To: The Nevada State House, The Nevada State Senate, and Governor Steve Sisolak
Biased Program
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has come to Nevada, and the citizens of Nevada believe an unbiased party should be responsible for creating the fracking program, not agencies heavily influenced by the very industry they are tasked with overseeing.
Why is this important?
The Nevada Legislature has given the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program and regulations to the Nevada Division of Minerals and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, both which are heavily influenced by the oil and gas industry. This is a conflict of interest.
The evidence against the safety of hydraulic fracturing is extensive, yet hydraulic fracturing is occurring even before the legislatively mandated program is in place. We believe this is inappropriate.
We believe peer-reviewed, scientific evidence (including the impacts of fracking to air, water, soil, public health, seismic activity, radioactive materials, exclusion from federal environmental acts, and social justice issues) ought to be carefully reviewed by those tasked with developing the hydraulic fracturing program. Nevada’s natural resources and public health are too important not to review evidence carefully before allowing further fracking to occur.
We believe shortsighted monetary gain is being put ahead of safety and health. Therefore, we respectfully demand the Nevada Legislature ban fracking until an unbiased third party is identified to take over the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program in Nevada.