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#StopBernhardt!
Last week we organized to oppose President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Interior. David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist and lawyer with extensive conflicts of interest, has used his position at DOI to harm America’s public lands, waters and wildlife and gut some of the nation’s landmark conservation victories at the behest of corporate special interests. This Swamp Creature is the essence of the Trump administration’s culture of corruption and is unfit to lead the department.
An abbreviated list of the problems Deputy Secretary Bernhardt’s nomination:
The former fossilThe 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.
Extreme Weather Highlights Urgent Need for Energy Infrastructure Updates Across Midwest
Recent IPCC and federal studies are clear: we have to act now. Bold decisions are needed to decarbonize power girds and invest in renewable energy sources to . The polar vortex and deep freeze across the Midwest is another reminder that we need strong local and state leadership to fill the vacuum created by a federal pull back on action on climate.
Oil Companies on the Section 45Q Tax Credit: Take the Money and Run
“This is not a minor reporting error. This looks like flagrant noncompliance with a fundamental requirement that gauges the efficacy of carbon capture and storage technology as a climate mitigation tool. 45Q is close to useless without secure geological storage. The industry just took the money and ran,” said John Noel, National Oil & Gas Program Director.