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Friend, [sign the petition: Our health and environment are at risk – ban fracking immediately.]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( For years the oil and gas industry has widely promoted the lie that fracking is “safe,” yet the evidence proves the opposite. Fracking leads to increased water waste, earthquakes, direct impacts to our health–including [increases]( of leukemia in children–and contributes to our ever-warming planet just like other dirty fossil fuels. Fracking is more expensive, dirtier, and [more dangerous]( than clean, renewable energy. Fracking is a key contributor to our climate emergency, and it is destroying our communities–disproportionately impacting communities of color–our health, and our environment. And it’s [depleting]( America’s groundwater. Fracking wells have increased their water usage sevenfold since 2011 and have used up nearly 1.5 trillion gallons of water. We are already facing a [groundwater crisis]( and threats to our drinking water supplies. Fracking only continues to exacerbate that. [Sign the petition: Ban fracking now!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Previously, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced the Fracking Ban Act that would ban fracking nationwide by 2025 and immediately prevent federal permits from being issued for new fracking, new pipelines, new natural gas or oil export terminals, expanded fracking, and other oil and gas infrastructure. We’re calling on Congress to reintroduce and pass the Fracking Ban Act–for our health and for the well-being of the planet. [Sign the petition to Congress: Ban fracking now!]( [SIGN THE PETITION]( Thanks for all you do, Erin Tulley, Daily Kos Daily Kos is powered by grassroots donors like you Donations from our readers and activists like you are our largest source of income. We literally can't do the work we do without your help. Please support progressive, independent news and activism with a $5 donation today. [Donate $5]( If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.