New Report Reveals Methane from Fracking as More Dangerous Than Carbon Dioxide, Biggest Climate Threat; #DontFrackOurClimate Campaign Announced NEW YORK – As the People’s Climate March approaches, experts, community leaders and actor, director and anti-fracking activist Mark Ruffalo called on President Obama Tuesday to ban fracking as a new report highlights the devastating climate effects […]
climate change, fracking, Mark Ruffalo, People's Climate March, Sandra Steingraber, Tony Ingraffea, Wenonah HauterAfter Receiving 3,400 Comments in Opposition, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Decide on Proposed Fracking Unloading Site on Ohio River Portland, Ohio – As the comment period closes on a proposed barge dock and pipeline facility on the Ohio River to dump fracking waste from as far as Texas, Americans Against Fracking urged the […]
contaminated water, fracking, wastewaterDepartment of Energy LNG reports ignore the latest science on fracking and climate change Washington, D.C. — The Americans Against Fracking coalition and allied organizations sent a letter to President Obama and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz today expressing deep concern with the Department of Energy’s flawed draft reports on LNG exports that will drive […]
climate change, exports, fracking, LNG, LNG exports, natural gasStatement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch on Behalf of Americans Against Fracking Washington, D.C. – “We applaud the bipartisan effort led by Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to pressure President Obama to consider the negative impact that exports of fracked gas will have on U.S. communities. In a […]
climate change, exports, fracking, LNG, LNG exports, natural gasMarcellus-area Representative asks Administrator McCarthy to “take any and all action” to provide relief Washington, D.C. – For the first time, members of Congress today called upon EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to “investigate and address the water contamination” in Dimock, Pennsylvania; Parker County, Texas; and Pavillion, Wyoming. In all three communities, EPA has previously withdrawn […]
contaminated water, EPA, fracking, natural gasStatement of Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch on Behalf of Americans Against Fracking Washington, D.C.— “The Obama administration has announced plans to approve a seventh liquefied natural gas facility. But who is he serving – Americans, or multi-national corporations that want to export gas overseas in order to find new markets […]
corporations, fossil fuels, fracking, liquefied natural gas, Obama, Wenonah HauterWashington, D.C.— Following a push by the Obama administration and House Speaker John Bohener to fast-track natural gas exports as leverage against Russia in the growing tensions between the nation and Ukraine, Americans Against Fracking and allied organizations today called on President Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and the United States Congress to reject […]
fracking, John Kerry, LNG, natural gas, Obama, President Obama, Russia, UkraineStatement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter on Behalf of Americans Against Fracking. Washington, D.C.— “The unfolding crisis in the Ukraine and the related tensions between Russia and the European Union have become one more justification for increasing the production of natural gas in the United States and exporting it to Europe. […]
Europe, European Union, ExxonMobil, fracking, natural gas, Obama, Russia, Ukraine, United StatesWashington, D.C. — In response to the release of the eight-month investigation ‘Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale’ by InsideClimate News, The Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel that found very dangerous air pollution and widespread health impacts, Americans Against Fracking released the following statement from John Armstrong of Frack Action on behalf of Americans Against Fracking. “The 8-month […]
air pollution, climate change, frackingDuke University Water Tests Show Water Contamination Linked to Drilling and Fracking Persists, and EPA Inspector General Report Indicates the EPA Failed to Ensure That Clean Water and Public Health are Protected Washington, D.C.— Pressure on the Obama administration to take decisive action to protect Americans from the public health and environment effects of fracking […]
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