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Fracking: An unregulated danger to our nation's drinking water

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September 29, 2009 - Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is a resource extraction method used to break down underground rock formations to release natural gas or oil. To release gas trapped within thin layers of rock, natural gas producers inject a pressurized mixture of water, sand, and chemical into oil or gas wells or coalmine methane beds, a process that breaks down the formations and allows the gas to flow. more

Proposed Wilderness in Big Bend National Park

September 22, 2009 - The vast 800,000-acre expanse of Texas' Big Bend National Park is flanked by the Wild and Scenic Rio Grande River along the United States-Mexico border. In 1984, to protect the wild and remote nature of Big Bend, the administration of President Reagan recommended that Congress designate 533,900 acres of the park as federally protected wilderness. A quarter century later, Congress has still not acted on this proposal. more

Press stories got Nature Conservancy report wrong

September 18, 2009 - Some clean energy opponents have put a false choice forward in recent press stories pitting land conservation priorities against needed renewable development. This shortsighted view misses the real opportunity to accomplish both of these national priorities which we've been advocating for regionally and nationally. more

Wilderness Society Urges Senators to Fund Natural Resources in Climate Bill

September 15, 2009 - To show the Senate that support for strong climate legislation is broad and deep, The Wilderness Society and more than 600 other national and regional conservation, outdoor, sportsmen, recreation and faith groups have written Senators to urge their leadership in passing comprehensive climate and energy legislation. more