Tag: public lands
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SkyTruth Testifies Before Congress on Fracking Disclosure Rules
The hearing was entitled “DOI Hydraulic Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication and Delay.” SkyTruth’s testimony addressed the need for public disclosure of chemicals used in fracking.
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Breaking: Interior Department Bows to Pressure from Oil and Gas Industry, Weakens Fracking Rules
EcoWatch The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed an updated set of rules governing hydraulic fracturing, on public lands today. The controversial oil and gas development technique—in which drillers blast millions of gallons of chemically treated water into the earth to force oil and gas from underground deposits—has been linked…
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Michigan Groups Rally to Stop Fracking on Public Lands
FOOD & WATER WATCH — “In the absence of state and federal intervention, local communities including elected officials and citizens must take action to protect our natural resources and our well being …
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Big Oil Rakes in Huge First Quarter Profits
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS — The five biggest oil companies are making tens of billions of dollars in profits, while paying artificially low, ineffective federal tax rates and low royalties for taking and producing oil and gas owned by all Americans …
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National Parks in Peril from Fracking
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — As the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) updates rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land …