{"id":5942,"date":"2014-12-16T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2021-05-19T01:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T01:04:10","slug":"progress-florida-sign-petition-to-support-s-b-166-to-ban-fracking-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2014\/12\/16\/progress-florida-sign-petition-to-support-s-b-166-to-ban-fracking-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress Florida: Sign Petition to Support S.B. 166 to Ban Fracking in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

The oil and gas lobbyists will stop at nothing<\/strong> to open up our state to fracking, endangering our communities. As a member of the Florida Senate who represents a district that includes our beloved Everglades, I see fracking as a real and immediate threat<\/strong> to our state, and that’s why I need your help.<\/p>\n

Sign the petition urging my colleagues in the Florida Legislature to support SB 166, which would ban fracking statewide.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. Darren Soto and I introduced this bill with the hope that Floridians would raise their voices on this issue, and they’re doing just that. I’m truly grateful for Progress Florida and the thousands<\/strong> of Floridians who have already declared their support<\/strong> for this important legislation.<\/p>\n

Check out Mark Ferrulo’s email from last week for additional background on what’s at stake. I hope you’ll add your name to the petition<\/a> and join this critical campaign<\/strong> today. Thanks for all you do to both protect and move our state forward.<\/p>\n

For Florida,<\/p>\n

Senator Dwight Bullard
\nDistrict 39<\/p>\n

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\nFrom:\u00a0Mark Ferrulo, Progress Florida<\/strong>\u00a0<info@progressflorida.org<\/a>>
\nDate: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:41 AM
\nSubject: Fracking ban introduced!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We\u2019re at an important moment in the debate over fracking<\/strong> in the Florida Everglades<\/strong>: Senators Darren Soto (D-Orlando) and Dwight Bullard (D-Miami) have introduced SB 166, a statewide ban<\/strong> on this dangerous threat to our land and water and the health of our communities.<\/p>\n

Sign our petition to the Florida Legislature saying you support a ban on fracking in Florida, and let\u2019s build momentum behind this important legislation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Progress Florida has been fighting fracking in our state throughout the year. We\u2019ve helped demonstrate that it\u2019s possible to make progress on this critical issue<\/strong> despite a governor and legislative leadership soaked in Big Oil’s money. Earlier this year, we helped stop two bills<\/strong> in the legislature that would have denied the public’s right to know what chemicals are pumped into the ground during the fracking process. When an illegal acid fracking operation<\/strong> was discovered on endangered panther habitat in the western Everglades, we helped convince the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to pull all drilling permits<\/strong> for the offending company, Hughes Co.<\/p>\n

The victories have had an important impact on the debate over fracking. Now that a statewide ban has been introduced, we can\u2019t afford to let up now<\/strong>. Let\u2019s support Sens. Soto and Bullard in this critical effort.<\/p>\n

Tell the legislature you support a statewide ban on fracking to protect the Florida we love.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As Sen. Bill Nelson wrote to state environmental officials over the summer, “We cannot tolerate expanded industrial drilling activities that pose a threat to the drinking and surface water so close to the Florida Everglades.”\u00a0The same goes for the rest of our state.<\/strong> Thanks for your help.<\/p>\n

For progress,<\/p>\n

Mark and the rest of the Progress Florida team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The oil and gas lobbyists will stop at nothing to open up our state to fracking, endangering our communities. As a member of the Florida Senate who represents a district that includes our beloved Everglades, I see fracking as a real and immediate threat to our state, and that’s why I need your help. Sign … Continue reading Progress Florida: Sign Petition to Support S.B. 166 to Ban Fracking in Florida<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6081,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5942\/revisions\/6081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}