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| “Energy Sacrifice Zone” sign near Counselor, New Mexico, in the Greater Chaco region. Credit: Jimmy Cloutier/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism |
“We Can’t Frack Our Way to a Safe Climate” — Frontline Groups Slam Inflation Reduction Act
As communities call for Biden to declare climate emergency, Greater Chaco Coalition and allies issue statements decrying oil and gas handouts that will only serve to perpetuate sacrifice zones and climate chaos
Contact: Mario Atencio, Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, mario.atencio@dine-care.org
Julia Bernal, Pueblo Action Alliance
Rebecca Sobel, WildEarth Guardians rsobel@wildearthguardians.org
August 8, 2022
French translation for Censored News by Christine Prat
https://chrisp.lautre.net/wpblog/?p=7341
FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO — In tying clean energy, climate, and environmental justice investments to the perpetuation of the federal fossil fuels leasing program, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) guarantees continued sacrifice of more sacred landscapes like the Greater Chaco region and threatens to undo any climate action progress it makes.
