
While winning a ban on fracking at the federal level was always going to be difficult, our efforts at the local level are more important now than ever. (Photo: via Food & Water Watch)
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While winning a ban on fracking at the federal level was always going to be difficult, our efforts at the local level are more important now than ever. (Photo: via Food & Water Watch)
At Food & Water Watch, we have no illusions about the future: the outrageous rhetoric of the election, as well as the alternative realities created by Trump, foreshadow the battles against climate change and the corporate control of our resources we'll have to fight in the years to come.
Even more alarming was the silence on fossil fuels and climate change during election season. If it wasn't clear before, the oil and gas industry have a big ally in the Trump administration. We need look no further than the climate change denying, fossil fuel fanatics he's surrounding himself with like Scott Pruitt, the proposed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, who's being considered for secretary of state. But with climate disasters already increasing in frequency across the world, we don't have four years to wait.
That's why Food & Water Watch isn't sitting around to see what happens under the Trump administration. While winning a ban on fracking at the federal level was always going to be difficult, our efforts at the local level are more important now than ever. Even during this outrageous election, we've already won some huge local victories against the fracking industry:
The fight against fracking has always been a difficult one. Ten years ago when Food & Water Watch became the first national organization to call for a complete ban in the U.S., people told us we were picking an impossible battle. But this growing list of victories tells another story: that when we come together, we can win against oil and gas giants like Exxon, Chevron and the Koch brothers.
It's no surprise that we've scored these wins at the local level: local government is less gridlocked and more easily pressured than our national politicians, people mobilize quickly and passionately to protect their homes--and each local win helps to build up the national movement. We can still make progress under a Trump administration, and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon. With your help, we're aiming to keep fracking out of everyone's hometown.
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At Food & Water Watch, we have no illusions about the future: the outrageous rhetoric of the election, as well as the alternative realities created by Trump, foreshadow the battles against climate change and the corporate control of our resources we'll have to fight in the years to come.
Even more alarming was the silence on fossil fuels and climate change during election season. If it wasn't clear before, the oil and gas industry have a big ally in the Trump administration. We need look no further than the climate change denying, fossil fuel fanatics he's surrounding himself with like Scott Pruitt, the proposed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, who's being considered for secretary of state. But with climate disasters already increasing in frequency across the world, we don't have four years to wait.
That's why Food & Water Watch isn't sitting around to see what happens under the Trump administration. While winning a ban on fracking at the federal level was always going to be difficult, our efforts at the local level are more important now than ever. Even during this outrageous election, we've already won some huge local victories against the fracking industry:
The fight against fracking has always been a difficult one. Ten years ago when Food & Water Watch became the first national organization to call for a complete ban in the U.S., people told us we were picking an impossible battle. But this growing list of victories tells another story: that when we come together, we can win against oil and gas giants like Exxon, Chevron and the Koch brothers.
It's no surprise that we've scored these wins at the local level: local government is less gridlocked and more easily pressured than our national politicians, people mobilize quickly and passionately to protect their homes--and each local win helps to build up the national movement. We can still make progress under a Trump administration, and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon. With your help, we're aiming to keep fracking out of everyone's hometown.
At Food & Water Watch, we have no illusions about the future: the outrageous rhetoric of the election, as well as the alternative realities created by Trump, foreshadow the battles against climate change and the corporate control of our resources we'll have to fight in the years to come.
Even more alarming was the silence on fossil fuels and climate change during election season. If it wasn't clear before, the oil and gas industry have a big ally in the Trump administration. We need look no further than the climate change denying, fossil fuel fanatics he's surrounding himself with like Scott Pruitt, the proposed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, or Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, who's being considered for secretary of state. But with climate disasters already increasing in frequency across the world, we don't have four years to wait.
That's why Food & Water Watch isn't sitting around to see what happens under the Trump administration. While winning a ban on fracking at the federal level was always going to be difficult, our efforts at the local level are more important now than ever. Even during this outrageous election, we've already won some huge local victories against the fracking industry:
The fight against fracking has always been a difficult one. Ten years ago when Food & Water Watch became the first national organization to call for a complete ban in the U.S., people told us we were picking an impossible battle. But this growing list of victories tells another story: that when we come together, we can win against oil and gas giants like Exxon, Chevron and the Koch brothers.
It's no surprise that we've scored these wins at the local level: local government is less gridlocked and more easily pressured than our national politicians, people mobilize quickly and passionately to protect their homes--and each local win helps to build up the national movement. We can still make progress under a Trump administration, and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon. With your help, we're aiming to keep fracking out of everyone's hometown.