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Fracking

Pump jacks operate at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracturing site in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California. (Photo: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

California's New Fossil Fuel Pledge 'Significant' But Still a 'Half-Measure,' Say Climate Advocates

"The challenge now is to speed up the timeline so that it meets the urgency that science and justice demand."

Kenny Stancil ·

Climate activists with Stop the Money Pipeline held a rally in midtown Manhattan on March 3, 2021, at BlackRocks HQ and then JP Morgan Chase HQ, two of the worlds biggest funders of climate destruction, to urge the two companies to end their support for the dangerous proposed Line 3 pipeline project, and stop funding fossil fuels and forest destruction. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'The Climate Emergency Is Not Coming. It Is Here': Local Officials Across US Demand Fracking Ban

"It's time for our leaders in Washington to tackle the climate crisis now, not later. This means halting fracking and fossil fuel projects, period."

Jenna McGuire ·

Delaware river and Neshaminy State Park, Tidal Marsh Natural Area, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Gas Export Terminal on Delaware River Moves NJ Away From Its Renewable Resources Goal

Creation of a gas export terminal is a backward-looking, short-sighted, risky project for New Jersey and the region.

Elizabeth Cerceo ·

Deb Haaland, nominee to be Interior Secretary, attends President Joe Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

Schumer Vows to Push Through 'Republican Obstruction' and Confirm Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

The Senate majority leader said he "just filed cloture to move ahead" with the New Mexico congresswoman's nomination.

Brett Wilkins ·

"A real transition to a clean energy future can and must begin with a halt to new fracking—first on federal lands, and everywhere else soon after," says Food & Water Action executive director Wenonah Hauter. (Photo: michael_swan/flickr/cc)

A 'Green New Dud'? Progressives Warn House Climate Bill 'Fails to Grasp the Fundamental Truth' of Planetary Crisis

"Democrats should be making a big, bold push on climate—and the CLEAN Future Act is simply not strong enough."

Brett Wilkins ·

The Belski Valve Yard is located in Daisytown, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

Investigation Into Chemical Exposure From Fracking in Pennsylvania Provokes Call for Rapid Phaseout

"Pennsylvania's children should not be used as laboratory rats," said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking "an uncontrolled human experiment" that involves "toxic exposures."

Jessica Corbett ·

Opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project is visible on a roadside sign in Bent Mountain, Virginia. (Photo: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Investors Managing $250 Billion in Assets Call on Big Banks to Stop Funding Mountain Valley Pipeline

"The institutions dumping funds into this unnecessary fracked gas project are just pouring their money into a 300-mile long money pit," said a Sierra Club staffer.

Kenny Stancil ·

California Governor Gavin Newsom wears a face mask as he prepares to give a briefing after touring a Covid-19 vaccination site on February 22, 2021 in Long Beach. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Avowed Climate Champion Gavin Newsom Sued for 'Completely Unacceptable' Approval of Oil and Gas Projects in California

"Newsom can't protect our health and climate while giving thousands of illegal permits each year to this dirty and dangerous industry. We need the courts to step in and stop this."

Brett Wilkins ·

Members of the European Parliament rally against fracked gas in 2012. (Credit: flickr / cc / greensefa)

Reality 'Starting to Sink In,' Says McKibben, After European Investment Bank Chief Admits 'Gas Is Over'

"There's nothing clean about gas—it's not a 'transition fuel' or a 'bridge fuel,' it's a dirty fossil fuel just like coal and oil," said Greenpeace EU. "It's time to stop bankrolling the #ClimateEmergency and stop public money back gas projects."

Jon Queally ·

A deep injection well used for disposal of wastewater is seen in California's Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, which has endured a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. (Photo: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

'The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Terrified': Gas Company Sues to Destroy Small Town's Rights of Nature Law

"PGE throwing another lawsuit at us to try to bring us to heel, when our community has overwhelmingly said 'hell no' multiple times."

Jessica Corbett ·

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