<div dir="ltr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">It's a new year, but California's still fracked. And during the next few days, we have an opportunity to say something about it to those who are <em>supposed</em> to be in charge of oil drilling in California.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=EhkCaY0GMs8RFHZwrcr1Sg" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">There are only a few days left to make a public comment on proposed fracking regulations. Tell California's Department of Conservation it's time for a moratorium on fracking in California.</a></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">Right now, the California Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) is accepting public comment on their proposed regulations for fracking and other risky drilling techniques including acidizing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">But<strong> <a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=mlBxqommQNAFm_1ybYS4Ww" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">the official public commenting period ends soon.</a></strong></span></p>
<p><big><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong><a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=XL-orCfu7yWCIUpwZQkx4A" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Submit your comment here:<br>http://ecovote.org/Fracking »</a></strong></span></big></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">This is the bottom line: <strong>the proposed regulations are weak and prioritize oil industry profits over protecting our environment.</strong> They just don't go far enough to protect our environment and the health and safety of our communities from risky fracking. <strong>We are asking Governor Jerry Brown to use his authority to impose a moratorium on fracking in California.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=NrintRcr0YOCWVAbUQrTEw" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><strong>Submit your public comment now.</strong></a> It will take only a moment to tell the Department of Conservation it's time for a moratorium on fracking in California.<a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=haXBH2tmMxmDCRepCf5Dag" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><strong>http://ecovote.org/Fracking »</strong></a><br>
</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">The Department's proposed regulations, which are scheduled to go into effect on <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dashed;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="aQJ" style>January 1, 2015</span></span>, address issues such as groundwater testing, monitoring, public notice, and permitting. The Department has emergency regulations in place to address these issues in the interim. The proposed regulations are important steps in the right direction, and are being implemented thanks to efforts by advocates for the environment and public health safety to put a check on the oil industry.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif"><strong>But Californians have already waited far too long for protections from fracking. </strong>The fracking bill that passed the legislature and was signed by the governor, SB 4, was severely weakened with last-minute amendments from the oil industry. Many environmental groups that had previously supported the legislation, including CLCV, pulled our support for the bill after the bad amendments were added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">In the absence of adequate legislation to protect Californians from dangerous fracking and acidizing techniques, <strong>we ask Governor Brown to use his existing authority to immediately impose a moratorium on fracking and acidizing. <a href="http://act.ecovote.org/site/R?i=on5xlSH34yJzxwO8IK2LBw" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Submit your public comment now, and tell the Department of Conservation that we need an immediate moratorium to protect our communities from the risks of fracking.</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">Thank you for adding your voice to this important public conversation about how to protect California's people, natural resources, and climate from expanded fracking in our state!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="4" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">Communications Director</span><br><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif">California League of Conservation Voters</span></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif"><br>
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