Join Diana DeGette: Tell Congress to pass the FRAC Act

Join Diana DeGette: Tell Congress to pass the FRAC Act

The Issue

Thanks to the "Halliburton Loophole" put in place by the Bush/Cheney administration, we don't have any right to know which chemicals may be polluting our drinking water.

Hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," is an increasingly common method of drilling for natural gas.  Highly pressurized fluids mixed with toxic chemicals are blasted deep beneath the earth's surface in order to force the gas out.  And people are getting sick.

Despite numerous incidents of contamination and adverse impacts on public health, companies using fracking were given a special exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act: they don't have to report to anyone which chemicals they're using, in what amounts, and where.

This has to stop.  We have a right to know.

Please join Congresswoman Diana DeGette in calling on Congress to pass the FRAC Act (HR2267).  Sign the petition today!

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Rep. Diana DeGette for CongressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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The Issue

Thanks to the "Halliburton Loophole" put in place by the Bush/Cheney administration, we don't have any right to know which chemicals may be polluting our drinking water.

Hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," is an increasingly common method of drilling for natural gas.  Highly pressurized fluids mixed with toxic chemicals are blasted deep beneath the earth's surface in order to force the gas out.  And people are getting sick.

Despite numerous incidents of contamination and adverse impacts on public health, companies using fracking were given a special exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act: they don't have to report to anyone which chemicals they're using, in what amounts, and where.

This has to stop.  We have a right to know.

Please join Congresswoman Diana DeGette in calling on Congress to pass the FRAC Act (HR2267).  Sign the petition today!

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Rep. Diana DeGette for CongressPetition StarterPatton has spent years making an impact as an organizer, campaign manager and consultant. Online and off, his clients have consistently won tough campaigns, raising millions of dollars, driving millions of actions, moving millions of voters, and picking up a couple of Pollie Awards along the way. As a campaigner, he's run legislative races in the middle of nowhere and coordinated government relations efforts for large national advocacy groups. As a consultant, Patton developed media and strategy for Democratic candidates and unions as Senior Strategist at Compass Media Group in Chicago, provided fundraising and advocacy strategy for major nonprofits as Senior Account Executive at Donordigital in Berkeley, and did a fair bit of solo work in those fields. As Senior Campaign Strategist at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, he can't wait to tie it all together. Patton is a graduate of the University of Chicago. He lives in Oakland with his wife and a pretty awesome puppy.
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Petition created on December 1, 2011