Food & Water Watch • 2022 Annual Report
Progress for a Livable Climate
VICTORIES Megan Fights Fracking When multiple fracking facilities began construction near the elementary school Megan’s niece attended, her niece became sick. So did nearly every child in that school. Then Megan learned of plans for yet another fracked gas facility to be built nearby. Driven to protect her family, she rallied her community and led the grassroots effort to stop the plant — and won! This year Megan mobilized thousands of residents to demand a ban on fracking in all Allegheny County parks. The strong showing of people power led to a landslide victory. A landmark bill now protects 12,000 acres of beloved parkland.
In 2022, together we:
Blocked Senator Manchin’s permitting bill , which would have fast- tracked fossil fuel projects, completed the Mountain Valley Pipeline and diminished people’s right to have a say in what gets built in their communities. nation moratorium on cryptocurrency mining powered by fossil fuel power plants in New York State. Banned fracking in all Allegheny County parks in Pennsylvania — the heart of the fracking industry — with a landmark law that now protects 12,000 acres of beloved parkland, and the air and water of nearly half a million nearby residents. Helped to pass and enact a first-in-the-
Helped to pass legislation in California that bans new oil wells from being drilled within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, hospitals and other areas where people could be harmed by emissions — limiting the fossil fuel industry as we strive for a rapid transition to renewable energy.
Megan shows us the fossil fuel industry is not invincible, even in the heart of fracking country.
Megan McDonough Pennsylvania State Director
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