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Due to recent findings on GHGs effects on climate change and
methane, the short-term GHG that is so much more heat-trapping than
CO2, and the high level of release of methane during fracking and
by fracked wells, the best regulation of fracking of oil wells is
to prohibit it completely. If we frack and release the methane that
fracking does, the world will have only 15 years before reaching
the goal of limiting warming to a 1.5-degree temperature rise. If
fracking is eliminated, the planet will have 50 years before
reaching this degree of heat, which will give us more time to
develop sustainable sources of energy. California is and should be
a leader in stopping climate change, and prohibiting fracking is an
increasingly important aspect of that leadership.