Tag: public lands
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Harvard Study: FracFocus Fails to Provide Adequate Disclosure for Fracking Chemicals
EARTHWORKS — Thanks to two great stories by E&E’s Mike Soraghan, we know that the Harvard Law School has evaluated FracFocus.org and found government (and the public) shouldn’t …
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Tim DeChristopher’s Peaceful Uprising
WILD IDAHO RISING TIDE — Only one day after his release from federal prison, Peaceful Uprising, Gage and Gage Productions and Gathr Films are celebrating and welcoming Tim home, with echoes of love, joy and resolve resonating across the country. On Earth Day, April 22 …
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Groups Sue Interior Secretary to Protect California Public Lands From Fracking
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY / SIERRA CLUB — By opening up this land to oil exploitation, the Obama Administration is putting our air and water at risk of contamination by dangerous fracking chemicals …
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Groups Call for Moratorium on Powder River Coal in Letter to New Interior Secretary Jewell
Greenpeace — The leaders of 21 organizations welcomed Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to her first day on the job with a letter calling for “an immediate moratorium on new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin and a comprehensive review of …
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VIDEO: A Boom With No Boundaries—How Oil and Gas Drilling is Damaging Our Public Lands
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — A Boom With No Boundaries explores how one of America’s 59 national parks is already being affected by the pollution, traffic and noise associated with oil and gas drilling. And this is only the beginning of the problems, as …