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Protecting communities & environment from adverse impacts of resource extraction while promoting sustainable solutions.

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A two-year investigation by @EIAEnvironment and Earthworks into Ecopetrol, Colombia's state-owned oil company, uncovered evidence of what appears to be systematic and ongoing illegal activity greenlighted by the company's management. Learn more: eia.org/report/crude-lies/
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People and our planet come before corporate profits. Congress must hold the Trump administration accountable and reverse policies threatening clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. 🔗 ow.ly/K9x55103TnJ
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Pennsylvania issued a permit allowing an oil and gas well to be classified as a “mineral brine” well, raising concerns about wastewater spreading on roads. 🛢️⚠️ @FracTracker @BetterPathPA 🔎 bit.ly/Waste-Water-Disposal #PA #OilAndGas #WaterPollution
Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal - Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal - Inside Climate News

The state issued a permit that would allow companies to reclassify oil and gas wells and sell toxic wastewater as a separate product.

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Thank you @PADEPSecretary and @PennsylvaniaDEP for meeting with advocates from around the state to talk about methane safeguards to protect PA’s frontline families from oil and gas pollution! @PennEnvironment @CleanAirCouncil @Earthworks
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This summer, tribal leadership and organizing stopped mining exploration at sacred #PeSla. Earthworks joined the legal challenge to protect the site. Sacred lands shouldn’t have to be defended one mine at a time. 🏛️✊ bit.ly/Win-At-PeSla #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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S. 5653 would allow certain oil, gas, and mining projects to avoid environmental review and limit public input. Read more and take action! 🔗 bit.ly/Stop-Permitting-Bill #PermittingReform #NEPA #EnvironmentalProtection
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👏 Incredibly proud to partner with @GasLeaksProject on our new report, “Plumes in the Permian.” 🔗Read the full report: bit.ly/PlumesInThePermian
New Data Shows How New Mexico Can Leverage Satellites to Find And Fix Oil and Gas Emissions - Big...

New Data Shows How New Mexico Can Leverage Satellites to Find And Fix Oil and Gas Emissions - Big...

October's Polluter of the month, Occidental Petroleum, talks big about their "net zero" ambitions, but continues to pollute.

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New satellites are detecting massive methane leaks in #NewMexico's major oil and gas fields, but the #Trump administration has eliminated a requirement that companies investigate them. buff.ly/ioma6M7
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Earthworks filmed pollution at a Chevron subsidiary's Colorado well pad near dozens of homes. The violation lasted nine days. 🔎 bit.ly/Chevron-Well-Pad #AirPollution #Colorado #OilAndGas
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7/ Pennsylvanians deserve these protections. Text Governor Shapiro at 717-788-8990. Read the Protective Buffers PA campaign StoryMap by FracTracker Alliance, @cleanaircouncil and @earthworks: fractracker.org/pa-buffers-s…
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A new #PA law aims to speed up well plugging. Earthworks' Melissa Ostroff worries that improperly plugged wells could continue leaking, pose safety risks, and leave nearby residents with a false sense of security. 🔗 bit.ly/Oil-Gas-Well-Plugging #AbandonedWells #OilAndGas
High schoolers hold fundraisers to plug oil and gas wells. Some say the industry should clean up...

High schoolers hold fundraisers to plug oil and gas wells. Some say the industry should clean up...

Pennsylvania has potentially hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells. Some Pittsburgh high school students are stepping in to help.

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Meet Mandy Sackett, New Mexico Field Campaigner for Earthworks. As a thermographer, Mandy documents emissions from oil & gas industry activities, and turns that evidence into action to hold them accountable. bit.ly/EW-Mandy
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🧵America needs more energy, not more energy waste. At a time when families are struggling with high energy bills, oil and gas operations have leaked, vented or flared more than $7B worth of gas since the Trump administration stopped enforcing methane standards... 1/6
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Oil and gas wastewater leaks into West Texas river for nearly 2 months news.oilandgaswatch.org/temp… @TexasTribune @insideclimate @earthworks @txenvironment @EnvironmentTex
Oil and gas wastewater leaks into West Texas river for nearly 2 months

ALT Oil and gas wastewater leaks into West Texas river for nearly 2 months

For the seventh week in a row, highly salty wastewater has been flowing into the Pecos River in West Texas, leaving oily streaks over a quarter mile long in the riverbed and leaving crusts of salt up to three inches thick along its banks, according to photos shared by Commission Shift, a watchdog group. State regulators have been to the site multiple times but have not identified where the wastewater is coming from. Nearby sources could include a pipeline and nearby inactive wells. To learn more about this update, visit news.oilandgaswatch.org⁠ or the LINK IN BIO

ALT For the seventh week in a row, highly salty wastewater has been flowing into the Pecos River in West Texas, leaving oily streaks over a quarter mile long in the riverbed and leaving crusts of salt up to three inches thick along its banks, according to photos shared by Commission Shift, a watchdog group. State regulators have been to the site multiple times but have not identified where the wastewater is coming from. Nearby sources could include a pipeline and nearby inactive wells. To learn more about this update, visit news.oilandgaswatch.org⁠ or the LINK IN BIO

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to weaken environmental reviews for natural gas projects news.oilandgaswatch.org/temp… @Frontlines2ferc @earthworks @ciel_tweets
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to weaken environmental reviews for natural gas projects

ALT Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to weaken environmental reviews for natural gas projects

FERC is proposing two rule changes that would make it easier for liquified natural gas export terminals and other natural gas projects to clear environmental reviews. On Oct. 15, FERC proposed creating a “blanket authorization” for projects at liquified natural gas export terminals, rather than approving projects on a case-by-case basis. FERC also proposed another new rule that would exempt natural gas projects from having to model the effects of the air pollution their facilities release into the atmosphere. To learn more about this update, visit news.oilandgaswatch.org⁠ or the LINK IN BIO

ALT FERC is proposing two rule changes that would make it easier for liquified natural gas export terminals and other natural gas projects to clear environmental reviews. On Oct. 15, FERC proposed creating a “blanket authorization” for projects at liquified natural gas export terminals, rather than approving projects on a case-by-case basis. FERC also proposed another new rule that would exempt natural gas projects from having to model the effects of the air pollution their facilities release into the atmosphere. To learn more about this update, visit news.oilandgaswatch.org⁠ or the LINK IN BIO

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Pennsylvania StoryMap: Learn about #NoDrillZones in #Pennsylvania, hear from folks impacted by #fracking, & explore the problem w/ interactive maps & OGI from Earthworker Melissa Ostroff. A collab w/ Earthworks’ partners @CleanAirCouncil & @FracTracker bit.ly/pa-buffers-storymap

Expanding Protective Buffers in Pennsylvania

Increasing and enforcing protective buffers would better protect the health and safety of 3.6 million Pennsylvanians.

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Pittsburgh #PA students helped fund the plugging of two abandoned wells. Earthworks' Melissa Ostroff says the oil and gas industry, not children and taxpayers, should pay to clean up its own mess. 🌱📖 🔗 bit.ly/Oil-Gas-Well-Plugging #AbandonedWells #OilAndGas
High schoolers hold fundraisers to plug oil and gas wells. Some say the industry should clean up...

High schoolers hold fundraisers to plug oil and gas wells. Some say the industry should clean up...

Pennsylvania has potentially hundreds of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells. Some Pittsburgh high school students are stepping in to help.

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New Mexicans deserve clean air & to know when it’s polluted! Our report with @GasLeaksProject used satellites to find 166 super pollution events in NM’s #PermianBasin. @NMEnvDep proposed Super Emitter Program would help stop them. via @thenewmexican bit.ly/3Ucv0Sr
Report finds unreported methane emissions in New Mexico’s Permian Basin

Report finds unreported methane emissions in New Mexico’s Permian Basin

Publicly available satellite data documented 166 large methane pollution incidents, or super-emitter events over 16 months.

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The #BipartisanAmericanAffordabilityandJobsAct would weaken environmental, Tribal, and historic protections, allowing certain oil, gas, and mining projects to avoid review while limiting public input. 🔗 bit.ly/Permitting-Bill-Text #NEPA #NHPA #PublicLands
Permitting Bill Text Would Strip Our Most Basic Federal Protections

Permitting Bill Text Would Strip Our Most Basic Federal Protections

By Aaron Mintzes, Deputy Policy Director and Senior Policy Counsel, and Allison Woolverton, Campaign Manager and Policy Advocate. Last week, a group of

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Wherever oil and gas activity exists, flaring is likely to exist for one reason or another, even if the flames are hidden from plain sight. And, that flaring is a source of pollution NO MATTER WHAT. Read more in our blog about the issue: bit.ly/FlaringInPlainSight
Flaring in Plain Sight

Flaring in Plain Sight

A ‘solution’ of governments and industry to the common practice of burning off methane pollution and other air pollutants at oil and gas facilities is

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New report from @Earthworks found major methane leaks at New Mexico oil & gas facilities over a year– but very few of the leaks were reported to the state. It’s more evidence @NMEnvDep needs to finalize their strong proposal for monitoring super emitters: capitalandmain.com/satellite…
Satellite Detects 166 Major Methane Leaks at New Mexico Oil and Gas Operations

Satellite Detects 166 Major Methane Leaks at New Mexico Oil and Gas Operations

Environmental groups’ report found that few of the leaks, recorded in the Permian Basin over 16 months, had been reported to the state as required.

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🚨VIP: Very Important Problem!🚨 Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, trapping ~80% more heat than CO2. Yet, 100s of 1000s of abandoned oil&gas wells around the country leak methane, harming communities. WATCH: bit.ly/3YCyT2F
PBS News Hour | States work to cap methane leaks from abandoned wells | Season 2024

PBS News Hour | States work to cap methane leaks from abandoned wells | Season 2024

States work to track down and cap dangerous methane leaks from abandoned oil and gas wells

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