Californians Against Fracking
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| Californians Against Fracking | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | California |
| Type: | Nonprofit coalition |
| Year founded: | 2013 |
| Website: | Official website |
Californians Against Fracking is a coalition of organizations devoted to passing a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) ban in the state of California.
Mission
Californians Against Fracking has the following mission statement:
| “ | Fracking poses a direct and immediate threat to the drinking water, air, food, health, wildlife, climate and economy of California. While our state prides itself on being a leader in the fight against climate change, oil companies gear up to frack the estimated 15 billion barrels of oil in the Monterey Shale. The area is home to some of the state’s most productive farmland, critical water sources, important wildlife habitat and communities from the Salinas Valley to the Los Angeles Basin. Californians Against Fracking has come together to call for a ban in California on this dirty and dangerous practice.[1][2] | ” |
| —Californians Against Fracking Facebook page | ||
History and work
Californians Against Fracking was organized in May 2013 by a group of organizations opposed to fracking in California, including CREDO, Food and Water Watch, the Center for Biological Diversity, Environment California and Democracy for America.[1][3] The diverse coalition includes nearly 200 environmental organizations, businesses, faith leaders, health advocates, labor organizations, food producers and citizen groups. [4]
The coalition has helped organize marches and rallies across the state in support of a fracking ban.[5] In addition, Californians Against Fracking has presented Governor Jerry Brown with signed petitions and hosted screenings of the anti-fracking movies Gasland and Gasland II.[3] The organization also produced Faith Against Fracking, a film featuring leaders of the faith community expressing their opposition to fracking.[6]
Leadership
Californians Against Fracking does not have an organized leadership structure, but lists the following individuals as contacts:
- Patrick Sullivan (Center for Biological Diversity)
- Adam Scow (Food & Water Watch)
- Dan Jacobson (Environment California)
- Madeline Stano (Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment)[7]
Finances
Californians Against Fracking is a nonprofit coalition, not a registered 501(c) organization subject to financial disclosure. The coalition has received financial staffing support from the Chorus Foundation via Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc., a New York-based organization opposed to fracking.[8]
Recent news
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See also
- Food and Water Watch
- Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc.
- Fracking in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Facebook, "Californians Against Fracking," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Food and Water Watch, "Californians Against Fracking launch statewide campaign to pressure Gov. Brown to ban fracking," May 30, 2013
- ↑ Californians Against Fracking, "Members," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ PR Newswire, "Thousands of Californians confront Gov. Brown at anti-fracking protest," March 15, 2014
- ↑ EcoWatch, "Faith against fracking," May 15, 2015
- ↑ Californians Against Fracking, "Press room," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Chorus Foundation, "What we fund," accessed September 14, 2015
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