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    1. Senate President (+ 2 others)
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      • Senate President (Jeffrey Kessler)
      • Speaker of the House (Richard Thompson)
      • Governor of West Virginia (EARL RAY TOMBLIN)
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    WV4MOM West Virginians for a Moratorium on Marcellus
    Westover, WV
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Marcellus Shale drilling and hydrofracking present the opportunity for wealth to a few, jobs for some, and significant risks to the health, safety, and environment of many others. To uphold his constitutional mandate to enforce that balance "which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety"* with regard to this issue, it behooves Governor Tomblin to designate a special session of the legislature to address this complex technology and the challenges it presents in terms of regulation and oversight. Governor Tomblin must not weaken the legislation proposed by the Joint Select Committee on Marcellus, but must instead pursue strong regulation that will protect West Virginians now and in the future.

*Article III, 3-3

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Please Call a Special Session on Marcellus

Dear Governor Tomblin, President Kessler, and Speaker Thompson


We, the undersigned citizens of West Virginia, request that Governor Tomblin immediately convene a special session of the legislature to approve legislation to regulate the natural gas industry. We support strong rules and tough enforcement and oppose weakening the proposed legislation drafted by the legislature's Joint Select Committee on Marcellus.

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