What can I do to legally stop exploratory natural gas drilling within 1000 feet of my neighborhood?
I’ve worked on two different environmental issues. I don’t know anything about natural gas drilling, but what follows is an abstract discussion of how I’d approach thinking about this. First, I would definitely connect with that group. They might just be saying that their goal is slowing the drilling or having it conform to EPA safety standards so they sound reasonable to any drill-loving officials or residents. Slowing projects is also a time-tested way of trying to kill the project entirely. Also, talk to everyone else. Get organized. Start having weekly meetings. It’s going to take at least a few devoted people to really stop this thing. You need to find out who is the decision-making body and how they can be influenced (maybe that activist group knows, or your local chapter of the Sierra Club). There are two issues to think about, and these go hand in hand. First, politics. Who could you politically influence to stop the drilling? Who is making the decision, and who do they listen
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