Today is a big day for Food & Water Watch and our supporters. We are releasing our
newest report, "The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking", which highlights why natural
gas drilling poses unacceptable risks to the American public. Extensive research
shows how the natural gas industry's use of water-intensive, dirty and unregulated
methods of extracting natural gas are compromising public health and polluting our
water. Will you take action to make sure Congress doesn't spend billion in public
money to subsidize an industry that abuses our precious water resources?
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7047 A bill being pushed by Texas oil tycoon and billionaire T. Boone Pickens has been
introduced in the House of Representatives. It would funnel billion in subsidies
to the natural gas industry while making the United States dependent on dirty shale
gas drilling for generations to come. The New Alternative Transportation to Give
Americans Solutions Act - or NAT GAS Act - might sound good from the title, but it's
really a big giveaway to the big oil and gas companies. Send an email to your
legislators urging them to oppose taxpayer investments in an industry with a history
of toxic fracking fluid spills, explosions and water contamination.
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7047 The sole purpose of the NAT GAS Act is to expand the available markets for the
natural gas industry. These companies already receive large, unnecessary subsidies
from American taxpayers. We should not repeat that mistake by further enriching this
well-established industry for developing another polluting fossil fuel source.
Send an email to your legislators today:
http://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7047 Thanks for taking action,
Meredith Begin
Education Outreach Organizer
Food and Water Watch
cleanwater@fwwatch.org P.S. - You can learn more by checking our fracking action center,
http://foodandwaterwatch.org/fracking where you can find our new report, "The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking," a map of efforts to ban fracking across the country, a calendar of events, and other tools you can use to organize in your community.
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