Action Expired

Late last year, the NC Mining & Energy Commission finalized rules that are scheduled to take effect this Spring, allowing the state to issue permits for fracking in North Carolina. In other states, fracking has caused a litany of harmful impacts.

With the start of the state legislative session, our state legislators have one more opportunity to reject these rules and decide that fracking is the wrong choice for North Carolina.

Bills have been introduced in the N.C. House and Senate to disapprove the fracking rules, blocking the issuance of permits.

Please call your legislators TODAY asking them to cosponsor these disapproval bills and stand against fracking in North Carolina. 

Talking points:

• Fracking is not right for North Carolina.  In other states where it is ongoing, fracking has polluted drinking water, released toxic air pollution, and damaged landscapes.  It threatens public health, disrupts communities, and destroys neighbors’ property values and quality of life.  We don’t need that here.
• The fracking rules adopted by the Mining & Energy Commission last year will not protect North Carolinians from these impacts.  Rep. Reives’ disapproval bill, if enacted, would block the issuance of fracking permits and thus keep this industry from coming to our state.  We hope you will cosponsor the fracking disapproval bill and make clear your opposition to fracking in North Carolina.