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June 11, 2015 | Article

California’s Drive for Deeper Water Leaves State on Shaky Ground

As water supplies dry up, groundwater drilling is leading to collapsed bridges, cracked irrigation canals and pipes, and twisted roads and railways. In some places, the ground is sinking nearly one foot a year.

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 11, 2015 | Press Release

Maryland Senator Introduces Legislation to Protect Water from Fracking Pollution

Bill aims to end oil and gas industry’s free pass to pollute

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 | Press Release

Groups Oppose Plan to Open Over a Million Acres of Federal Property in California to Drilling and Fracking

Bureau of Land Management failed to consider threats of fracking to air, water and wildlife

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 | Press Release

Coalition of Conservation Groups Seek to Defend Bureau of Land Management’s New Fracking Rules

Groups oppose oil and gas industry and state challenges to new, stronger rules

June 2, 2015 | Legal Document

Memorandum in Support of BLM Fracking Rules II - Filed June 2, 2015

June 2, 2015 | Legal Document

Memorandum in Support of BLM Fracking Rules I - Filed June 2, 2015

Memorandum in Support of Bureau of Land Management's New Fracking Rules - Filed June 2, 2015

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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