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Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

In 2007, the United Nations called for universal adoption of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of Indigenous communities before starting a project.

Fracturing Sand Train

Frac Sand Health and Environmental Impacts

Sand is critical to fracking. After workers drill down into rock, they create fractures by pumping in a mixture of water, chemicals and sand. The sand keeps the cracks propped open so that oil and gas are released. Frac sand mining creates significant air pollution from the handling, mining, and processing of the sand.

Fracking, Methane and Climate

Not just burning a resource, like coal or natural gas, but getting it out of the ground and taking it to market is bad for the climate too.

Earthquake damage

Fracking-Related Earthquakes

Hydraulic fracturing injects millions of gallons of water into oil and gas containing geologic formations deep underground. Scientific and government research …

Bingham Canyon mine in Utah

1872 Mining Law – The Need for Reform

Modern mines are enormous operations that leave behind scarred landscapes, polluted water and damaged communities. Hardrock mining, the extraction of metals such as gold, silver and copper, can cause significant impacts on the environment, potentially affecting ground and surface waters, aquatic life, vegetation, soils, air, wildlife, and human health.