Tag: public lands
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Groundbreaking Report Calculates Damage Done by Fracking
As federal policy makers decide on rules for fracking on public lands, a new report calculates the toll of this dirty drilling on our environment, including 280 billion gallons of toxic wastewater generated by fracking in 2012 …
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Oil and Gas Industry Won’t Feel Much Pain Despite Government Shutdown
National parks are closed to everyone but oil and gas drillers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will furlough 94 percent of its employees, leaving Americans vulnerable with …
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Government Shutdown Would Close Public Lands
If there is not a last minute deal for a temporary budget extension passed by midnight, the U. S. government will partially shut down. ”Essential services” will continue without a budget. However, the public lands will be shuttered to public access …
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650,000 Comments Call on Obama Administration to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Yesterday, a coalition of 276 environmental and consumer organizations delivered to President Obama and the BLM nearly 650,000 public comments asking the federal government to ban fracking on public lands …
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Protect Public Lands From the Fracking Frenzy
BLM’s proposed rules are too weak and pave the way for corporate profits at the expense of our American treasures. But we have an opportunity to tell the federal government to take the only real path to protect us and our national treasures.