California consumes nearly 50% of all oil exports from the
Amazon globally (nearly 1 in 9 gallons pumped in-state on
average).
We have an obligation to our
state/country/planet to change this--not by expanding oil
production in CA, or by destroying the Amazon, but by leading the
country and the world to stop using Amazonian crude oil. We
need to require California refineries to
ensure that they are not sourcing crude oil from regions where
there are human rights violations and to require refineries to
ensure that they will not source crude from areas of new drilling
in the Amazon.
PleasePleasePlease do not make California a part of
expanding, funding and profiting from the destruction of the
Amazon! This is entirely within your
decision-making process, and please make no mistake about it, your
decision affects our entire planet. This is not even slightly
and overstatement..it is fact.
As extraction communities in California (along with Indigenous
communities) both face ongoing oil spills and pollution,
it’s important that the state doesn’t rely on
increasing domestic production in order to reduce its use of Amazon
crude. We need a just and sustainable future that
doesn’t involve fossil fuel expansion at home or in the
Amazon.
Thank you for your all-important consideration,
~Elizabeth
Levy