The Latest On: Fracking
August 8, 2018
| In the News: Courthouse News
Trump Probes Oil Leasing in California
Greg Loarie, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “Analyzing the impacts of fracking is like analyzing the impacts of smoking cigarettes: there’s really no question that more fracking would be terrible for California.”
July 13, 2018
| Press Release: Victory
In Stunning Victory for Finger Lakes Region, Controversial Gas Storage Project is Halted
March 22, 2018
| In the News: Public News Service
Medical Groups Publish Comprehensive Guide to Fracking Health Risks
Joel Minor, Attorney, Earthjustice: "It's important to look at all of those spills together, and think about the total volume of chemicals and fluids, and waste products that are being spilled, and look at those cumulative impacts over time."
January 24, 2018
| Press Release
Conservation and Tribal Groups Sue to Block Repeal of Federal Fracking Regulations
January 23, 2018
| Blog Post
The Trump Administration Wants to Roll Back Fracking Standards, So We’re Going to Court
January 2, 2018
| In the News: ThinkProgress
Trump Administration Officially Scraps Obama-Era Rules For Fracking On Federal Land
Michael Freeman, Attorney, Earthjustice: “What the Trump administration has done here is to abdicate its responsibility to protect public lands from the very real risks posed by modern fracking. It’s completely arbitrary. Instead, it simply amounts to a favor for Trump’s friends in the oil and gas industry.”
December 29, 2017
| In the News: Washington Post
To round out a year of rollbacks, the Trump administration just repealed key regulations on fracking
Mike Freeman, Attorney, Earthjustice: “The move today represents just another example of the Trump administration sacrificing our public lands, air and water in order to pad the bottom line of oil and gas companies.”