Virginia: Protect pipeline communities from COVID-19
Along with threats to clean water sources, endangered species habitat, the climate, private property, and public safety, the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) can...
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Regulators Neglected to Stop Oil and Gas Wastewater Contamination in West Virginia Creek
The United States Geological Survey recently released a scientific paper on water contamination in a West Virginia creek. USGS says that the findings...
"Fracking Brings Steep Drops in Home Values in Some Neighborhoods"
A new peer-reviewed study published in the American Economic Review has found that Pennsylvania homes located in areas using well water saw home prices drop by...
Tell the National Park Service to stop oil exploration in the home of the endangered Florida panther
This blog post was authored by Staff Attorney Alison Kelly. This past summer, the National Park Service received tens of thousands of public comments asking it...
New Rules for Fracking on Public Lands Fall Short
This blog post is co-authored with Matthew McFeeley. The Obama administration's Bureau of Land Management (a division of the Department of the Interior) today...
Federal fracking rules imminent--clean water, wild places must trump oil & gas industry interests
In late February, U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell said that publication of the Bureau of Land Management's new rules for fracking on the nation's...