Here are some sample tweets for tomorrow’s Twitter storm about SB 875, the acid mine drainage as fracking fluid bill.. Please revise them to address your legislators if they’re on Twitter. To find tweets to retweet, search #SB875 on Twitter and please include that hashtag if you write your own tweets so we can find them and retweet them too!
Scroll down for talking points you can use when you call your state reps.
Use this link to find links to their sites and to their Facebook and Twitter accounts!
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/contact.cfm?body=H
Not sure who your legislator is? Search here using your address:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/index.cfm
Join the FB event for tomorrow’s action! https://www.facebook.com/events/1467297186914238/
.@PaHouseDems Vote NO to #SB875! Acid Mine Drainage and fracking don’t mix!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 is a free-for-all – Drillers will be made free from liability as they transport and use mine water. Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 unjustly makes coal mine impacted communities bear brunt of loss of precious water. Vote NO!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 puts private interests over public need by removing solid waste regulation, environmental oversight. Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems No scientific evidence supports that mine water can be used safely in fracking. Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems Vote NO to #SB875! Acid Mine Drainage should not be used for #fracking!
.@PaHouseDems Moving mine-influenced water runs risk of contaminating clean water. Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 will increase the likelihood of pollution and lessen the ability of our agencies to control it. Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 puts special interest over public interest. Protect Pennsylvanians and our water by voting NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems You were elected to safeguard us and our water supply. Don’t ok a bill that makes it harder to do that. Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 flies in face of protections granted in Article 1 Section 27 of PA constitution. Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 will amount to a water raid in communities struggling to bring streams back to life. Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems Water is too precious to waste. Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #SB875 is the nexus of two generations of filthy fossil fuel extraction. Vote NO to #SB875 and YES to renewable energy!
.@PaHouseDems If you think AMD is safe to use in #fracking, why do you include liability protection in #SB875? Vote NO to SB875!
.@PaHouseDems Ever hear of the Precautionary Principle? http://www.precautionaryprinciple.eu/ Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems #Fracking frontline communities have enough to handle without Acid Mine Drainage contamination added in! Vote NO to #SB875!
.@PaHouseDems A state with a 37-county drought watch is in no position to waste water, even lesser quality water. Vote NO to #SB875!
Here’s what to tell them:
We are asking you in the strongest terms possible, not to vote for SB875, the coal mine water for fracking bill. Please tell leadership not to allow this bill to come to the floor for a vote and if it does, vote NO.
Why?
1. It’ s a “free for all” – Drillers will be made free from liability as they transport and use mine water, which contains pollutants even when treated. Pollution can occur as mine water is piped or trucked around and stored in basins not designed to hold pollutants but those doing it will not be held responsible, jeopardizing the public.
2. It will deplete streams of water and unjustly make coal mine impacted communities bear the brunt of the loss of precious water even in the current drought watch.
3. It benefits private interests over public need by removing solid waste regulation and environmental oversight.
4. No scientific evidence supports that mine water can be used safely in fracking, risking environmental problems drillers will not be accountable for.
Here’s what to tell your state reps!
This bill will increase the likelihood of pollution and lessen the ability of our agencies to control it, all for the benefit of special interests at the cost of the public. As elected representatives we rely on you to safeguard us and our water supplies, don’t vote for a bill that reduces the state’s ability to do that.