Fracking

28 Arrested Saying: ‘Pope Francis, We Hear You’

28 Arrested Saying: ‘Pope Francis, We Hear You’

Just two weeks before Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S., where he is expected to call for urgent action to protect the world’s environment, 28 people, led by local members of the Catholic Worker Movement, formed human chains shortly after sunrise this morning across both entrances of Crestwood Midstream on Route 14. Joining the protest […]

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    Rolling Stone: ‘What’s Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?’

    Rolling Stone: ‘What’s Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?’

    In January, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on the fracking boomtown of Vernal, Utah. It described how a midwife named Donna Young was attacked and demonized for drawing attention to an increase in stillbirths in the town and its resistance to the idea that the industry that provides half its annual budget could be responsible. With its […]

    What Is the TPP and Why Is it so Bad?

    What Is the TPP and Why Is it so Bad?

    The Sierra Club put together a video to help explain in simple terms why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would threaten our ability to tackle climate change. The minute-and-a-half video, released yesterday, is part of the organization’s campaign to demand fair trade, not toxic trade. The video shows how the TPP, a massive proposed trade deal with […]

    600 Rally in Opposition to LNG Exports

    600 Rally in Opposition to LNG Exports

    On Tuesday at the capitol steps in Salem, Oregon, more than 600 people rallied to oppose LNG exports. The rally included speeches from Umatilla Tribal Leader Cathy Sampson Kruse, State Rep. Peter Buckley (D-Ashland), impacted landowners and Waterkeeper Alliance President Robert F. Kennedy Jr. [vimeo https://vimeo.com/128945174 expand=1] There are currently two proposed LNG export terminals, one in Coos Bay and […]

    How the TPP Trade Deal Could Increase Risk of Dying of Breast Cancer

    How the TPP Trade Deal Could Increase Risk of Dying of Breast Cancer

    On the surface, the fear and urgency of a new breast cancer diagnosis seems far removed from a huge international trade deal. And yet, as the executive director of Breast Cancer Action, I am acutely aware of how the highly contested Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) threatens the health and well-being of women. We must take a […]

    Are Dangerous Bomb Trains Rolling Through Your City?

    Are Dangerous Bomb Trains Rolling Through Your City?

    This week in Heimdal, North Dakota another “bomb train” derailed and exploded. These dangerous trains carrying crude-oil fracked in the Bakken Shale are rolling through the backyards of America, across rivers and streams and into major cities like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Albany, New York. Our Video of the Week from documentary filmmaker Jon Bowermaster exposes […]

    Will New FERC Chair Protect People or the Fossil Fuel Lobby?

    Will New FERC Chair Protect People or the Fossil Fuel Lobby?

    From the time I walked yesterday into the FERC building—that’s the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the most powerful and dangerous federal agency most people have never heard of—things felt and looked different. Unlike most of the other FERC commissioners, Norman Bay does not have an extensive background of work with or for the fossil fuel […]

    Watch Viral Video: Nebraska Man Asks Oil and Gas Commission One Simple Question: ‘Would You Drink It?’

    Watch Viral Video: Nebraska Man Asks Oil and Gas Commission One Simple Question: ‘Would You Drink It?’

    The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission had a public hearing last week in Sidney, Nebraska about a fracking wastewater storage well proposed by Terex Energy Corp., which wants to store its fracking wastewater from other states in Nebraska. According to Bold Nebraska, the project would move “80 truckloads carrying 10,000 barrels per day of pollution destined to be dumped into […]