Data on over 10,000 pregnancies in Pennsylvania from 2009 to 2013 show odds of premature births increase 40 percent when expectant mothers live in heavily fracked communities Washington, DC — In peer-reviewed research published last week in Epidemiology, a high-impact public health journal, scientists from Johns Hopkins, Brown, UC-San Francisco and UC-Berkeley reported that shale gas drilling, […]
birth weight, fracking, Johns Hopkins, moms, mothers, natural gas, Pennsylvania, premature birth, public health, Sandra SteingraberDepartment 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 In all three communities, EPA has previously withdrawn […]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 gasWashington, 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. […]
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