Please join us for the in-person Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) Public Hearing to consider the oil and gas fracking project near our neighborhood on Thursday, September 18 at 4:30pm at Grandview High School. Our voices and presence are the only things standing between our families and this reckless fracking site.
Please consider bringing your children. We know it’s a hassle but commissioners need to see these kids! Ann Hussain has offered to help get rides situated if needed; please comment if anyone needs help with transportation or is willing to help drive a friend.
Why We Care & Why We MUST Show Up
The Sunlight-Long mega well pad isn’t just another oil & gas project — it’s a dangerous industrial site proposed right next to our homes, schools, and water supply.
Uniqueness of the Location = Maximum Risk
32 wells placed on one 35+ acre pad (roughly the size of a shopping mall). Industrial drilling, on a scale rarely seen in Colorado, is proposed just over a half a mile from the closest homes.
Over 10,000 households within a 2-mile radius, including an estimated 7,800 children and 4,000 seniors.
Just 1 mile from two elementary schools and less than 2 miles from a middle school and high school.
Aurora Reservoir, our city’s primary drinking water source, is just 0.6 miles from the proposed Sunlight-Long mega well pad. Sunlight-Long drilling is not only proposed next to, but also below, this vital Aurora water supply. One accident or leak, and we could be living through our own Erin Brockovich disaster. Do we really want to gamble with the water our children drink every single day?
Sunlight-Long Poses Major Health Risks
Of great concern to community members, children living within 3 miles of oil & gas wells have nearly double the risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), especially in high-activity areas (more from this critical study here). With the Sunlight-Long well pad, 32 new wells are planned near our homes.
The Denver metro area ranks as the 6th most ozone-polluted city in the U.S., for the third year in a row (American Lung Association report). Since June 1, our neighborhood has had 50 ozone alert days, when children and seniors are advised to stay indoors. Oil and gas operations contribute 60% of Colorado’s ozone pollution (read more).
Fugitive emissions (toxic, unmonitored vapors) from well pads will travel undetected into our homes, posing serious health risks (EPA’s Methane Emissions page).
We only have one way to stop it: overwhelming public pressure.
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