Stop Fracking in IL!

Fracking-Stop-the-Frack-AttackONE Northside, along with our partners in Fair Economy Illinois, worked hard a couple years ago to stop fracking (a dangerous method of oil and gas drilling) from occurring in Illinois. By generating tens of thousands of comments we effectively created a moratorium for over a year as the fracking lobby tried to legalize the activity. They ultimately prevailed and fracking became legal in Illinois. This month, the first permit was requested under the new law to frack in southern Illinois.

The permit is woefully inadequate and our partners downstate are requesting that we submit comments to block the permit from being approved. Will you take two minutes today to block this fracking permit from being approved? Fracking is dangerous for the earth and for communities’ ability to access clean drinking water.

Here are the instructions to submit comments to oppose the first fracking permit requested for southern IL. 5pm TODAY (7/28) is the deadline for submission.

  1. Open Woolsey-Application-Comments-07.28.17.
  2. Copy and paste all of the content in the document into a new email.
  3. Fill in your name and phone number at the end of the letter portion (~4th paragraph)
  4. Put “HVHHF #000001″ in the Subject Line of the e-mail as well as the body.
  5. Send the e-mail  to:  DNR.HFPublicComments@illinois.gov

Please spread the word to colleagues and friends who want to stop fracking. Please email hgelder[at]onenorthside[dot]org to report your comment.

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mission

Organizing Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside is a mixed-income, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization that unites our diverse communities. We build collective power to eliminate injustice through bold and innovative community organizing. We accomplish this through developing grassroots leaders and acting together to effect change.

vision

ONE Northside organizes people from over 100 institutions, as well as individual community residents, from Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Ravenswood, North Center, Lake View, and Lincoln Park.

merger background

Organization Neighborhoods for Equality: Northside (ONE Northside) is a community organization resulting from the merger of Lakeview Action Coalition and Organization of the Northeast. Together, ONE and LAC have a history of nearly 60 years of powerful and effective community organizing. ONE Northside started on July 1, 2013.