To: The Maine State House and The Maine State Senate
Fracking Is An Environmental Disaster
Please oppose LD 1187 and 1262 to build a gas pipeline from the Marcellus Shale to Maine and to require the public to pay for it. Maine’s future should be in clean energy — not environmental and public health destruction elsewhere.
Why is this important?
In just over a decade, “fracking” for oil and gas has spread rapidly across many states, leaving a trail of contaminated water, polluted air, and marred landscapes in its wake. And now there’s a major push to bring fracked gas to Maine.
Republican House Leader Ken Fredette and the Democratic Chair of the Energy Committee, Sen. John Cleveland, are sponsoring a bill (LD 1187) that aims to build a new pipeline to bring fracked gas from the Marcellus Shale (in Pennsylvania and surrounding states) to Maine. In addition, Rep. Fredette has a second bill (LD 1262) that would force Mainers — not the oil and gas industry — to pay for it.
Maine’s legislative leaders have strong track records on the environment, but right now the bills are moving forward under the radar screen, and a backroom “deal” is in the works. We need to put a stop to it right now by shining a light on it.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and a cocktail of chemicals into the ground at such high pressure that it fractures rock and releases gas. In numerous states, it's become one of the greatest threats to the environment in decades.
Republican House Leader Ken Fredette and the Democratic Chair of the Energy Committee, Sen. John Cleveland, are sponsoring a bill (LD 1187) that aims to build a new pipeline to bring fracked gas from the Marcellus Shale (in Pennsylvania and surrounding states) to Maine. In addition, Rep. Fredette has a second bill (LD 1262) that would force Mainers — not the oil and gas industry — to pay for it.
Maine’s legislative leaders have strong track records on the environment, but right now the bills are moving forward under the radar screen, and a backroom “deal” is in the works. We need to put a stop to it right now by shining a light on it.
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, involves pumping millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and a cocktail of chemicals into the ground at such high pressure that it fractures rock and releases gas. In numerous states, it's become one of the greatest threats to the environment in decades.