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June 11, 2015 | Article

Senator Cardin Paves the Way for Cleaner Water

Today Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the FRESHER Act, legislation that would close the loophole in the Clean Water Act that endangers water quality near oil and gas operations.

June 10, 2015 | Case

Defending Public Land and Mineral Rights in California

BLM’s resource management plan opens federal land to fracking without any meaningful analysis of fracking-related risks, including the use of toxic chemicals and pollution threats to California’s precious water supplies during an historic drought.

June 10, 2015 | Legal Document

Bakersfield BLM Complaint

This case challenges a management plan and accompanying environmental impact statement adopted by the Bakersfield Field Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on December 22, 2014.

June 2, 2015 | Case

Defending The BLM’s New Fracking Rules

BLM’s regulations governing important aspects of oil and gas extraction, including well integrity and waste management, had not been updated since 1988.

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