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The FRAC Act would remove the Safe Drinking Water Act exemption given to the oil and gas industry in 2005. The Act would not outlaw hydraulic fracturing for natural gas; rather, it would help to prevent groundwater contamination by requiring the disclosure of substances used in hydraulic fracturing fluids and federal regulation of fracturing injections. Disclosure is essential to effective management, and federal regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act would help...

The FRAC Act would remove the Safe Drinking Water Act exemption given to the oil and gas industry in 2005. The Act would not outlaw hydraulic fracturing for natural gas; rather, it would help to prevent groundwater contamination by requiring the disclosure of substances used in hydraulic fracturing fluids and federal regulation of fracturing injections. Disclosure is essential to effective management, and federal regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act would help...

Take action now to protect Teton Canyon and its wild resources from being dammed and inundated again. Tell Gov. Otter that you want Teton Canyon protected and that the state should consider commonsense, cost-effective alternatives.

Take action now to protect Teton Canyon from being inundated again. Tell Bureau of Reclamation director Mike Connor that you want Teton Canyon protected from another federal dam and that the study should instead consider commonsense, cost-effective alternatives.

Take action online now – tell New York Governor David Paterson and New York DEC Commissioner, Pete Grannis, to extend the comment period for the draft supplemental GEIS for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale from 60 days to 120 days.

Contact the Bureau of Land Management and tell them to protect the federal lands in Bristol Bay, Alaska from hard rock mining. Closed to mining for over 30 years, these public lands anchor Bristol Bay’s salmon-supporting habitat with miles of untamed rivers and wild country. A recommendation from the Bureau of Land Management to lift this mineral closure and open the door for a modern day gold rush was issued in the last days of the Bush Administration.

On September 11, legislative leaders in Pennsylvania announced a budget agreement that will open state forest land to gas drilling in order to generate revenue to help balance the state’s budget. Within the next week, the budget will be voted on in the state House and Senate.

Since 1929, EBMUD has operated twin Mokelumne Aqueducts that bring the East Bay 90 percent of its water from the Upper Mokelumne River. The water bypasses the lower river and the Delta, which are critical for healthy populations of salmon and trout. We should not allow EBMUD to expand those diversions as the Delta fisheries are on the brink of disaster already.

Until Monday, November 16, the California Department of Fish and Game is taking comments on a Draft Environmental Impact Report for fish stocking and hatchery operations.