Californians Shouldn’t Pay for Big Oil’s Mess

Oil companies are trying to walk away from their polluting wells and leave California taxpayers like you with a billion dollar cleanup bill. The California State Assembly recently passed a critical bill to prevent oil companies from weaseling out of cleanup costs. Now we need your help to push it through the CA State Senate.

Urge your senator to vote YES on AB 2461

The total cleanup bill for California’s oil and gas wells could cost the state $21.5 billion, and yet the industry that created this mess has set aside less than 1% to clean it up.

If the oil industry does not take financial responsibility for these wells, Californian families will be left to foot the bill for a mess they didn’t make.

The California State Assembly recently passed AB 2461 to prevent oil companies from weaseling out of cleanup costs. Now we need your help to push it through the CA State Senate.

Idle wells leak toxic contaminants like methane — leading to asthma, cancer, and other serious health conditions in nearby communities. We need to ensure that the industry cleans up its idle wells promptly or more families will be exposed to more pollution and health risks.

The oil and gas industry spends millions on lobbying so they can continue to pollute rather than taking responsibility for their mess. Your lawmakers need to feel pressure from Californians like you to ensure polluters — not taxpayers — pay to clean up toxic oil wells.

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