Oil and Gas Drilling

July 20, 2015 | Feature

Map: Crude-by-Rail Across America

Railroad shipments of volatile crude oil into America's cities have dramatically increased, with explosive results. See a map of major crude oil train accidents since 2012—and the communities that are fighting back.

June 20, 2014 | Feature

Dryden: The Town That Changed The Fracking Game

When the oil and gas industry came to the small town of Dryden, NY, with plans to start fracking, things didn’t turn out quite how they expected. Find out how a group of neighbors turned the tables on a powerful industry—and changed the fracking game forever. View the photo essay.

October 14, 2019 | Video

Rigged No More

One day, Pawnee Tribal member Walter Echo-Hawk stumbled upon a worrying scene. Next to his home, oil and gas workers were surveying for fracking. The U.S. government had approved 17 oil and gas leases on Pawnee land without consulting or even notifying the Tribal members. This is the story of how that happened, and how the Pawnee Nation fought back.

October 11, 2019 | In the News: Associated Press

Feds Seek To Move Trump Drilling Rules Challenge Out Of California

Chris Eaton, Attorney, Oceans Program, Earthjustice: “This rule affects all the country — all the coastlines.”

September 11, 2019 | Press Release

Earthjustice Statement on House Bills Banning Offshore Drilling

House bills restore offshore leasing ban, protects coastal communities from dangerous drill rigs

September 11, 2019 | Press Release

Declaración de Earthjustice Sobre Proyectos de Ley de la Cámara de Representantes que Prohíben La Perforación Mar Adentro

Estos proyectos de ley restauran la prohibición de arrendamiento para perforación mar adentro, además de proteger comunidades costeras de los peligrosos equipos de perforación rotatoria

August 6, 2019 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Huge Offshore Drilling Sale in Gulf of Mexico

Administration opens 78 million acres to oil leasing after courts block Arctic, Atlantic drilling

August 6, 2019 | Press Release

Demanda Desafía Una Enorme Venta Realizada por la Administración Trump Para La Perforación Mar Adentro en El Golfo de México

La administración abrió un arrendamiento de 78 millones de acres a compañías petroleras después de que los tribunales bloquearan la perforación en el Atlántico y el Ártico

July 27, 2019 | In the News: HuffPost

How These Neighbors Took On The Oil Company In Their Backyard And Won

Angela Johnson Meszaros, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice: “South LA deserves the same kinds of protections that predominantly white communities already had.”

July 11, 2019 | In the News: Los Angeles Times

After Aliso Canyon, A Gas Pipeline Exploded — And Californians Lost $1 Billion

Matt Vespa, Attorney, California Regional, Earthjustice: “The last thing we should be doing is throwing more and more money at the gas system that we don’t need to.”

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