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Over 570 Groups Endorse Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's Fracking Ban Act as
'Essential and Urgent Climate Action'
More than 570 national, regional, and local groups signed on to a letter Thursday endorsing the first-ever national legislation that would immediately prohibit federal permits for new fracking or related infrastructure and fully ban the practice in the United States beginning in 2025.
"At a time when study after study reveals the urgent need to rapidly move away from fossil fuels and onto 100% renewable energy, we write to express our strong support for the Fracking Ban Act," declares the letter (pdf), organized by the national advocacy group Food & Water Action. "As we witness increasingly extreme impacts of the climate crisis, the federal government must act to stop the expansion of fossil fuels."
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The Fracking Ban Act (S. 3247/H. 5857) was introduced in the upper chamber last month by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a top 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and in the lower chamber last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), a supporter of Sanders' presidential campaign and the main House sponsor of the Green New Deal.
"The science is clear: fracking is a leading contributor to our climate emergency. It is destroying our land. It is destroying our water and it is wreaking havoc on our communities' health," Ocasio-Cortez said in January. Sanders added that "if we are serious about clean air and drinking water, if we are serious about combating climate change, the only safe and sane way to move forward is to ban fracking nationwide."
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Uncle Joe
Feb 2020
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jimfields33
(15,948 posts)1. Now that's pretty major
If they have 25,000 members of each group and thats low end of what the membership is, that is 12,600 members. Thats quite remarkable. Its probably close to 50 million at least. I hope we can get a membership number.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)2. I don't believe
the numbers would be that high but it's still a good thing.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
jimfields33
(15,948 posts)3. You are most likely right
My numbers were total guesses.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Squinch
(51,004 posts)4. They don't have a fracking ban. They have a suggestion for a fracking ban.
They haven't passed any bill. As usual.
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