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Tell the Trump Administration to protect drinking water!
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We know that fracking and related processes can pollute our drinking water.
That's why, in 2015, more than 1.3 million people told the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): no more waste pits, require baseline water tests, and maintain well integrity.
Together, we helped write rules to hold the industry accoutable and protect our most precious resource, clean water.
Now, President Trump wants to remove these common sense safeguards that protect water quality from fracking on public lands.
Tell the Trump Administration not to repeal the BLM's fracking rule!
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That's why, in 2015, more than 1.3 million people told the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): no more waste pits, require baseline water tests, and maintain well integrity.
Together, we helped write rules to hold the industry accoutable and protect our most precious resource, clean water.
Now, President Trump wants to remove these common sense safeguards that protect water quality from fracking on public lands.
Tell the Trump Administration not to repeal the BLM's fracking rule!
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Protect our public lands from oil and gas leasing!
BLM, the federal manager of our public lands, recently released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) analyzing 65 illegally issued leases in White River National Forest.
And there is really good news: BLM is proposing to cancel 25 of those leases!
Unfortunately, the new plan also abandons important protections for 27 other illegal leases.
These areas are just as ecologically important as the lands where BLM has proposed to cancel leases. They contain pristine wildlife habitat, roadless lands, sensitive fish species, rare plants, unstable and erosive soils.
But the FEIS isn’t a final decision. Now is our last opportunity to influence BLM.
Tell BLM to protect all our public lands that were illegally leased in White River National Forest!
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And there is really good news: BLM is proposing to cancel 25 of those leases!
Unfortunately, the new plan also abandons important protections for 27 other illegal leases.
These areas are just as ecologically important as the lands where BLM has proposed to cancel leases. They contain pristine wildlife habitat, roadless lands, sensitive fish species, rare plants, unstable and erosive soils.
But the FEIS isn’t a final decision. Now is our last opportunity to influence BLM.
Tell BLM to protect all our public lands that were illegally leased in White River National Forest!
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Estados Unidos,
fracking,
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Fracking air pollution threatens health & climate
Our addiction to fossil fuels has made climate change a real and present danger. At the same time, communities living with fracking in their backyard face a relentless attack on their health everyday, thanks to air pollution from oil and gas production.
Finally, EPA has proposed new rules to reduce fracking-related air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard, the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on fracking, will reduce climate pollutants and toxic air emissions, including known carcinogens.
We need your help to protect our climate and the health of fracking-impacted communities! Tell EPA to make the oil and gas industry cut their fracking pollution.
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Finally, EPA has proposed new rules to reduce fracking-related air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard, the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on fracking, will reduce climate pollutants and toxic air emissions, including known carcinogens.
We need your help to protect our climate and the health of fracking-impacted communities! Tell EPA to make the oil and gas industry cut their fracking pollution.
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cambio climático,
contaminación,
energías no renovables,
Estados Unidos,
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Demand the US Coast Guard to Ban Fracking Waste Now
The U.S. Coast Guard has decided to use 40-year-old regulations that fail to address hydraulic fracturing waste. Frontline community groups are outraged. The Coast Guard believes that no new rules are needed on increasing shipments of toxic, radioactive hydraulic fracturing waste. Fracking wastes contain benzene and are laced with radioactive materials like water soluble radium-226, which is linked to leukemia and bone cancers. The Coast Guard will allow these shipments on a "case-by-case" basis but the cloak of secrecy. Citizens, local governments and even water providers will not be allowed to know what is in these barges. This is un-American, we have the right to know!
Local groups like Buckeye Forest Council have been raising their voice for several years about the Coast Guard's slipshod procedures which allow barges to carry 5 million gallons each of liquid fracking wastes. The current regulations just aren't good enough!
Help us protect our nations drinking water. Please join with local activists in their petition to the Coast Guard asking that fracking waste be banned.
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Local groups like Buckeye Forest Council have been raising their voice for several years about the Coast Guard's slipshod procedures which allow barges to carry 5 million gallons each of liquid fracking wastes. The current regulations just aren't good enough!
Help us protect our nations drinking water. Please join with local activists in their petition to the Coast Guard asking that fracking waste be banned.
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Fracking air pollution threatens health & climate
Our addiction to fossil fuels has made climate change a real and present danger. At the same time, communities living with fracking in their backyard face a relentless attack on their health everyday, thanks to air pollution from oil and gas production.
Finally, EPA has proposed new rules to reduce fracking-related air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard, the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on fracking, will reduce climate pollutants and toxic air emissions, including known carcinogens.
We need your help to protect our climate and the health of fracking-impacted communities! Tell EPA to make the oil and gas industry cut their fracking pollution.
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Finally, EPA has proposed new rules to reduce fracking-related air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard, the first-ever greenhouse gas limits on fracking, will reduce climate pollutants and toxic air emissions, including known carcinogens.
We need your help to protect our climate and the health of fracking-impacted communities! Tell EPA to make the oil and gas industry cut their fracking pollution.
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Fracking air pollution threatens health & climate
Fracking-related air pollution puts our families and the environment at risk.
New rules released today by the EPA would limit this toxic air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard is the first limits on methane emissions from new and modified facilities including well pads, compressor stations, storage facilities and other infrastructure.
This is a critical first step in reining in the out-of-control oil and gas industry.
Limiting methane pollution is good for our climate. Methane is 86 times worse for climate change than carbon dioxide.
Reducing methane emissions will also help protect families living near new fracking sites and related infrastructure by lowering other harmful emissions including known carcinogens.
Thank EPA for proposing this new rule. Urge EPA to follow through with a strong rule to protect families and the environment from fracking air pollution!
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New rules released today by the EPA would limit this toxic air pollution.
The proposed Methane Pollution Standard is the first limits on methane emissions from new and modified facilities including well pads, compressor stations, storage facilities and other infrastructure.
This is a critical first step in reining in the out-of-control oil and gas industry.
Limiting methane pollution is good for our climate. Methane is 86 times worse for climate change than carbon dioxide.
Reducing methane emissions will also help protect families living near new fracking sites and related infrastructure by lowering other harmful emissions including known carcinogens.
Thank EPA for proposing this new rule. Urge EPA to follow through with a strong rule to protect families and the environment from fracking air pollution!
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Protect Big Cypress National Preserve from Fracking
Big Cypress National Preserve keeps clean water flowing to the Everglades, is home to the rare Florida panther, and provides critical habitat for nine federally listed Endangered Species.
But this national treasure is threatened by oil and gas companies that want to expand drilling in the Preserve—starting with seismic testing in preparation for fracking.
Seismic testing would require cutting down trees and vegetation, constructing roads, heavy truck traffic, noise, and pollution. It would damage a fragile natural environment and reduce access for visitors.
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But this national treasure is threatened by oil and gas companies that want to expand drilling in the Preserve—starting with seismic testing in preparation for fracking.
Seismic testing would require cutting down trees and vegetation, constructing roads, heavy truck traffic, noise, and pollution. It would damage a fragile natural environment and reduce access for visitors.
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Protect Clean Water from Toxic Fracking Waste
With nowhere else to put it, the fracking industry was sending their toxic, and sometimes radioactive wastewater to our local water treatment plants. These facilities are not designed to remove fracking chemicals, and the EPA knows it.
EPA wants to do the right thing.
Their new rule would ban fracking waste from our water treatment plants under the Clean Water Act.
EPA is saying that fracking wastewater is so dangerous there is no technology available that can make it safe. We need to act now to protect clean water.
Tell EPA to ban fracking waste from our local water treatment plants!
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EPA wants to do the right thing.
Their new rule would ban fracking waste from our water treatment plants under the Clean Water Act.
EPA is saying that fracking wastewater is so dangerous there is no technology available that can make it safe. We need to act now to protect clean water.
Tell EPA to ban fracking waste from our local water treatment plants!
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Protect communities from dangerous fracking wastes
Oil and gas regulators from Ohio to New York are failing to regulate the polluting and sometimes hazardous wastes from fracking.
Today we released a report which exposes the truth about fracking waste in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. And it's almost as ugly as the waste itself.
Regulators are failing to manage growing volumes of oil and gas waste or classify it as hazardous--and can't ensure that the public or the environment are protected.
Putting our communities at risk of exposure to dangerous waste is unacceptable.
If states can't do their job, we need the federal government to step in.
TAKE ACTION: Tell state regulators to take immediate action or hand over fracking waste to the feds!
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Today we released a report which exposes the truth about fracking waste in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. And it's almost as ugly as the waste itself.
Regulators are failing to manage growing volumes of oil and gas waste or classify it as hazardous--and can't ensure that the public or the environment are protected.
Putting our communities at risk of exposure to dangerous waste is unacceptable.
If states can't do their job, we need the federal government to step in.
TAKE ACTION: Tell state regulators to take immediate action or hand over fracking waste to the feds!
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Inspiring Actions Against Fracking
Today, at more than 300 events in 32 countries on 6 continents and 30 states, thousands of people are joining together for the Global Frackdown to fight back against big oil and gas and call on their local officials to ban fracking.
Join in the action virtually by telling the United Nations that fracking is not a sustainable energy solution!
While people are calling for bans on fracking in their local communities, we can all do our part today by sending a message to the United Nations asking them to block fracking in their Sustainable Energy for All plan. This week we delivered a letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for no fracking in the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative at the United Nations. It was signed by 250 groups in 39 countries. Ban Ki-moon has come out strongly against climate change, so it's just unacceptable that his Sustainable Energy for All Initiative allows countries to justify fracking for natural gas as a sustainable energy strategy.
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Join in the action virtually by telling the United Nations that fracking is not a sustainable energy solution!
While people are calling for bans on fracking in their local communities, we can all do our part today by sending a message to the United Nations asking them to block fracking in their Sustainable Energy for All plan. This week we delivered a letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for no fracking in the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative at the United Nations. It was signed by 250 groups in 39 countries. Ban Ki-moon has come out strongly against climate change, so it's just unacceptable that his Sustainable Energy for All Initiative allows countries to justify fracking for natural gas as a sustainable energy strategy.
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Demand Fracking Chemical Disclosure Now!
The oil and gas industry continues to hide from communities the dangerous and toxic chemicals they use for fracking.
Now, EPA is considering how frackers should disclose the chemicals they use. But there is only one option that will empower communities to make informed decisions.
Tell EPA that voluntary disclosure isn't enough, we demand mandatory disclosure!
Common sense tells us that industry won't volunteer information they know poisons our communities.
We have a right to know which fracking chemicals pollute our air and water and threaten public health. Yet industry frequently hides their toxics behind their trade secrets claims. In reality, it's not other companies they're hiding these chemicals from, it's the public.
We need to let EPA Administrator McCarthy know she should require the oil and gas industry to disclose everything.
Write to Administrator McCarthy to demand full disclosure of fracking chemicals!
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Now, EPA is considering how frackers should disclose the chemicals they use. But there is only one option that will empower communities to make informed decisions.
Tell EPA that voluntary disclosure isn't enough, we demand mandatory disclosure!
Common sense tells us that industry won't volunteer information they know poisons our communities.
We have a right to know which fracking chemicals pollute our air and water and threaten public health. Yet industry frequently hides their toxics behind their trade secrets claims. In reality, it's not other companies they're hiding these chemicals from, it's the public.
We need to let EPA Administrator McCarthy know she should require the oil and gas industry to disclose everything.
Write to Administrator McCarthy to demand full disclosure of fracking chemicals!
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Protect the Chaco Culture's Ancient Roads and Sites
The area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historic Park, in northwestern New Mexico, is under threat from fracking.
Your help is needed to send Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell a message, loud and clear, that sacred sites and ancient roads constructed a thousand years ago by ancestral Pueblo people (also known as Anasazi) should not be fracked.
Send a letter to Secretary Jewell urging protection of the lands near Chaco!
To get a sense of what's at stake, watch this amazing 4 minute film -- narrated by Peter Coyote, with the insights of Puebloan descendants and stunning aerial images of Chacoan sites -- from the upcoming documentary Written On The Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon by the folks at the Solstice Project.
We think you'll agree that these lands are far too important to frack at will. Unfortunately, the Bureau of Land Management, who oversees much of the surrounding landscape, appears ready and willing to approve permits to drill where they don't belong.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Secretary Jewell to protect Chaco National Historic Park from fracking! Act now, the BLM public commenting period ends May 28th.
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Your help is needed to send Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell a message, loud and clear, that sacred sites and ancient roads constructed a thousand years ago by ancestral Pueblo people (also known as Anasazi) should not be fracked.
Send a letter to Secretary Jewell urging protection of the lands near Chaco!
To get a sense of what's at stake, watch this amazing 4 minute film -- narrated by Peter Coyote, with the insights of Puebloan descendants and stunning aerial images of Chacoan sites -- from the upcoming documentary Written On The Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon by the folks at the Solstice Project.
We think you'll agree that these lands are far too important to frack at will. Unfortunately, the Bureau of Land Management, who oversees much of the surrounding landscape, appears ready and willing to approve permits to drill where they don't belong.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Secretary Jewell to protect Chaco National Historic Park from fracking! Act now, the BLM public commenting period ends May 28th.
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Keep toxic fracking waste off our rivers!
Fracking creates millions of gallons of wastewater that's laden with toxic and sometimes radioactive chemicals.
Now, the Coast Guard is considering allowing fracking waste to be shipped on barges down the Ohio River.
A special oil & gas industry loophole in national environmental law exempts its waste. The result? Fracking's hazardous waste is magically called nonhazardous, even though it can contain heavy metals or benzene.
o if fracking waste is sent down our rivers it won't be governed by the same safeguards as other toxics. It will be treated as nonhazardous.
Unfortunately, spills are almost inevitable -- two 2013 barge accidents have already caused serious oil spills. And when spills occur, they will contaminate the drinking water of the 3 million people who get their water from the Ohio River.
Tell the Coast Guard to keep fracking waste off our rivers!
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Now, the Coast Guard is considering allowing fracking waste to be shipped on barges down the Ohio River.
A special oil & gas industry loophole in national environmental law exempts its waste. The result? Fracking's hazardous waste is magically called nonhazardous, even though it can contain heavy metals or benzene.
o if fracking waste is sent down our rivers it won't be governed by the same safeguards as other toxics. It will be treated as nonhazardous.
Unfortunately, spills are almost inevitable -- two 2013 barge accidents have already caused serious oil spills. And when spills occur, they will contaminate the drinking water of the 3 million people who get their water from the Ohio River.
Tell the Coast Guard to keep fracking waste off our rivers!
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Obama: reopen the investigations on fracking
We need your help to protect communities living with fracking! Urge President Obama and Gina McCarthy to reopen the fracking investigations.
Over the past year, the Obama administration has advocated an "all of the above" energy strategy, including pushing for natural gas extraction from fracking. Despite clear evidence of water and air pollution that harms the families with extraction in their backyards, and a promise from the President himself not to drill unless it is done safely, the Obama administration continues to turn a blind eye to the devastation caused by oil and gas extraction.
When early results of investigations in Dimock, Pennsylvania, Parker County, Texas and Pavillion, Wyoming showed that the EPA had evidence linking gas drilling and fracking operations to groundwater contamination, the Obama administration chose to "see no evil" and abandon the investigations. Leaving impacted communities to fend for themselves.
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Over the past year, the Obama administration has advocated an "all of the above" energy strategy, including pushing for natural gas extraction from fracking. Despite clear evidence of water and air pollution that harms the families with extraction in their backyards, and a promise from the President himself not to drill unless it is done safely, the Obama administration continues to turn a blind eye to the devastation caused by oil and gas extraction.
When early results of investigations in Dimock, Pennsylvania, Parker County, Texas and Pavillion, Wyoming showed that the EPA had evidence linking gas drilling and fracking operations to groundwater contamination, the Obama administration chose to "see no evil" and abandon the investigations. Leaving impacted communities to fend for themselves.
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Fracking: investigarán la contaminación sus defensores
Tell the Obama Administration: don't put fracking advocates in charge of a fracking pollution investigation
The state of Wyoming is taking over a U.S. EPA investigation into the possible contamination of Pavillion, WY area groundwater by fracking.EPA had already concluded -- for the first time -- that fracking had polluted groundwater, and was getting their conclusion peer reviewed when Wyoming's Governor Mead announced it was taking over.
The state could only take control if the Obama administration allowed it. In allowing it, the White House is allowing the very interests who denied there was a problem in the first place to -- in essence -- investigate themselves. And now the people around Pavillion have been abandoned, their polluted drinking water unresolved.
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Fracking, Science, not secrecy
Fracking, Science, not secrecy
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a chance to set an example for how the rest of the country should protect public health from fracking's impacts.
But right now, it looks like the only example he's going to set will be a bad one.
The state's health review is proceeding under a veil of secrecy, without any chance for input from health profesionals, or directly impacted communities.
To make things worse, the state is moving forward with fracking rules before the health review is even finished -- severing science from the rulemaking process.
TAKE ACTION: Let Governor Cuomo know we're watching. Tell him to release the public health review and allow public comment.
He needs to keep his promise to allow the science to determine whether New York moves forward with fracking.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a chance to set an example for how the rest of the country should protect public health from fracking's impacts.But right now, it looks like the only example he's going to set will be a bad one.
The state's health review is proceeding under a veil of secrecy, without any chance for input from health profesionals, or directly impacted communities.
To make things worse, the state is moving forward with fracking rules before the health review is even finished -- severing science from the rulemaking process.
TAKE ACTION: Let Governor Cuomo know we're watching. Tell him to release the public health review and allow public comment.
He needs to keep his promise to allow the science to determine whether New York moves forward with fracking.
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Etiquetas:
contaminación,
energías no renovables,
Estados Unidos,
fracking,
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