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California's
New Draft Fracking Rules Are BAD.
Tell
Governor Brown: weak regulations won't cut It. We
need a ban!
Dear Eric,
On Friday, Governor Brown's administration released
draft fracking regulations. They're a joke.
If implemented, they would allow oil and gas companies
to frack all over our state, polluting our air and
water.
Tell the Brown administration that these weak
regulations are unacceptable — and nothing short
of a ban will protect us!
Since fracking is exempt from nearly all of our
federal protections, it is truly up to the state to
protect millions of Californians. But the Division of
Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) proposed
regulations just won't do that.
The regulations will not:
- protect
a single child living near fracked
wells from highly dangerous air pollutants that
increase risks of cancer and respiratory illness.
- protect
a single worker from chemical
exposure.
- protect
families from contamination of our
precious water from the large volume of toxic
wastewater that fracking produces.
- protect
our planet from moving toward climate
crisis that will make most of our planet
uninhabitable.
Regulations don't
make fracking any safer. Tell Governor Brown to
Ban Fracking Now!
The agency in charge of the new regulations is asking
for public comments on the new proposal. Let's beat
all of the public comment record numbers to show that
we will never let up. Submit your public
comment today to tell Governor Brown to protect
California and ban fracking.
I have seen incredible opposition to fracking growing
across the state. It's clear by the Governor's recent
statements that he is aware of our powerful movement —
and he's on the defensive. In the
past few weeks, top scientists around the world have
called on the Governor to impose an immediate halt on
fracking. And Californians have been showing up to his
public appearances to greet him with the message that
climate leaders don't frack!
Governor Brown is trying to rationalize his policy
on fracking. But he is definitely feeling the heat!
We can't give
him an inch — make sure he gets the message
today!
Submit your public comment against fracking today:
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=1010
Thanks for taking action,
Brenna Norton
Southern California Organizer
Food & Water Watch
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org
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