1. Share Don't Frack Michigan's educational materials with others.
2. Write or call respected environmental and conservation advocates and your representatives. Tell them we must move beyond fossil fuels. Inform them that they must demand the EPA and DOE close the Hydraulic Fracturing exemptions and loopholes to the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Demand an end to Fossil Fuel Subsidies. When the planning field is leveled, Safe Renewable Energy Resources (Wind, Solar, Conservation and Energy Efficiency) can compete successfully.
A. President Obama: Comment line – 202-456-1111
White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20500
B. Senator Carl Levin – 202-224-6221
269 Russell, Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510
Senator Debbie Stabenow – 202-224-4822
702 Hart, Senate Bldg., Washington, DC 20510
C. Congressman Dan Benishek – 202-225-4735 or Petoskey – 231-348-0657
514 Cannon, HOB, Washington, DC 20515
3. Organize discussions on fracking at your home or community center with family, friends and neighbors. Share our educational materials from our website and other sources.
4. Write or call respected environmental and conservation advocates. Inform them that fracking is inherently destructive and cannot be successfully regulated.
5. Inform all candidates for public office that they should understand the causes and costs of extreme climate change...make your vote count by demanding an end to subsidies and loopholes for fossil fuels.
6. Learn about renewable energy resources and lobby your community, state and national representatives to work for a clean energy future.
7. Write or call Governor Rick Snyder – 517-373-3400
P.O. Box 30013, Executive Office, 2nd Floor, George Romney Blvd., Lansing, Mich.
48909
8. Write or call State Senator Howard Walker – 517-373-2413
P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, Mi. 48909
9. Write or call State Representatives: P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, Mi. 48909
A. 104th – Wayne Schmidt – 517-373-1766
B. 105th – Greg MacMaster – 517-373-0829
C. 106th – Peter Pettalia – 517-373-0833
D. 107th – Frank Foster – 517-373-2629
10. Write Letters to the Editors of ALL our local newspapers:
Antrim Review: editor@antrimreview.net
Boyne City Gazette: editor@boynegazette.com
Charlevoix Courier: news@charlevoixcourier.com
Cheboygan Daily Tribune: zbritton@cheboygantribune.com
Elk Rapids News: erneditor@sbcglobal.net
Gaylord Herald Times: editor@gaylordheraldtimes.com
Harbor Light: news@ncpublish.com.
Northern Express: info@northernexpress.com
Onaway/Rogers City Advance: editor@piadvance.com
Petoskey News Review: news@petoskeynewsreview.com
Traverse City Record Eagle: letters@record-eagle.com
11. Attend city, county and township meetings, give a brief presentation on the dangers of fracking and ask each governmental body to support a ban of the practice.
12. Sign Ban Michigan Fracking's ballot initiative to ban fracking in Michigan. www.banmichiganfracking.org
DFM has an information packet available to anyone interested in doing a presentation for any local group (townships, chamber of commerce, professional and fraternal organizations, lake and river associations, etc...)
For More Information Please Contact:
DON'T FRACK MICHIGAN
www.dontfrackmichigan.org
P.O. Box 65, Afton, Mi. 49705