California Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning it May Be Contaminating Aquifers
“Our drinking water sources must be protected and preserved for the precious resources they are, not sacrificed as a garbage dump for the oil and gas industry.”
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Carson residents were robbed of our voice and the protection of our moratorium.
Carson Chamber of Commerce Union and Business Dinner and Briefing at the Carson Doubletree
The Carson Chamber of Commerce lead the charge and participated in the busing, feeding and instructing union members and the business community what to say at our public hearing. They have mailed out fraudulent claims of this project being an environmentally friendly natural gas production project. Carson Chamber of Commerce President John Wogan and Chairman Walter Neal have publicly stated they have not read the Draft Environmental Impact Report. It was also stated that the Carson Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the Oxy project.
Tommy FaaVae leading the troupes from their briefing at the Carson Doubletree to the public hearing at the Carson Community Center
Public hearing to extend moratorium on oil drilling
April 29, 2014 Public Hearing to extend temporary moratorium on the drilling, redrilling or deepening of any new or existing wells within the jurisdiction of Carson California that are associated with oil and/or gas operations.
Carson City Attorney
Carson City Attorney Wynder explains the consequences of allowing the moratorium to expire.
Gov. Jerry Brown faces Carson protesters over oil drilling project
Beverly Hills Moratorium
Hi Everyone,
I am happy to report that the city of Beverly Hills have placed a Moratorium to stop fracking and unconventional methods of oil extraction in Beverly Hills. Whooopie! This vote passed unanamously with one council member absent. They too, understand the risks associated with the methods imposed. They have 1 oil well currently in Beverly Hills and they do not plan to extend their lease when it expires in 2016. Oil drilling does not fit their current land use ordinance. Beverly Hills are celebrating their centennial anniversary this year and they plan on having a “safe and healthy environment” for the next 100 years.
I must say Beverly Hills Elected Officials were very warm and welcoming. They were appreciative of Carson and other cities coming before them to express their concerns and experience with oil drilling proposed or going on in their neighborhoods.
With many cities passing moratoriums, bans to fracking, and unconventional drilling methods, hopefully Governor Brown will get the message and stop it all together in California and support SB 1132.
Thanks Beverly Hills!
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Latrice
Our fight with Oxy is not over
By Latrice Carter
Hello Everyone,
Our fight with Oxy is not over. It’s time for ALL Carson residents to come out in numbers to the Emergency City Council Meeting on 4/29/14. If you care about your home and your neighborhood, this is the time to prove it and stand up for your rights to health, property and a safe environment in our neighborhoods. Continue reading
Union backers, anti-drilling advocates clash over Occidental project at Carson meeting
By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze
Posted: 04/16/14, 6:52 PM PDT | Updated: 1 day ago
Supporters of Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s proposed oil-and-gas drilling project in Carson made their largest showing yet at a City Council meeting this week, wearing “Jobs for Carson” buttons and holding placards.
THE CARSON LEGACY Environmental Pioneer’s Efforts Continue In Prophetic Coincidence
Written by Albert Robles
Today, Monday, April 14, 2014, we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the passing of Rachel L. Carson. She is credited by environmentalists and concerned citizens around the world as the Mother of the Environmental Movement for her pivotal role in raising awareness of man-made threats to the environment. Her seminal work, Silent Spring ignited a grassroots environmental consciousness that led to cleaner air, cleaner water and ultimately to the formation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Needless to say, Silent Spring remains required reading in environmental courses and the environmental movement she started continuous.
Submitted by Glenn White, Carson Resident
I am requesting that you please forward this email to other members of your Anti-Big Oil networks, so that they can get a sense that fracking is a worldwide problem, and what it looks like in a country where people have not raised their voices against it. And what the oil corporations are up to across the world.
From the article…
China Takes On Big Risks in Its Push for Shale Gas
New York Times
By KEITH BRADSHERAPRIL 11, 2014
JIAOSHIZHEN, China — Residents of this isolated mountain valley of terraced cornfields were just going to sleep last April when they were jolted by an enormous roar, followed by a tower of flames. A shock wave rolled across the valley, rattling windows in farmhouses and village shops, and a mysterious, pungent gas swiftly pervaded homes. Continue reading
Are our city officials and staff on top of the moratorium?
I want to know what you think. Send me an email lnoflin@carsoncaconnected.org or post your thoughts here.
It seems the moratorium will expire if there not on top of it. City Council Item #25 is a request to cancel or reschedule the April 15th council meeting. Link to item 25 staff report.
According to updated information received from our city attorney, the city must issue a report by April 22, 2014, the deadline to extend the moratorium is May 2, 2014, it requires a 10 day notice and 4/5th vote of the council.
It is very important we attend city council meetings until a satisfactory resolution of this matter is obtained and oil drilling in Carson is no longer a danger to us.
We’ve worked too hard to allow it to slip away.
Let City Council know the only thing that needs to expire is the Carson’s positions held by anyone who tries to block the extension of the Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing and Ban on New Oil Drilling in the City of Carson
Sign the No New Drilling In Populated Areas petition, ask your family and friends to sign the online petition or you can print a copy to have them sign.
Moratorium Extension versus China Trip
By Glenn White
Ten days prior to the expiration of the ordinance, the City Council must issue a written report describing the measures taken to alleviate the condition that led to the adoption of the ordinance. (Gov’t Code Section 65858(d).) As it read this it’s impossible to provide such a report earlier than the deadline date, as those conditions haven’t had their opportunity to be alleviated.
It’s Time for Carson Residents to Wake Up! It’s Time for change.
By Dr. V. Seymore
It’s time for action! It’s time for people who care to, in the words of the late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, be “sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
It’s time to stop putting off until tomorrow what we should be doing today such as becoming more involved in the present and future education of our young people.
It’s time to stop being afraid to say what’s on your mind to elected leaders and speak out. They were elected by the people, for the people and they get paid by the people and that includes you.