This week the 9th edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure came out from health leaders, Concerned Health Professionals of NY, Science & Environmental Health Network and Physicians for Social Responsibility. This ongoing research continues to be used and referenced throughout the entire planet.
Added to this compendium is a piece on the “combustion of fracked gas inside homes via kitchen stoves, hot water heaters, and furnaces” given they each create health and climate harms and a focus on case studies in California and Florida. Not unrelated, this week also produced the report from HEATED: The Urgent Need for Methane Literacy.
The effects of methane are known but not acted upon. Scientific evidence has been up against a long, well-funded effort to misinform the public and ensure the greed of oil and gas industry puppets remains thriving. Industry marketers are using terms to wage war with the future.
This strikes a specific chord in our Public Policy & Justice Organizer, Rachel Dawn Davis, as she has for over 12 years been speaking with municipal, state, and federal leadership about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, namely due to its use of copious amounts of fresh water and undisclosed chemicals. She is still baffled by the lack of knowledge amongst these decision makers; knowledge is power. The industry is hoping people remain in the dark.
People have the power to stop industry and we can prevent sacrifice zones when we realize our rights to clean air, clean water, a stable climate and healthy environment. Listen to this recent Tri-County Sustainability meeting, feature of Maya van Rossum, Green Amendment movement pioneer.
She recounts how in Pennsylvania, the Green Amendment defeated a pro-fracking law put forth by the commonwealth of PA. In Montana, industrial gold mining operations were halted; permits were voided because they violated constitutional entitlements of the people. These permits were noticeably not reissued. Prevention is the best policy; New Jersey needs a Green Amendment. If you agree, get in touch with us and help make it a reality.