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Remembering The Kalamazoo
On July 25th 2010, a oil pipeline burst in Marshall, Michigan. 17 hours later and over 1.1 million gallons later, someone noticed.
Public Members Resign from Sham San Joaquin Valley Air District Advisory Workgroup
All three public representatives to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District’s Emission Reduction Credit (ERC) Public Advisory Workgroup (PAW) are resigning. Along with overall frustrations with lack of accountability for systemic failures and for poor facilitation of the PAW, they are resigning in response to a two part, damning exposé from Aarón Cantú at Capital and Main showing that the fake and overvalued credits were cashed in by the oil industry to continue dangerous drilling harmful.
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.
