Chapter 3 Breaking #fracking

Breaking Fracking 

Passing along some important information 

On how to prioritize your energies 

As a Vermont voter during Town Meeting 

Or as a template for non Vermont 

Fracking Fighters 

Hi all - as some of you know, on February 22, at the Department of Public Service public forum we were told repeatedly that DPS was powerless to take action on the pipeline without the direction of the legislature. 

Towards the end of the forum we directly requested that the DPS ask the Public Service Board to reopen the certificate of public good. Again, they said they cannot do so without direction from legislature.

So…. some folks have been working to encourage legislators to provide that direction.  A few of us were at the statehouse this past week, and right off the bat the climate solutions caucus members agreed to sign onto and then delivered the letter which is here attached FYI. 

We are working on a press release to get the word out Monday morning. 

But we need to keep going.  

During town meeting:  PLEASE bring copies of the letter which you can find here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4iqV2ra98hiY2huQUtPYUgwT3M/view

and request that your representatives sign onto the letter!  Let’s get LOTS of legislator support for this - even outside the climate caucus.

Let us know what signatures you get (and we will need the signed copies ultimately to compile)! 

If you have any questions - contact me or Brian Tokar

rachel: 802 482 2848, <rsmolker@gmail.com>

brian: 802 229 0087, <briant@pshift.com>

PS: We could also quickly draft a letter of citizen support for the legislators - and collect about a million signatures.  This would help to bolster the legislators.  Secondary to the above though.

THANKS