April 16, 2019
Colorado Governor Jared Polis will sign a bill today modernizing oil and gas standards today after a groundswell of grassroots support.
March 19, 2019
To download the full report: ran.org/bankingonclimatechange2019
February 6, 2019
Today, a coalition of climate and clean water advocates are applauding the latest move to protect Maryland’s waters from dirty, dangerous fracked gas pipelines, the Maryland Pipeline and Water Protection Act (PAWPA)
January 10, 2019
LAS VEGAS — Conservation groups today announced a meeting in Las Vegas to educate the public about proposed oil leasing and fracking in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, and to receive input from Nevadans about their vision for the iconic mountain range. The Rubies are widely known for their abundant wildlife, including Nevada’s largest mule deer herd, critical priority greater sage-grouse habitat, and streams teeming with trout.
January 2, 2019
The Maryland Board of Public Works (Board) voted 3-0 to deny a crucial easement to the fracked gas Potomac Pipeline
December 13, 2018
Hundreds of people from Cowlitz County and neighboring areas attended a public hearing held by the Port of Kalama and Cowlitz County on the proposed fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery in Kalama, WA.
November 20, 2018
As the public comment period closes tomorrow on the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) proposed fracked gas facility in the Port of Tacoma, thousands of Washington residents and a coalition of advocacy organizations are raising serious concerns about the project’s climate impact.
November 13, 2018
(Kalama, WA) November 13, 2018—Today, a report written by the company proposing the world’s largest fracked-gas-to-methanol refinery was released by the Port of Kalama and Cowlitz County, WA. The proposed fossil fuel refinery is controversial because of the impacts on both local residents’ health and our climate. Despite the company’s claim that the refinery could result in a climate benefit, the refinery would consume a stunning amount of fracked gas—one-third as much gas as the entire state of Washington.
October 31, 2018
Community groups and advocates hand-delivered over 10,000 citizen protest comments to the Bureau of Land Management’s New Mexico state office in snowy Santa Fe today in opposition to an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for December that would auction off close to 100,000 acres of public lands in New Mexico for industrialized fracking.
October 2, 2018
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).