Next state to ban fracking?
Sarah Alexander
After New York’s pivotal decision to ban fracking, the momentum against fracking is palpable. Each state that bans fracking sets a precedent that families deserve to be protected from dangerous fracking, and creates momentum to ban fracking in ALL states.
Next week, that momentum is going to sweep through California, where we are helping to plan the largest anti-fracking rally the state has ever seen — the March for REAL Climate Leadership — and we need YOU to help us deliver more than half a million petitions to Governor Brown telling him to ban fracking now!
As the third largest oil-producing state in the U.S., California is already seeing huge impacts from fracking:
- Toxic air pollution is causing nosebleeds and debilitating headaches for the people who live near fracking operations.
- Millions of gallons of water are being used for fracking during the worst drought in California’s history.
- Homeowners are seeing the land beneath their houses crack as fracking causes earthquakes.
- Methane and carbon dioxide released by fracking are exacerbating the impacts of climate change.
No matter where you live, no one's health, home or community should be threatened by fracking! We won't stop until fracking is banned everywhere.
Much like the successful movement in New York, California has been building for a statewide ban on fracking from the ground up, community by community. Californians voted last fall to ban fracking in San Benito County, we've passed local bans in cities like Beverly Hills, and just this week we had another victory when Occidental Petroleum pulled its proposal to drill 200 new oil wells in Carson, CA, following more than three years of hard work and opposition from the Carson community!
We know that these victories don't come easy. Each win takes petition signatures, phone calls, rallies, lobby meetings and the time and energy of hundreds of people who care about protecting their families, communities, health and homes. And we know that in order to ban fracking in California, we are going to need EVERYONE who wants to stop fracking to stand up together and say "no more”!
Thank you for signing on and standing with us as we build the movement to ban fracking.
Sarah Alexander
Deputy Organizing Director
Food & Water Watch
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org