To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Governor Brown: Keep Toxic Oil and Gas Wastewater Out of Our Drinking Water
Clean Water Action
We urge you to immediately order the shutdown of the roughly 2,000 oil and gas injection wells that may currently be impacting underground sources of drinking water. The Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) has determined that these wells are injecting into aquifers that should be protected under the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet that very same agency is allowing these activities to continue.
Our state is facing one of the worst droughts on record. With California's groundwater resources seriously depleted, we need strong leadership for drinking water protection, not more business as usual. I urge you to stand up to Big Oil and direct DOGGR to take immediate action to shut these wells down today.
Our state is facing one of the worst droughts on record. With California's groundwater resources seriously depleted, we need strong leadership for drinking water protection, not more business as usual. I urge you to stand up to Big Oil and direct DOGGR to take immediate action to shut these wells down today.
Why is this important?
BIG POLLUTERS ARE ILLEGALLY INJECTING WASTE INTO DRINKING WATER SOURCES: SHUT THEM DOWN!
Sign today! Petition will be delivered THIS WEEK
Stop Big Polluters from ruining our aquifers! Californians are outraged. In this time of severe and prolonged drought — while we’re struggling to conserve water and worried for the future of our communities — our own state government has been permitting oil and gas companies to inject vast quantities of hazardous waste fluid into our aquifers.
Reports surfacing now reveal that drilling operations dump chemically-contaminated fluids into the California water supply, and the state’s Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) — the government agency under Gov. Brown tasked with supervising these operations — confirmed that they authorized the systematic pollution of groundwater.
DOGGR verified the reports but did not change course, and Big Polluters still have permission from the State of California to carry on with business as usual. Despite public outcry and in obvious violation of federal law, oil and gas companies are sticking with state-authorized groundwater pollution to solve their hazardous waste disposal problems.
They must be stopped. As Californians, we understand the value and growing scarcity of our groundwater, and extreme drought has bound us together in our struggle to conserve. When our public officials fail to protect our sources of water that would be suitable for drinking, they betray our efforts and risk our vital resources. Voters are outraged: Take action now!
This is a joint campaign of:
Clean Water Action: www.cleanwater.org, @cleanh2oca and
California League of Conservation Voters: www.ecovote.org, @clcv
Sign today! Petition will be delivered THIS WEEK
Stop Big Polluters from ruining our aquifers! Californians are outraged. In this time of severe and prolonged drought — while we’re struggling to conserve water and worried for the future of our communities — our own state government has been permitting oil and gas companies to inject vast quantities of hazardous waste fluid into our aquifers.
Reports surfacing now reveal that drilling operations dump chemically-contaminated fluids into the California water supply, and the state’s Division of Oil Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) — the government agency under Gov. Brown tasked with supervising these operations — confirmed that they authorized the systematic pollution of groundwater.
DOGGR verified the reports but did not change course, and Big Polluters still have permission from the State of California to carry on with business as usual. Despite public outcry and in obvious violation of federal law, oil and gas companies are sticking with state-authorized groundwater pollution to solve their hazardous waste disposal problems.
They must be stopped. As Californians, we understand the value and growing scarcity of our groundwater, and extreme drought has bound us together in our struggle to conserve. When our public officials fail to protect our sources of water that would be suitable for drinking, they betray our efforts and risk our vital resources. Voters are outraged: Take action now!
This is a joint campaign of:
Clean Water Action: www.cleanwater.org, @cleanh2oca and
California League of Conservation Voters: www.ecovote.org, @clcv