To: The California State House, The California State Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom
DON'T FRACK CALIFORNIA
Ban fracking in California! Fracking uses massive amounts of precious water and threatens our water, our air, our farms, and our health. There is also evidence it may trigger earthquakes--not something California needs more of.
Why is this important?
Fracking—injecting massive amounts of water and toxic chemicals into the ground to reach previously inaccessible oil and gas—is an extreme process, with catastrophic results. Maybe you've seen the footage of people in Pennsylvania lighting their tap water on fire after it's been contaminated with chemicals used in fracking. While industry claims it is a safe process, they cannot know what will happen once they start disturbing geologic structures--including groundwater and aquifer contamination--and possibly inducing earthquakes. Fracking uses massive amounts of precious water and threatens our water, our air, our farms, and our health—and contributes to global warming.