To: The California State Senate and Governor Gavin Newsom
Keep secret chemicals out of California's water!
I urge you to support AB 591 because Californians have the right to know which chemicals companies are using when fracking for oil and gas in California.
California has the opportunity to avoid the problems that fracking for oil and gas has caused in other states by ensuring we know where and how these processes are being used. Tracking where fracking is occurring and disclosing the chemicals being used on a state-run public website is an important first step.
As a California resident, I want and have a right to this information. That's why I support AB 591, and expect California's leaders to do the same.
California has the opportunity to avoid the problems that fracking for oil and gas has caused in other states by ensuring we know where and how these processes are being used. Tracking where fracking is occurring and disclosing the chemicals being used on a state-run public website is an important first step.
As a California resident, I want and have a right to this information. That's why I support AB 591, and expect California's leaders to do the same.
Why is this important?
Oil and gas companies are drilling in California using a controversial method known as "fracking," with hardly any oversight. This leaves your groundwater at risk for potential contamination. We need your voice today to change that!
Assembly member Bob Wieckowski has filed a common-sense bill (AB 591) that would ensure that California's citizens have access to information about fracking in our communities. AB 591 would require oil and gas companies to disclose -- for the first time -- when and where they are fracking, what chemicals they are using and how much scarce water their operations consume. All of this information would be published on a public web site, setting one of the highest bars for fracking disclosure in the nation.
This bill needs your help to become law. Your state legislators and Governor Brown need to hear that you want them to support AB 591!
Assembly member Bob Wieckowski has filed a common-sense bill (AB 591) that would ensure that California's citizens have access to information about fracking in our communities. AB 591 would require oil and gas companies to disclose -- for the first time -- when and where they are fracking, what chemicals they are using and how much scarce water their operations consume. All of this information would be published on a public web site, setting one of the highest bars for fracking disclosure in the nation.
This bill needs your help to become law. Your state legislators and Governor Brown need to hear that you want them to support AB 591!