Groups Urge State Lawmakers to Reconsider HB 2615 and Instead Ban Fracking Chicago, Ill.—Following the introduction of a bill that would, in effect, serve as a road map for introducing hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” to the state, 15 Illinois-based and national organizations and individuals including Illinois People’s Action, Food & Water Watch, Southern Illinoisans Against […]
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FEB 22, 2013: Americans Against Fracking Opposes Dr. Ernest Moniz for Secretary of Energy
Washington, D.C.— In anticipation of his rumored appointment of Dr. Ernest Moniz to the position of Secretary of Energy, Americans Against Fracking today urged President Obama to reconsider his selection. As director of MIT’s Energy Initiative, whose founding members include Shell, Saudi Aramco, ENI and BP Technology Ventures, Inc., Moniz has been a vocal proponent […]
FEB 13, 2013: Natural Gas Holds No Key to Our Clean Energy Future
Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter on behalf of Americans Against Fracking Washington, D.C.–”President Obama was right to proclaim the importance of speeding our transition to a clean energy future last night in his State of the Union Address, but natural gas has no place in that plan. The so-called natural […]
FEB 12, 2013: 135 National, State and Local Groups Tell Governor Cuomo to Stand Up for People, Not Pollution
In Iowa print ad, coalition urges New York governor to reject fracking in New York Des Moines, Iowa—On the eve of what could be a major decision in New York’s battle over whether to allow the process of hydraulic fracturing to take place in the state, 135 environmental, public health, faith and labor organizations ran […]
JAN 31, 2013: United States to President Obama: Protect our Future, Ban Fracking and Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
Broad-based coalition calls on the Obama administration to stand up for Americans, not the oil and gas industry Washington, D.C.—A week after President Barak Obama committed to addressing the increasing threat of global climate change in his second inaugural address, 119 local, state and national environmental, public health, consumer and faith-based organizations today called on […]
JAN 29, 2013: Americans Against Fracking Commends Maryland Legislators for Introducing Statewide Fracking Ban
Statement From Americans Against Fracking Advisory Committee Member, Biologist, Ithaca College Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Author Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. Washington, D.C. —“Americans Against Fracking, a national coalition dedicated to banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and drilling associated with fracking for oil and natural gas in the United States, commends Delegate Shane Robinson and Senator Karen […]
JAN 16, 2013: EPA Should Live Up to Its Name, Not Kowtow to the Oil and Gas Industry
Statement by Americans Against Fracking Washington, D.C.—“It is unconscionable that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is tasked with safeguarding our nation’s vital natural resources, would fold under pressure to the oil and gas industry, as detailed in an article published today by the Associated Press regarding a case in Fort Worth, Texas. “According to […]
DEC 6, 2012: Americans Against Fracking Calls for a Ban on Fracking in the United States
New Coalition of Over 100 Organizations Urges Local, State and Federal Lawmakers to Protect Americans Against Controversial, Unsafe Energy Extraction Process Washington, D.C.—A group of over 100 public health, consumer, environmental and faith-based organizations announced today the launch of Americans Against Fracking, a national coalition dedicated to banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and drilling associated […]