The Latest On: Fracking
Michael Freeman, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “The effect of that [rescinded rule] was to leave all oil and gas development on federal lands in this country subject to really outdated and inadequate federal standards of our lands and our water and our public health.”
Greg Loarie, Attorney, California Regional Office, Earthjustice: “There’s no place for this backwards plan in California’s clean energy future.”
Robin Cooley, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: "We're at a time when the dangers of climate change are ever more clear. This administration is just being dangerous and irresponsible by rolling back climate change regulations."
Joel Minor, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: “Having uniform federal standards is important to level the playing field.”
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.”
