To: The California State House, The California State Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom
End Fracking in California NOW!
I support legislation to prohibit fracking in California to protect our health and environment from this dangerous practice.
Fracking, a rapidly spreading oil and gas drilling technique that threatens our water, air and climate, is associated with more than 1,000 instances of water contamination around the country; it also releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and other harmful air pollution.
Fracking is already occurring in California with virtually no oversight by the state and no disclosure to the public.
While state regulators have issued draft regulations to govern some aspects of the practice, the proposed regulations would keep fracking in California shrouded in secrecy and would provide little actual protection for the air we breathe, the water we drink or our communities.
We have the opportunity to avoid the environmental damage that fracking for oil and gas has caused in other states. State legislatures in New York, New Jersey and Vermont have enacted bans or moratoriums on this inherently dangerous activity. California should follow their lead and prohibit fracking to protect our environment and health.
Fracking exists to extract new sources of fossil fuels. Our climate is in imminent peril from CO2 pollution from fossil fuels. We must rapidly phase out fossil fuel extraction, and use, as we rapidly shift to clean, green renewable energy sources. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources, and we will soon run out of them anyway! Why would we wait until it is too late?
Please support legislation to ban fracking in California.
Thank you.
Fracking, a rapidly spreading oil and gas drilling technique that threatens our water, air and climate, is associated with more than 1,000 instances of water contamination around the country; it also releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and other harmful air pollution.
Fracking is already occurring in California with virtually no oversight by the state and no disclosure to the public.
While state regulators have issued draft regulations to govern some aspects of the practice, the proposed regulations would keep fracking in California shrouded in secrecy and would provide little actual protection for the air we breathe, the water we drink or our communities.
We have the opportunity to avoid the environmental damage that fracking for oil and gas has caused in other states. State legislatures in New York, New Jersey and Vermont have enacted bans or moratoriums on this inherently dangerous activity. California should follow their lead and prohibit fracking to protect our environment and health.
Fracking exists to extract new sources of fossil fuels. Our climate is in imminent peril from CO2 pollution from fossil fuels. We must rapidly phase out fossil fuel extraction, and use, as we rapidly shift to clean, green renewable energy sources. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources, and we will soon run out of them anyway! Why would we wait until it is too late?
Please support legislation to ban fracking in California.
Thank you.
Why is this important?
I support legislation to prohibit fracking in California to protect our health and environment from this dangerous practice. We must end our addiction to fossil fuels before it destroys our world. Also, if you wish to get involved with the fight to stop fracking please go moveon.org and click on "join your local moveon team", and get active!