[Community Rights Network] FYI Santa Barbara InitiativeWhy a Ban on Fracking is Critical for the Climate (SBView)

[Shannon Biggs]

HI all in Mendocino!

from my amazing friend and ally Becca in SB, on their signature gathering.
Thought you might appreciate their all volunteer effort and if you want to
connect with them for any tips (sharing or receiving) or to cheer each other
on, I can probably arrange it.

Best, Shannon 


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From: Rebecca Claassen <2chiroclaassen at gmail.com>
Reply-To: <2chiroclaassen at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:52:06 -0700
To: JEANNE BLACKWELL <jeannewater at gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Ferrazzi <ccfascdirector at gmail.com>, Rose Braz
<rbraz at biologicaldiversity.org>, "CAF_Members at googlegroups.com"
<CAF_Members at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [CAF_Members] The news from butte

Our local volunteers got kicked out of Whole Foods all last week because
Green Peace was their gathering for something else. Pretty annoying
considering the fact that we are in a really rushed timeline and they were
from Orange County and getting paid. Local volunteer efforts should get
priority. Or maybe I'm just a little stressed! haha:)

We are up to 8000 in 10 days and have 14 days to get 10,000 more:) Feels so
good that it has been 100% volunteer thus far!


Rebecca
Santa Barbara County Water Guardians
<http://www.sbcountywaterguardians.org/>
350SB.org <http://350SB.org>
Citizens Climate Lobby <http://citizensclimatelobby.org/>
(805) 865-2231
"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible
before they were done." Louis D. Brandeis

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On 4/15/14 11:52 PM, "Baile Oakes" <baileoakes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Another gem from Rachel Binah
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>>> From: Jillian Johnson <cookiesinheaven at gmail.com>
>>> Date: April 15, 2014 1:38:06 PM PDT
>>> To: unfrack-california at googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: [unfrack-california] Why a Ban on Fracking is Critical for the
>>> Climate (SBView)
>>> Reply-To: unfrack-california at googlegroups.com
>>> 
>>>  
>>> High-intensity oil production could triple County greenhouse gas emissions.
>>> World powers are running out of time to slash their use of high-polluting
>>> fossil fuels and stay below agreed limits on global warming. This is the
>>> conclusion of a draft U.N. study to be approved this week at a meeting of
>>> government officials and climate scientists in Berlin.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Santa Barbara County voters will likely have a chance to choose whether they
>>> want be a part of the solution or part of the problem. An organization
>>> called the Water Guardians is currently collecting signatures to qualify an
>>> initiative to ban fracking and other high-intensity petroleum production in
>>> Santa Barbara County for the November ballot. Whether this effort succeeds
>>> or fails will likely determine greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade
>>> in our County ­ a critical period during which we need to reduce emissions
>>> in order to head-off the worst impacts of climate change.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The Water Guardians Initiative proposes to ban high-intensity oil
>>> production: Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in which water, chemicals and
>>> sand are blasted underground to break up the rock and extract oil;
>>> acidizing, which adds hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid to dissolve the
>>> rock to extract oil; and cyclic steam injection, which uses large amounts of
>>> water, steam and energy to heat the thick, heavy oil so it will flow more
>>> readily. There are many local environmental concerns with these techniques
>>> which can lead to air pollution and water contamination, and expansion of
>>> these techniques would also lead to large increases in greenhouse gas
>>> emissions in the County.
>>> Unlike in other parts of the country where fracking for natural gas occurs
>>> which produces less carbon dioxide when burned than coal and oil, in
>>> California, the fracking of the Monterrey Shale is for oil with no potential
>>> climate benefit. Since the Monterey Shale formation that extends throughout
>>> California is potentially one of the largest shale oil reserves in the
>>> country, a ramp up in unconventional oil production would increase state
>>> emissions and hinder the state¹s ability to take a lead in reducing
>>> emissions and transitioning to cleaner sources of energy.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In Santa Barbara County, one company alone (Santa Maria Energy) has 7,700
>>> possible well locations. Using the same rate of emissions per well as their
>>> current well project, that works out to 4,971,029 tons of greenhouse gases
>>> per year. That is the equivalent of almost one million cars, and it is
>>> nearly three times the total current total Countywide emissions. That is
>>> just to extract the oil. It doesn¹t include additional emissions from
>>> transporting, refining or burning that oil.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> That is a staggering number. It means that Santa Barbara County could
>>> eliminate a hundred percent of its emissions ‹ stop driving, get all our
>>> power from solar and wind, eliminate all agricultural emissions ‹ and still
>>> triple emissions in the County just from this oil extraction.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nor is Santa Maria Energy the only company making big investments in these
>>> carbon-intensive forms of oil production. One Chinese mining company,
>>> Beijing-based Goldleaf Jewelry Co, just invested $665 million and is ramping
>>> up production in North County. The Water Guardian¹s Initiative would protect
>>> the air, water and environment that make the County a desirable place to
>>> work and live from these outside speculators.
>>> Santa Barbara County should take a lead in rejecting the most polluting
>>> forms of oil production and transitioning to clean sources of energy. Of all
>>> the things we can do locally in regard to climate change, this would have
>>> the highest impact and is critically important at this time. The stakes
>>> could not be greater. Our actions now will determine the future liveability
>>> of the planet.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr. Catherine Gautier is professor emerita with the Geography Department at
>>> the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was one of 21 climate
>>> scientists who signed a letter to Governor Jerry Brown calling for a halt to
>>> fracking and other unconventional well stimulation techniques in the state
>>> due to climate concerns. She is also co-author of a recent academic book on
>>> fracking and Shale gas extraction published in November 2013 by Odile Jocob,
>>> France.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.santabarbaraview.com/why-a-ban-on-fracking-is-critical-for-the-cl
>>> imate65636/
>>> 
>>> 
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