Tag Archives: Earthworks

Learning opportunity: Earthworks activist training, Thursday, 2/9 at 6pm

Posted on February 7, 2017 by davidjkatz

Earthworks, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development, is offering an online training webinar for environmental activists this Thursday, February 9, at 6pm Mountain. This webinar will cover: … Continue reading →

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Learning opportunity: Webinar on challenges of life in the Bakken, July 23

Posted on July 13, 2015 by davidjkatz

Most of us will never visit the Bakken. We read the news stories, hear the reports of spills and train explosions and lives changed forever, and scratch our heads as oil executives tell us that fracking is essential to a … Continue reading →

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Gas flaring is dangerous to our health and environment. There’s one way to stop it. Locally.

Posted on August 25, 2014 by davidjkatz

Gas flaring, the deliberate open-air burning of natural gas, is a practice common in the largest shale oil plays where natural gas is a byproduct of oil extraction. There are some legitimate reasons to allow limited use of flaring. After a shale oil/gas … Continue reading →

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