From: "Linda Capato - 350.org" <organizers@350.org>
Date: Aug 29, 2013 2:06 PM
Subject: 1 million vs. fracking on public lands
To: "Daniel Stafford" <aquarianm@gmail.com>
Cc:
Friends,
Last Friday, we blew our own expectations out of the water.
Organizations from across the country submitted over 1 million comments to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the agency that controls US federal lands, to say no to a new proposal to expand fracking on our public land.
This amazing response from activists from all over the country sends a loud and clear message to the BLM and the Obama administration that we will not stand for any more fracking on our lands -- we want renewable energy, and we want it right away.
Last Thursday, with our friends at Americans Against Fracking, a coalition of organizations focused on banning fracking, we delivered over 650,000 of those comments to the BLM. 350's Policy Director Jason Kowalski stood with organizations big and small who want to ban fracking, from the frontlines in Pennsylvania, to many of the national organizations tackling the issue.
Fracking threatens our climate, water and health. Time and time again we've seen fracking wells crack and water contaminated. Methane gas is one of the most potent greenhouse gases and fracking leaks a ton of it into our atmosphere. What's not leaked is burned and turned into CO2, which we already have far too much of anyways.
But together, we're showing that our movement is ready to step up to do big things to stop fracking. And that's huge.
Thank you for standing 1 million strong against fracking,
Linda
P.S. Plans are also coming together nicely for this Draw the Line on Keystone XL day of action. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, the actions that are planned are really impressive: act.350.org/event/draw_the_line/search/
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