To: The United States House of Representatives
Pass the FRESHER and BREATHE Acts Now
I urge you to support H.R. 1154, the Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects (BREATHE) Act, and H.R. 1175, the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act. These bills seek to close loopholes in the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act that allow the oil and gas industry to sidestep our basic environmental laws and emit more than their fair share of pollution.
Why is this important?
An unprecedented fracking boom is being sped along by industry deregulation. Loopholes secured by the oil and gas industry allow companies to sidestep our basic environmental laws and emit more than their fair share of air and water pollution.
Two bills introduced in Congress would change this.
The FRESHER Act would eliminate a Clean Water Act exemption that allows oil and gas to sidestep the same stormwater runoff permitting requirements that every other industry meets. The BREATHE Act would eliminate an unfair loophole in the Clean Air Act for oil and gas companies.
Please ask your members of Congress to support the FRESHER and BREATHE Acts
Two bills introduced in Congress would change this.
The FRESHER Act would eliminate a Clean Water Act exemption that allows oil and gas to sidestep the same stormwater runoff permitting requirements that every other industry meets. The BREATHE Act would eliminate an unfair loophole in the Clean Air Act for oil and gas companies.
Please ask your members of Congress to support the FRESHER and BREATHE Acts