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IRS IG Report Confirms What We Know -- Oil Companies are Misusing Taxpayer Funds
"Oil companies using taxpayer funds to bankroll activities that put our water at risk."
Clean Water Action Says BLM Director William Perry Pendley is the Last Person Who Should be in Charge of Our Nation’s Public Lands
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced that he is extending William Perry Pendley’s tenure as Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
Michael Kelly, Director of Communications for Clean Water Action, released the following statement in response:
“William Perry Pendley is the last person who should lead an agency that is responsible for public lands. President Trump knows this, and that is why he has never formally nominated to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): the Senate would reject him.
“Pendley is an ardent supporter of selling off
Protect California's Groundwater From Injection Wells: Pass AB 1882
If you’re not looking for anything you’ll never find it. This has held true when it comes to contamination from oil and gas production in California for the last century. But the era of regulators ignoring the industry’s groundwater impacts needs to end.
Assembly Bill 1882, introduced by Assemblymember Das Williams, takes an important step by requiring water regulators to monitor our precious aquifers for pollution caused by the oil and gas injection wells.
The bill, supported by Clean Water Action and many others (here's a letter of support signed by some of California's best-known
Florida Legislative Session Ends – Water Gets Attention, Fracking Bill Dies
Earlier this month, the Florida legislature adjourned for the session, and this year water did get the attention and funding it deserved. Here are some of the highlights (and lowlights) from the 2016 legislative session.
Speaking up from the belly of the oil beast
Kern County is the "belly of the beast" for the California's oil and gas industry, where almost 80 percent of the state's oil is produced. It’s where the vast majority of the environmental and health fallout is.