Oil, Mining, and Gas Workgroup
CWN Regional Caucus on Oil, Mining and Gas Water Pollution a Huge Success
CWN's recent regional caucus on Oil, Mining and Gas Water Pollution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin was a huge success. The event, held in Little Rock, AR, was attended by more than 45 clean water activists from around the country including Hank Graddy, Sierra Club Mississippi River Basin Issue Team & Renee Hoyos, TN Clean Water Network pictured above. The caucus focused on a variety of issues related to the threats posed to our waters by oil, mining and gas extraction. Two important topics discussed during the two day caucus were hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. The caucus included panel presentations, question and answer sessions, brainstorming workshops and networking opportunities. Presentations and other materials from the caucus are posted HERE.
A Poll in the U.S. Shows 65% in Favor of Tighter Fracking Regulations
Tighter Fracking Regulations Favored by 65% of U.S. in Poll
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. - Mar 15, 2012
Statement of Administration Policy on HR 2273 Coal Ash Bill
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
H.R. 2273 – Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act
(Rep. McKinley, R-WV, and 32 cosponsors)
The Administration opposes H.R. 2273, as reported by Committee, which is insufficient to address the risks associated with coal ash disposal and management, and undermines the Federal government’s ability to ensure that requirements for management and disposal of coal combustion residuals are protective of human health and the environment.
To read the entire statement click on the link below.
Fracking in the News - Week of April 17, 2011
This week another gas well blew out in PA, a House Committee released a report on the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, and more.
Tell EPA to Protect Our Waterways from Power Plants
We need your help. The EPA has published in the Federal Register a proposed rule relating to the regulation of the use of cooling water at existing U.S. power plants and other industrial facilities. Unfortunately, EPA's proposal does little to protect our waterways from the destructive impacts associated with once-through cooling. Comments on EPA's proposed rule are due Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Fracking in the News - Week of April 10, 2011
Fracking was all over the news this week - there was an anti-fracking rally in Albany, NY, a Senate hearing on the public health and environmental impacts of natural gas drilling, a new report released that documents how natural gas drilling threatens public health and safety in Texas, and much more!
Fracking in the News - Week of April 10, 2011
Fracking was all over the news this week - there was an anti-fracking rally in Albany, NY, a Senate hearing on the public health and environmental impacts of natural gas drilling, a new report released that documents how natural gas drilling threatens public health and safety in Texas, and much more!
Obama Signs Executive Order Officially Forming Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
Yesterday President Obama signed an Executive Order creating an intergovernmental task force to oversee ecosystem restoration in the Gulf of Mexico, a region devastated by the recent BP oil spill disaster and decades of petroleum exploration. The mission of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force is to coordinate efforts to implement restoration programs and projects in the gulf coast region.
OMG Materials and Resources
This page contains presentations and other resource materials from CWN's recent regional caucus meeting on oil, mining, and gas water pollution in the Lower Mississippi River Basin, which took place in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 15-16th, 2010.
CWN Board Approves Statement on Regulation of Coal Ash Disposal
On September 8th, 2010 the Clean Water Network board approved an official Network statement on regulating the disposal of coal combustion waste (CWW), also known as coal ash. The statement details a number of public health and environmental threats that the unregulated disposal of coal ash currently poses. It also makes a number of recommendations on what needs to be done to properly and safely regulate the disposal of this waste. Among the most important recommendations made in the paper is that coal ash should be regulated under all the requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Read the full statement>>> Coal Ash Statement.
CWN Submits Comments on EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it is launching a study to investigate the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources.