Shut Aliso down and phase out climate-killing fossil fuels in California!

Five years ago, on October 23, 2015, SoCalGas discovered a leak at their Aliso Canyon storage facility in Los Angeles, CA, that operators failed to contain for 111 days. This massive methane and toxin release remains the largest gas blowout in U.S. history.

Today, we continue to work closely alongside frontline communities to get this dangerous facility shut down. But while families continue to suffer from the aftermath, California Governor Newsom has allowed SoCalGas to increase use of Aliso by 3000%!

With worsening droughts and climate-fueled wildfires year after year, Newsom MUST lead the fight against dirty fossil fuel infrastructure, like Aliso, that accelerate climate chaos. Nowhere else is an elected official so well positioned to boldly lead the world on combating catastrophic climate change than Governor Newsom is in California, and he has the executive authority to shut this dangerous fossil fuel facility down.

Sign below to demand that Governor Newsom SHUT Aliso down, stop all new fracking and drilling permits in California, and lead the way toward a 100% renewable energy future!

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Gov. Newsom: Shut Aliso Down and Phase Out Climate-Killing Fossil Fuels!

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Dear Governor Newsom,

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Nowhere else is an elected official so well positioned to boldly lead the world on climate action than you are in California. In light of the 5-year anniversary of the tragic SoCalGas Aliso Canyon blowout, I urge you to take immediate action to shut down Aliso Canyon and phase out climate-killing fossil fuel production in your state once and for all.

The rest of the world has watched as California communities have suffered year after year from worsening wildfires, droughts, and record-breaking temperatures. It's disappointing that in the midst of this coronavirus crisis, you would allow a 3000% increase in the use of Aliso Canyon, while green-lighting more drilling and fracking, instead of using your executive authority to combat catastrophic climate change and protect the most vulnerable.

As the leader of the world's 5th largest economy, what you decide to do in this moment is critical, and could set the bar for the rest of the world. So far, you have failed to lead. It's WAY past time that you meet the moment when it comes to climate change.

Specifically, I ask you to use your broad executive authority to:

1)  Phase out dirty fossil fuel infrastructure, starting by shutting down the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon facility;

2) Stop fracking and drilling for oil and gas in California by IMMEDIATELY ending new oil and gas permits and committing to phasing out drilling altogether, starting with a 2500-foot health and safety buffer zone;

3) Usher in a fair and just transition for workers and communities as we accelerate to 100% real clean energy for California by 2030;

4) And put the health of our communities first by making the state's response to COVID-19 a downpayment for a regenerative economy, and the beginning of a real Green New Deal.

Governor Newsom, protect public health and be a national leader in the fight against catastrophic climate change by putting an end to California's dependence on climate-killing fossil fuels.

Sincerely,

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