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Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition Pledges Resolve to Protect the Watershed
Groups Deeply Disturbed by DRBC Failure to Enact Full Frack Ban
Delaware River Watershed - Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition organizations denounced the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) adoption of amendments to its regulations on December 7, 2022 that will allow the importation into the Watershed of wastewater produced by fracking and will allow the export of water from the Delaware River Watershed to support fracking operations elsewhere.
The Coalition and hundreds of thousands of members of the public had called for the DRBC to vote for a COMPLETE ban on fracking wastewater
Tackling Air Pollution in Massachusetts
Clean air is a human right, but Massachusetts could be doing more to ensure that all residents have safe air to breathe, regardless of their zip code.
Keep California Safe: Oil Companies Are Risking Our Health With This Referendum
SB 1137, meant to take effect January 2023, requires oil and gas companies to keep their drilling at least 3200 ft from hospitals, schools and other vulnerable areas. Big Oil responded by filing a referendum just 3 days after it was signed into law. If they collect enough signatures, the measure will be stalled until 2024.
Calling Foul on the Texas Railroad Commission's Failure to Protect Groundwater
The Sunset Review of the Texas Railroad Commission is well underway, and on Monday, August 15 I joined dozens of other Texans to speak out at the Sunset Advisory Commission's public hearing at the State Capitol.
Oil Train Victories Across the Country
In Baltimore, Clean Water Action has been working for two years to prevent further oil train traffic from passing through our city and to make sure the City government, emergency services, and the public know all of the risks and health impacts that oil train shipments can cause. Our campaign is only a part of a nation-wide effort to stop oil trains, and the past few weeks have seen a lot of important victories and news across the country.
On August 9, the Whatcom County Council in Washington State passed an emergency moratorium on any new applications to ship unrefined fossil fuel through the