Across the United States, communities are taking control of their futures and well-being by banning fracking within their borders. See which cities, towns, villages and counties have passed measures against this dangerous practice. These documents can be useful if you're working to ban fracking in your own community.

Find passed measures by state: California | Colorado | Connecticut | District of Columbia | Florida | Hawaii | Illinois | Indiana | Indigenous | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Texas | Vermont | Virginia | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

California

Arroyo Grande, CA

Berkeley, CA

Beverly Hills, CA

Butte County, CA

Cambria Community Services District, CA

Carson, CA

Compton, CA

Culver City, CA

Fairfax, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Community College District, CA

Mar Vista Community Council, Los Angeles, CA

Marin County, CA

Mendocino County, CA

Monterey County, CA

Oakland, CA

Oxnard, CA

Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles, CA

San Benito County, CA

San Luis Obispo, CA

Santa Cruz County, CA

San Francisco, CA

Sebastopol, CA

Sonoma, CA

Colorado

Boulder City, CO

Boulder County, CO

Broomfield, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

Erie,CO

Fort Collins, CO

Lafayette, CO

Longmont, CO

Loveland, CO

Nederland, CO

Connecticut

Connecticut State

Andover, CT

Ashford, CT

Bethel, CT

Bloomfield, CT

Bolton, CT

Branford, CT

Bridgeport, CT

Bristol, CT

Chaplin, CT

Clinton, CT

Columbia, CT

Coventry, CT

Derby, CT

Eastford, CT

East Hampton, CT

Glastonbury, CT

Greenwich, CT

Griswold, CT

Guilford, CT

Hamden, CT

Hampton, CT

Hatford, CT

Hebron, CT

Lebanon, CT

Litchfield, CT

Madison, CT

Mansfield, CT

Meridan, CT

Middletown, CT

Milford, CT

Naugatuck, CT

New Haven, CT

New London, CT

New Milford, CT

Newtown, CT

North Haven, CT

North Stonington, CT

Norwalk, CT

Pomfret, CT

Portland, CT

Prospect, CT

Redding, CT

Ridgefield, CT

Rocky Hill, CT

Stamford, CT

Stratford, CT

South Windsor, CT

Southbury, CT

Thompson, CT

Washington, CT

Weston, CT

Westport, CT

Wethersfield, CT

Willington, CT

Windham, CT

Windsor, CT

Woodbridge, CT

Woodstock, CT

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Florida

Alachua County, FL

Atlantic Beach, FL

Bay County, FL

Bonita Springs, FL

Brevard County, FL

Broward County, FL

Callahan, FL

Cape Coral, FL

Coconut Creek, FL

Cooper City, FL

Coral Springs, FL

Dade City, FL

Dania Beach, FL

Davie, FL

Deerfield Beach, FL

Ebro, FL

Escambia County, FL

Estero, FL

Fernandina Beach, FL

Flagler County, FL

Fort Myers Beach, FL

Franklin County, FL

Gadsden County, FL

Gulf County, FL

Hallandale Beach, FL

Hamilton County, FL

Hollywood, FL

Indian River County, FL

Jacksonville Beach, FL

Jefferson County, FL

Key West, FL

Lake Worth, FL

Lauderhill, FL

Leon County, FL

Leon Soil and Water Conservation District, FL

Lighthouse Point, FL

Lynn Haven, FL

Madison County, FL

Margate, FL

Marianna, FL

Marion County, FL

Martin County, FL

Mexico Beach, FL

Miami-Dade County, FL

Miramar, FL

Monroe County, FL

Monticello, FL

Neptune Beach, FL

Nassau County, FL

North Lauderdale, FL

Orange County, FL

Osceola County, FL

Palm Beach County, FL

Panama City, FL

Parkland, FL

Pasco County, FL

Pembroke Pines, FL

Plantation, FL

Pompano Beach, FL

South Miami, FL

Southwest Ranches, FL

St. Augustine, FL

St. Johns County, FL

St. Lucie County, FL

St. Petersburg, FL

Sunrise, FL

Suwannee County, FL

Tallahassee, FL

Tamarac, FL

Tampa, FL

Taylor County, FL

Union County, FL

Volusia County, FL

Wakulla County, FL

Walton County, FL

Weston, FL

Wilton Manors, FL

Hawaii

Hawai'i County, HI

Illinois

Alto Pass, IL

Anna, IL

Carbondale, IL

Jackson County, IL

Johnson County, IL

Murphysboro, IL

Pope County, IL

Indiana

Terre Haute, IN

Indigenous

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Maryland

Maryland State

Baltimore, MD

College Park, MD

Friendsville, MD

Mountain Lake Park, MD

Washington Grove, MD

Massachusetts

Chesterfield, MA

Michigan

Atlas Township, MI

Burleigh Township, MI

Cannon Township, MI

Courtland Township, MI

Cross Village Township, MI

Dearborn Heights, MI

Detroit, MI

Ferndale, MI

Heath Township, MI

Ingham County, MI

Orangeville Township, MI

Reno Township, MI

Scio Township, MI

Shelby Township, MI

Southfield, MI

Thornapple Township, MI

Waterford Township, MI

Wayne County, MI

West Bloomfield Township, MI

Yankee Springs Township, MI

Ypsilanti, MI

Minnesota

Goodhue County, MN

New Jersey

New Jersey State

Bethlehem, NJ

Bloomingdale, NJ

Bordentown Township, NJ

Byram Township, NJ

Clinton, NJ

Clinton Township, NJ

Closter, NJ

Delaware Township, NJ

Edison Township, NJ

Elizabeth, NJ

Franklin Township, Somerset County, NJ

Glassboro, NJ

Greenwich Township, NJ

Highland Park, NJ

Hillsdale, NJ

Holland, NJ

Howell Township, NJ

Lambertville, NJ

Lebanon Township, NJ

Middlesex County, NJ

Monmouth Beach, NJ

Musconetcong River Management Council, NJ

Neptune Township, NJ

New Brunswick, NJ

Paramus, NJ

Passaic County, NJ

Point Pleasant, NJ

Princeton Township, NJ

Princeton Borough, NJ

Readington, NJ

Red Bank, NJ

Rumson, NJ

Rutgers University Student Assembly Secaucus, NJ

South Brunswick Township, NJ

Stillwater, NJ

Stockton, NJ

Trenton, NJ

Union Beach, NJ

Union County, NJ

New Mexico

Las Vegas, NM

Mora County, NM

San Miguel County, NM

New York

New York State

Albany, NY

Albany County, NY

Alfred Town, NY

Alfred Village, NY

Altamont, NY

Amherst, NY

Andes, NY

Annsville, NY

Auburn, NY

Augusta, NY

Ava, NY

Avon Town, NY

Barrington, NY

Beacon, NY

Benton, NY

Berne, NY

Bethel, NY

Binghamton, NY (overturned)

Blenheim, NYBoonville Town, NY

Buffalo, NY

Burns, NY

Butternuts, NY

Brighton, NY

Bristol, NY

Brookfield, NY

Caledonia Town, NY

Camden, NY

Camillus, NY

Canandaigua, NY

Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association, NY

Canandaigua Town, NY

Carmel, NY

Caroline, NY

Cayuga County, NY

Cherry Valley, NY

Chester Town, Orange County, NY

Clinton County, NY

Cochecton, NY

Colden, NY

Conesus, NY

Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, NY

Cooperstown, NY

Copake, NY

Cortland, NY

Cortland County, NY

Cortlandt, NY

Cortlandville, NY

Danby, NY

Danube, NY

Deerfield, NY

DeWitt, NY

Dolgeville, NY

Dryden, NY

Dunkirk, NY

Eaton, NY

Elbridge, NY

Enfield, NY

Erie County, NY

Fabius, NY

Floyd, NY

Forestburgh, NY

Forestport, NY

Freeville, NY

Fulton Town, NY

Geneseo Town, NY

Geneva, NY

Geneva Town, NY

Genoa, NY

Germantown, NY

Gorham, NY

Guilderland, NY

Hartwick, NY

Homer, NY

Hopewell, NY

Hudson, NY

Huron, NY

Italy, NY

Ithaca City, NY

Ithaca Town, NY

Jerusalem, NY

Kirkland, NY

LaFayette, NY

Lancaster Town, NY

Lansing, NY

Lebanon, NY

Ledyard, NY

Lenox, NY

Lima Town, NY

Lincoln, NY

Little Falls, NY

Livonia, NY

Locke, NY

Lumberland, NY

Mamakating, NY

Manchester, NY

Manheim, NY

Marbletown, NY

Marcellus, NY

Marshall, NY

Mendon, NY

Meredith, NY

Middleburgh Town, NY

Middlefield, NY

Middlesex, NY

Milford Town, NY

Milo Town, NY

Minden, NY

Moravia, NY

Naples Town, NY

Naples Village, NY

Nassau County, NY

Newfield, NY

New Hartford, NY

New Lisbon, NY

New Paltz Town, NY

New Paltz Village, NY

Newport, NY

New York City, NY

Niagara Falls, NY

Niles, NY

Niskayuna, NY

Nunda Town, NY

Olean, NY

Olive, NY

Oneida County, NY

Oneonta, NY

Oneonta Town, NY

Onondaga County, NY

Onondaga Town, NY

Ontario County, NY

Oppenheim, NY

Orange County, NY

Otego Town, NY

Otisco Town, NY

Otsego Town, NY

Owasco, NY

Owego Village, NY

Oxford Village, NY

Palatine, NY

Paris, NY

Penfield, NY

Penn Yan, NY

Perinton, NY

Phelps, NY

Philipstown, NY

Plainfield, NY

Plattsburgh, NY

Pompey, NY

Portage Town, NY

Preble, NY

Putnam County, NY

Red Hook, NY

Remsen, NY

Rensselaerville, NY

Richmond, NY

Richmondville Town, NY

Rochester City, NY

Rochester Town, NY

Rockland County, NY

Rome, NY

Roseboom, NY

Rosendale, NY

Rush, NY

Rushford Lake Recreation District, NY

Sangerfield, NY

Saugerties, NY

Schoharie Town, NY

Scipio, NY

Seward, NY

Sennett, NY

Sharon, NY

Sharon Springs, NY

Skaneateles, NY

South Bristol, NY

Southeast, NY

Southampton Town, NY

Spafford, NY

Springfield, NY

Springwater, NY

St. Johnsville Town, NY

St. Johnsville Village, NY

Stafford, NY

Starkey, NY

Suffolk County, NY

Sullivan County, NY

Summerhill, NY

Syracuse, NY

Taghkanic, NY

Tompkins County, NY

Torrey, NY

Trenton, NY

Trumansburg, NY

Tully, NY

Tusten, NY

Ulster County, NY

Utica, NY

Ulysses, NY

Vienna, NY

Virgil, NY

Vernon, NY

Verona, NY

Wales, NY

Warwick, NY

Waterloo Town, NY

Wawarsing, NY

Wayland Town, NY

Wayne, NY

West Bloomfield, NY

Westchester County, NY

Westerlo, NY

Westmoreland, NY

West Sparta, NY

Whitesboro, NY

Whitestown, NY

Wilson Village, NY

Woodstock, NY

Yates County, NY

Yorkshire, NY

North Carolina

Anson County, NC

Asheville, NC

Bakersville, NC

Bertie County, NC

Butner, NC

Camden County, NC

Carrboro, NC

Carteret County, NC

Chapel Hill, NC

Creedmoor, NC

Currituck County, NC

Dare County, NC

Duck, NC

Durham, NC

Durham County, NC

Elizabeth City, NC

Forest Hills, NC

Franklin, NC

Granville County, NC

Greenville, NC

Hayesville, NC

Haywood County, NC

Jackson County, NC

Jones County, NC

Kill Devil Hills, NC

Marshall, NC

Orange County, NC

Pasquotank County, NC

Perquimans County, NC

Pittsboro, NC

Raleigh, NC

Southern Shores, NC

Stokes County, NC

Sunset Beach, NC

Swain County, NC

Sylva, NC

Tyrrell County, NC

Weaverville, NC

Webster, NC

Ohio

Amesville, OH

Athens, OH

Athens County, OH

Bowling Green, OH

Broadview Heights, OH

Brunswick, OH

Burton, OH

Canal Fulton, OH

Canton, OH

Chester Township, Geauga County, OH

Cincinnati, OH

Columbiana, OH

Garrettsville, OH

Girard, OH

Hartville, OH

Heath, OH

Hinckley Township, OH

Lake Erie, OH

Madison Township, Richland County, OH

Mansfield, OH

Medina Township, OH

Meyers Lake, OH

Montville Township, Medina County, OH

Munroe Falls, OH

Niles, OH

North Canton, OH

Oberlin, OH

Plain Township, OH

Randolph Township, OH

Sharon Township, Medina County, OH

South Russell, OH

Stow, OH

Summit County, OH

Weathersfield Township, OH

Yellow Springs, OH

Youngstown, OH

York Township, Medina County, OH

Oregon

Oregon State

Pennsylvania

Baldwin, PA

Buckingham Township Civic Association, PA

Easton, PA

Emsworth, PA

Ferguson Township, PA

Forest Hills, PA

Grant Township, Indiana County, PA

Harveys Lake, PA

Lanesboro, PA

Media Borough, PA

Murrysville, PA

New Hope, PA

Philadelphia, PA

Phoenixville, PA

Pittsburgh, PA

State College Borough, PA

West Homestead, PA

Wilkinsburg, PA

Texas

Bartonville, TX

Denton, TX

Dish, TX

Flower Mound, TX

Vermont

Vermont State

Virginia

Bath County, VA

Botetourt County, VA

Fairfax County Water Authority, VA

Falls Church, VA

Headwaters Soil & Water Conservation District, VA

Lynchburg, VA

Richmond County, VA

Roanoke, VA

Rockbridge County, VA

Shenandoah County, VA

Staunton, VA

Washington

Washington State

West Virginia

Lewisburg, WV

Morgantown, WV (overturned)

Pennsboro, WV

Pocahontas County Free Libraries, WV

Wellsburg, WV (repealed)

Wisconsin

Eau Claire County, WI

Ellsworth Town, WI

Holland, La Crosse County, WI

Oak Grove, Pierce County, WI

Rock Elm, WI

Wyoming

Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY



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