Food & Water Watch: As Biden Prepares to Issue New Rules for Oil & Gas Drilling on Public Lands, Millions of Americans, Hundreds of Groups Call for Permanent Ban on Fracking
January 26, 2021
January 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release:
With the Biden administration expected to issue new rules for fossil fuel extraction on federal lands this Wednesday, environmental, Indigenous, climate and conservation groups from across the country announced today that they have delivered more than two million petitions and public comments to recent administrations calling for a permanent ban on all drilling and fracking on federal lands.
With the Biden administration expected to issue new rules for fossil fuel extraction on federal lands this Wednesday, environmental, Indigenous, climate and conservation groups from across the country announced today that they have delivered more than two million petitions and public comments to recent administrations calling for a permanent ban on all drilling and fracking on federal lands.