Did you know?

• California is the nation’s 7th largest oil-producing state.

• Oil extraction releases high, dangerous amounts of air pollution that have been connected to the cause of severe headaches, childhood leukemia, asthma symptoms, birth defects, and cardiac problems. 

• 92 percent of people living near fracking sites in California are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. 

• Communities across California are usually excluded from knowing what chemicals are being pumped by fracking companies in their neighborhoods.

• Climate change predominantly fueled by burning fossil fuels, has resulted in unprecedented natural disasters, devastating storms, historic droughts, wildfires, and extreme heat.

- Youth v. Oil