To: L.A. City Council
Tell Your City Councilmember to Support the L.A. Fracking Moratorium
I urge you to protect the health and safety of Los Angeles residents and support the L.A. fracking moratorium.
Fracking and other extreme oil-production methods in Los Angeles and Orange County use dangerous chemicals. Too often, L.A. residents and their children that live near oil and gas sites report strong chemical odors in their homes, increased incidences of cancer, dizziness, headaches, nosebleeds and other respiratory ailments. No community should have to live this way.
From start to finish, fracking threatens to contaminate drinking water supplies, threaten our health, cost taxpayers in Los Angeles hundreds of millions of dollars, wreak havoc on property values, release potent greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and cause earthquakes. Please protect your constituents by voting yes on the L.A. fracking moratorium.
Why is this important?
In February, the Los Angeles City Council voted historically in 10-0 vote to draft new rules to stop fracking and toxic drilling techniques in Los Angeles - BUT now we need to officially adopt the law!
Fracking and other extreme oil-production methods in Los Angeles and Orange County use dangerous chemicals, including known carcinogens and toxins that are linked to birth defects, developmental problems in children, and can cause harm to the heart, liver, brain, immune, and respiratory systems.
Governor Brown has failed to protect Californians. Last year he signed a bad bill into law that will green-light more fracking in our state and could allow oil and gas companies to bypass basic environmental review. Since Governor Brown has failed to act, cities like Los Angeles are stepping up to protect residents.
Across the city, we are already seeing health impacts, property damage and dangerous blowouts. L.A. residents are in the line of fire when it comes to fracking and the hazardous activities related to it and the oil industry is working to bring a massive opposition to the next fracking vote. Your Councilmembers need to hear from you now.
Sign the petition to tell L.A. City Councilmembers and Mayor Garcetti to support the motion to pass a moratorium on fracking in L.A.