Please make your voice heard today by demanding the County TAKE ACTION to investigate and monitor idle oil wells in order to protect our health, climate, and environment.
Oil and gas companies sometimes “idle” their wells for many years, for instance in response to falling oil and gas prices, and the longer they sit idle the more likely they are to leak methane and contaminate our groundwater and farmland.
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury released a dire report finding that right now over 1,300 idle oil wells pose a grave threat and that the County and State lack the resources to sufficiently ensure protection of our environment and community health.
Click to send a prepared letter using suggested talking points, in addition to your own comments.
Speak at the Virtual Public Meeting on May, 24. The link to register to comment will be available Thursday afternoon, May 19.
