Food & Water Watch • Food & Water Action • 2021 Annual Report IN THE PRESS “’It’s vital that President Biden permanently ban all new fossil fuel extraction, including fracking, on
Florida y We defeated a proposed fracked gas liquefaction facility in Crystal River, a coastal community on the Gulf Coast dubbed the Manatee Capital of the World. The transport of Liquefied Natural Gas from Crystal River to Port Tampa Bay was also halted. y We blocked permits for an oil drilling project near Immokalee, an agricultural community north of the Everglades. After residents voiced concerns over threats to their drinking water, wildlife, and wetland ecosystems, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection denied the application. California y Los Angeles County voted to phase out oil drilling. All new permits for oil and gas wells will be denied in unincorporated areas. y Governor Newsom rejected 21 fracking permits, for the first time citing climate change and health as the basis for his decision. y Governor Newsom proposed a new rule that would stop all new oil drilling operations within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, and other sensitive areas.
y Los Angeles City Council approved 100% zero-carbon energy by 2035 and the creation of a just transition plan. y The state blocked SoCalGas from building the Ventura Compressor Station upgrade. Virginia y We stopped the proposed C4GT fracked gas plant in Charles City County after years of working with a frontline community and grassroots coalition. y We defeated the Interconnect Project, which would have built high-pressure fracked gas pipelines in Prince William and Fauquier counties as well as a new compressor station in Prince William county.
federal lands and waters,’ said Mitch Jones, policy director for Food & Water Watch, an environmental group.” THE NEW YORK TIMES “Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land” JANUARY 25, 2021
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