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Tell Congress: Don't Reverse Environmental And Health Safeguards!
Critical environmental and health protections are at risk. The U.S. Congress could reverse or weaken safeguards and slash federal budgets needed to implement laws meant to reduce water and air pollution and protect people’s health. These rollbacks would open doors for polluters, not protect our communities. ACT NOW: Tell your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators to protect people, not polluters!
Citizen Groups Sound Alarm on Potential Fast-Track of Risky Great Lakes Oil Tunnel
Citizens groups are raising serious concerns about the potential fast-tracking of permits for the controversial Line 5 oil tunnel beneath the Great Lakes, following its inclusion in projects that may be expedited under a recent Energy Emergency Executive Order by President Trump.
The Dirty Water Rule would mean more oil and gas wastewater in rivers and streams.
New analysis finds big impacts in oil producing states For decades, oil and gas industry growth has been enabled by slashing protections for water. Some of the most common forms of oil and gas production benefit from federal loopholes and policies that remove water protections in order to streamline permitting and cut operational costs. The aquifer exemption program in the Safe Drinking Water Act’s (SDWA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program, and the notorious Halliburton loophole that removed SDWA protections for hydraulic fracturing operations, are two of the most egregious examples
New Report Raises Questions About Colorado Oil and Gas Injection Wells and Threat to Drinking Water Sources
“Turning over aquifers to fossil fuel companies for injection should only be done with the most extreme caution - if at all. Colorado regulators do not even keep a list of which aquifers have been handed over to the industry, and EPA’s list is full of holes,” said report author, Andrew Grinberg.
“No Bomb Trains in Baltimore” Coalition Statement on Falls Road Train Derailment
On Friday afternoon, a freight train derailed over the 1900 block of Falls Road. Media outlets are reporting that at least five train cars fell at least two stories onto the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, Falls Road, and surrounding green space. Fortunately, no leaks, spills, or injuries have been reported. But this is only a matter of luck, as trains carrying hazardous materials travel through Baltimore routinely. In April 2018, Baltimore City passed the Crude Oil Terminal Prohibition, banning the construction of new and the expansion of existing crude oil terminals in Baltimore. This was the
