More Fracking Planned for Greater Chaco Region
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to offer millions of acres of public lands to the fossil fuel industry with...
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Our Public Lands Must Be Part of the Climate Change Solution
The fossil fuels found on our public lands are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Instead of addressing this problem, the Trump administrati...
Florida’s Proposed Fracking Ban Incomplete Without Acidizing
The proposed fracking ban legislation advancing through the Florida House and Senate fall short of protecting Florida’s sensitive natural resources because th...
Why Drill for Oil in Florida? Tiny Industry, Huge Risks.
Both current onshore oil production and the prospects for future oil expansion in Florida are minimal. Yet efforts continue to develop small amounts of oil and ...
Oil Search Threatens Endangered Florida Panther
The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the eastern United States, and now oil exploration and other development around the Florida Evergla...
More Qs than As at EPA Oil and Gas Wastewater Meeting
The oil and gas industry wants to dump its wastewater into our rivers and lakes, and Trump’s EPA is supposed to figure out how to let them do it....