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      'Find the Courage': 400+ Scientists, Health Providers Implore Schumer, Pelosi to Ditch Manchin Deal

      "We cannot sit by idly and watch our government advance policies that will quite literally fan the flames of the climate crisis, which is already threatening humanity."

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 22, 2022

      More than 400 scientists and health professionals on Thursday demanded top Democrats in Congress block Sen. Joe Manchin's federal permitting legislation that would fast-track more fossil fuel projects, exacerbating the climate emergency.

      "Scientists who document the evidence for harm and health professionals who treat the harm are now speaking out with one voice."

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      New Report Details Fracking's 'Widespread and Severe Harm' to Health and Climate

      "From a public health perspective and a climate perspective, stopping fracking is imperative."

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 28, 2022

      Combining findings from more than 2,000 scientific and government studies, a report published Thursday details how hydraulic fracturing has "dire impacts on public health and the climate."

      "Fracking swings a wrecking ball at our climate."

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      Scientists to Biden: World Needs 'Rapid Transition From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy'

      "Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently said 'we are on war footing' in calling for increased oil and gas production. This is backwards thinking."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 30, 2022

      "In this moment of climate emergency," five scientists began a new open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, "we write with utmost urgency to advise you and your administration to halt recent moves towards increasing fossil fuel production and instead take bold action to rapidly reduce fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure."

      "The president's fossil fuel expansion takes us deeper into climate catastrophe."

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