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Thousands Call on Gov. Brown to Stand Up to Big Oil and Support 100% Renewable Energy. “California is at a crossroads. Our governor and our elected officials need to decide if we’re going to be a real leader on climate change, or if we will continue to allow fracking and other dangerous extractions methods that put our communities and environment at risk,” said David Braun of Californians Against Fracking and an organizer of the tour.
Poland’s shale gas revolution evaporates in face of environmental protests. For 400 days, farmers and their families blockaded a proposed Chevron shale drilling site with tractors and agricultural machinery. Eventually the company gave up.
‘Failure of Conscience’: Groups Urge Congress to Fund Social Well-Being, Not Fossil Fuel Industry. “Leaving the social safety net in tatters and keeping Big Oil on the dole is not just a failure to prioritize. It is a failure of conscience.”