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<strong>Governor Brown allowed fracking waste to be illegally injected into protected aquifers!</strong>
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<p><em>Tell Governor Brown:</em>
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<strong>"You allowed the oil industry to illegally inject fracking wastewater into federally protected aquifers used for drinking water and irrigation during our historic drought. Immediately shut down all illegal oil waste injection wells, then place an emergency moratorium on fracking in California."</strong></p>
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<p>Shocking news: An EPA investigation has revealed that, in flagrant violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, California regulators have handed out <strong>over 2,500 permits to illegally inject oilfield waste into federally-protected aquifers</strong> – many of which are used for drinking water and irrigation.<sup>1</sup></p>
<p><strong>Governor Brown not only knew about this – he encouraged it.</strong></p>
<p>The problem goes back decades, but nearly half of the injections have taken place or been permitted by Governor Brown. In 2011, he even fired the state's top two oil regulators after the oil industry executives complained that mandated state environmental reviews were slowing down oil well drilling.</p>
<p><strong>Even <em>with</em> regulations, as long as fracking is allowed, public health or our precious water will be a casualty.</strong> This kind of regulatory corruption and abuse is exactly why Governor Andrew Cuomo banned fracking outright in New York state. Governor Brown must follow suit and stop fracking altogether in California.</p>
<p><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/ca_illegal_fracking_waste?t=3&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB"><strong>Tell Governor Brown: Shut down all illegal oil wastewater injection wells in California, and impose an immediate moratorium on fracking. Click here to sign the petition.</strong></a></p>
<p>Since 2011 Governor Brown received repeated warnings from the EPA that his administration wasn’t doing enough to protect groundwater from oil waste injection wells. </p>
<p><strong>Not only did he ignore these, he doubled-down for the oil industry.</strong> According to reporting by the Associated Press, in 2012 Governor Brown declared:</p>
<blockquote>"The oil rigs are moving in Kern County. We want to use our resources... our sun and all the other sources of power. It's not going to be easy. There’s going to be screw-ups. There’s going to be bankruptcies. <strong>There'll be indictments, and there'll be deaths. But we’re going to keep going. Nothing’s going to stop us.</strong>"<sup>2</sup></blockquote>
<p><em>There’ll be deaths!?! Nothing’s going to stop us!?!</em> <strong>Really Governor Brown?</strong></p>
<p>It is long past time for Governor Brown to turn the page from this stunningly dangerous and reckless approach. </p>
<p>Here’s the reality: Governor Brown clearly supports fracking and has resisted our calls to ban it. But he is in his last term as governor, he will likely not run again for office, and he doesn’t need to worry about pressure or future funding from the oil industry. </p>
<p><strong>This damning scandal, however – and how he responds to it – will help define his legacy.</strong> Making sure he hears our voices as this scandal unfolds is the best way we can make the case against fracking. </p>
<p><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/ca_illegal_fracking_waste?t=4&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB"><strong>Tell Governor Brown: Shut down all illegal oil wastewater injection wells in California, and impose an immediate moratorium on fracking. Click here to sign the petition.</strong></a></p>
<p>In response to an EPA-imposed deadline, Governor Brown's administration proposed closing up to 140 of the roughly 2,500 illegal injection wells by October. In short, far too little, far too late.</p>
<p>But even this appallingly inadequate response has prompted oil industry shills like the Western States Petroleum Association's Tupper Hull to complain that shutting down illegal injection wells would be an unreasonable burden on the oil industry. </p>
<p>Our state's devastating drought, which has forced many communities to cope with mandatory or voluntary water rationing, may not give pause to the oil industry’s dangerous thirst for profit threatening californians. But it should give pause to the governor who has been sworn to protect us. </p>
<p><a href="http://act.credoaction.com/sign/ca_illegal_fracking_waste?t=5&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB"><strong>Tell Governor Brown: Shut down all illegal oil wastewater injection wells in California, and impose an immediate moratorium on fracking. Click here to sign the petition.</strong></a></p>
<p>Thank you for fighting fracking.</p>
<p>Zack Malitz, Campaign Manager<br>
<a href="http://act.credoaction.com/go/109?t=6&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB">CREDO Action from Working Assets</a>
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1. Mike Gaworecki, <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/go/8074?t=8&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB">"California's Wastewater Injection Problem Is Way Worse Than Previously Reported,"</a> DeSmogBlog, February 11, 2015<br>
2. Ellen Knickmeyer, <a href="http://act.credoaction.com/go/8075?t=9&akid=13052.23357.jq4FSB">"California permitted oilfield discharge in protected water,"</a> Associated Press, February 6, 2015</p>
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