The General Assembly,
Acknowledging General Assembly Resolution 417 "Restrictions on Hydraulic Fracturing" as a resolution aimed at limiting the dangerous potential of fracturing underground rocks to release natural gas;
Observing, however, that GA#417 uses vague, easily abusable undefined terminology such as "close range" or "significant threat", allowing nations to do creative compliance and rendering most of the resolution unable to actually restrict hydraulic fracturing to the extent intended;
Finding that improper hydraulic fracturing practices such as improper disposal of well fluids are the cause of most of the dangers supposedly posed by hydraulic fracturing, instead of the practice as a whole;
Troubled at the heavy handed approach to hydraulic fracturing in GA#417, resulting in a ban on it in many cases, which will result in:
- member nations resorting to inefficient and expensive ways to obtain natural gas, further resulting in unnecessarily higher fuel prices and negatively affected incomes,
- member nations resorting to sources of fuel such as coal, which produce much more greenhouse gas when burnt compared to natural gas, further resulting in negative impacts to the health of ecosystems and the living things that inhabit them,
- member nations resorting to purchasing cheaper natural gas from non-member nations which may not have legislation restricting hydraulic fracturing as much, but also may not have essential worker or environmental protective legislation in place, further resulting in member nations directly or indirectly endorsing morally repugnant nations and their activities,
- the economies of settlements reliant on hydraulic fracturing to obtain natural gas reserves being severely impacted, further resulting in mass unemployment, closure of businesses and more loss of income;
Recognising that some of the harmful potential of hydraulic fracturing in member nations is already limited by extant World Assembly legislation such as "Preventing Groundwater Contamination" and "Convention on Freshwater Shortages"; and
Believing that GA#417 yields more negative effects than positive effects, and that a resolution that promotes unclean energy and the disruption of economies of member nations should be repealed with immediate effect;
Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution 417 "Restrictions on Hydraulic Fracturing".
