More than 100 concerned citizens from across the Los Angeles area are planning a protest at City Hall in Culver City immediately before Tuesday evening’s California Dept. of Conservation Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) workshop to gather information aimed at regulating the practice of fracking.
The protest is scheduled for 5 o’clock, the meeting at 7.
Protestors stand firm that no amount of regulation will adequately protect public health and California’s precious natural resources.
They believe an outright ban on fracking isneeded.
The controversial oil and gas drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is more intensive and poses a greater risk to groundwater, air quality, climate change and public health than conventional drilling.
The state of California does not require companies to disclose if and where they are fracking.
But industry documents reveal that fracking has taken place in the counties of Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Solano, Kern, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Monterey. While some have called for better disclosure of fracking chemicals and property owner notification, these steps will not adequately protect public health, safety and the environment.
Until fracking can be proven safe, the only viable solution is a ban.
Elected officials and residents affected by fracking in Culver City, Baldwin Hills and Carson will speak along with a representative from the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch.
Mr. Pineschi may be contacted through the group Food & Water Watch at mpineschi@fwwlocal.org
Food & Water Watch, based in the Bay Area, identifies itself as a consumer group that works to ensure the food, water and fish we digest is safe, accessible and sustainable. So we can trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping shared resources under public control.
