New Series of Ads Exposes Toxic Risks
to
Neighborhoods from Oil Wells
SACRAMENTO, Calif.,
March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Governor Gavin Newsom joins a team
of neighborhood leaders and environmental justice organizations in
a series of new ads (Regina, Tianna, Cesar, Nalleli, Community,
Governor), to be aired statewide for the Campaign for a Safe and
Healthy California. Newsom stood with former Republican Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, doctors, and
environmental justice leaders last week in launching the CA vs Big
Oil campaign to KEEP the historic law (SB1137) preventing new toxic
oil and gas drilling near schools, hospitals and neighborhoods.
"We welcome Governor Newsom joining the 'Team of Heroes' of
frontline community leaders and environmental justice organizations
in the fight to take on Big Oil on the ballot in November," said
Mabel Tsang, Political Director
of California Environmental Justice
Alliance. "Our united effort is crucial in safeguarding
our neighborhoods from the dangers of toxic oil drilling."
Below is the transcript of the ad featuring Governor
Newsom:
"Why is Big Oil attacking Governor Gavin Newsom?
It's simple.
Newsom joined community leaders to protect
mothers and kids from cancer…
Demanding no new toxic drilling in our neighborhoods.
And Newsom stood up to Big Oil's price-gouging
at the pump - empowering an independent watchdog to hold oil
companies accountable.
Now, Big Oil is attacking Newsom for joining
everyday Californians standing up to their greed.
But California
won't back down. Join the fight at CAvsBigOil.com."
Big Oil has already spent over $53
million fighting setbacks that would make existing oil and
gas wells safer by meeting tighter health and environmental
requirements within 3,200 feet of neighborhoods, schools, daycare
centers and healthcare facilities. The law also keeps new wells
from being built in these areas. To try and overturn this public
safety law, oil companies spent millions to place a deceptive
measure on the November 2024
ballot.
Nearly 30,000 oil and gas wells in California sit within 3,200 feet of homes,
schools, hospitals and other public areas, exposing nearly 3
million people, disproportionately communities of color, to
emissions that can cause birth defects, respiratory illnesses and
cancer. An independent scientific advisory panel in
2021 advised California
officials that a 3,200-foot setback between oil wells and sensitive
receptors is the minimum distance to protect public
health.
"KEEP THE LAW" campaign endorsers include public health
groups, community and faith organizations, and environmental
justice leaders from across California, working to hold oil companies
accountable for creating a public health crisis, especially for
communities of color.
For more information about our campaign, please visit our
website at: www.CAvsBigOil.com
Ad Paid for by Campaign for a Safe and Healthy
California, sponsored by nonprofit environmental and health
organizations. Ad Committee's Top Funders:
Advocacy Action Fund, Inc
Nancy Burnett
Holdfast Trust
Funding Details at www.fppc.ca.gov
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