BREAKING NEWS!  The House passed a statewide fracking ban bill (HB1325) last week! Now, it's time for the Senate to do it's job and pass a ban bill this week!  We urge you to call Senator Mike Miller (888-997-5380) and to send emails TODAY to support HB1325 and SB740! The moratorium ends this October 2017 and regulations are not enough. We need to #DontFrackMD!

We're running out of time! The Senate needs to act next week to pass a statewide fracking ban bill. Call Senator Miller at 888-997-5380!

Here's what to say:
"My name is ____ and I live in ____. I’m part of the majority of Marylanders opposed to fracking in our state. The House passed a ban bill and now the Senate should do the same. Please support only a statewide ban on fracking in Maryland, and bring the fracking ban bill up for a vote in the Senate.”

The latest tactic by the American Petroleum Institute is alarming. They are robo calling residents all over Maryland requesting they call or write their state representatives to support natural gas in Maryland. We know that our fight to ban fracking must be working if API is now spending lots of money in Maryland. They may also be worried about the fight over the TransCanada Eastern Panhandle Connector pipeline that will run under the Potomac River in Hancock.

I am asking each of you to write (use form on the right) or call your state representative and tell them:

• They should support legislation that bans fracking statewide (SB740 and HB1325) and not a moratorium.
• Pipelines are not good for Maryland, especially when they are drilled under the Potomac and other sensitive streams with vulnerable geology (Karst). This pipeline is part of a regional plan to export fracked gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale to foreign markets out of Dominion’s gas export facility at Cove Point on the Chesapeake Bay.
• The National Park Service’s job is to protect public lands like the C&O Canal that belong to all Americans, not give private corporations easements to build pipelines that will lead to more fossil fuel burning and climate change impacts. Tell them that the National Park Service can say no to the pipeline and stop the process before it even gets started. Ask them to call the NPS C&O Canal office at (301) 739-4200 and tell them to say no to the pipeline and not grant the gas company’s request to survey the national park.

Please do this now. Call Senator Mike Miller at 888-997-5380). Send an email with the form to the right. Or call your Senator (find their number here).

Thank you!

Brent Walls, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

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