To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Face it, Jerry Brown: Fracking Hurts Californians. Come see for yourself.
Fracking has real impacts on real people, Governor Brown. As Californians, we're calling on you to visit Kern County and see for yourself. Visit the people and communities who live with oil fracking every day -- and then tell us this practice has zero impact.
Why is this important?
Governor Jerry Brown thinks fracking has zero impact on Californians, but we know a few towns in the Central Valley that beg to differ.
Kern County is California's most-fracked county. It also has the worst air quality in the nation, and highly elevated rates of cancer and respiratory illness. Although the oil industry has been in Kern for decades, fracking has opened up new opportunities for expansion. For residents of towns like Shafter and Wasco, fracking means more oil extraction and more impacts on their health.
Kern County residents are fighting back: they've invited Governor Brown to come see the impacts of fracking for himself.
California is at a crossroads, and Governor Brown has a choice to make: go all-in on extreme energy, or finally say "enough is enough." We're calling on him to end fracking in California, but we don't want him to just hear it from us. We're urging the Governor to take Kern County residents up on their invitation.
Kern County is California's most-fracked county. It also has the worst air quality in the nation, and highly elevated rates of cancer and respiratory illness. Although the oil industry has been in Kern for decades, fracking has opened up new opportunities for expansion. For residents of towns like Shafter and Wasco, fracking means more oil extraction and more impacts on their health.
Kern County residents are fighting back: they've invited Governor Brown to come see the impacts of fracking for himself.
California is at a crossroads, and Governor Brown has a choice to make: go all-in on extreme energy, or finally say "enough is enough." We're calling on him to end fracking in California, but we don't want him to just hear it from us. We're urging the Governor to take Kern County residents up on their invitation.