV movements for every frack
- noise pollution
- risk to local wildlife and our beautiful villages and surrounding countryside
- It is understood that house prices may also be negatively affected in a fracked area.
Whichever way we all vote, we want the elected MP to pledge to proactively fight fracking in this area, for the sake of the people who live here.
Licences have already been granted in this area, and exploratory drilling may well take place before the end of 2017. Water companies have already warned that drinking water could be contaminated with methane gas and chemicals used in fracking, in any drilled area.
These are our villages, where we and our children live, grow up and go to school. This is their home and safe place. If there should even be the smallest risk that their health would be affected by fracking or exploratory drilling, we should be able to object to it and our MP should object to plans*, in the best interest of his or her constituents.
*We ask that they object to action which includes exploratory drilling as well as actual extraction, whether it uses less or more than the prescribed cubic volume at each stage or in total - if less, it can slip through and be carried out under current legislation, without planning permission, or giving locals the chance to formally object.*
Fracking uses huge amounts of water that must be transported to the fracking site, which is going to have an environmental impact. Other possible risks include:
- disposal of significant quantities of radioactive waste water
- thousands of HGV movements for every frack
- noise pollution
- risk to local wildlife and our beautiful villages and surrounding countryside
- It is understood that house prices may also be negatively affected in a fracked area.
Whichever way we all vote, we want the elected MP to pledge to proactively fight fracking in this area, for the sake of the people who live here.
How it will be delivered
Via email
