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Farmers protest the Shenhua mine in 2015 (Image: AAP/Kate Ausburn)
Five years ago, I visited one of the leaders of the opposition to the proposed giant Shenhua coal mine in the Liverpool Plains. The house was a yellow brick art deco place, a common style in rural Australia, vaguely municipal. Inside it had been meticulously restored. Except it had been restored back beyond art deco. It was an impeccable 19th century interior.
It was like some steampunk Tardis, full of dark red velvet and hanging serving spoons you could see your face in. As we talked about the campaign, I thought: wow, these people are really up against it. Their commitment is unyielding but they’re fighting the sweep of history. They can’t win.
Goal: Ban fracking projects in New Mexico until 2025.
A four-year ban on new fracking permits in New Mexico may protect thousands of acres of pristine land and millions of citizens from toxic chemical exposure. As a fracking ban bill makes its way through the state’s senate, sign the petition to show your support.
A fracking ban bill, co-sponsored by Democratic State Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, would pause the issuance of all new fracking permits through the year 2025. This pause will help protect the state’s land and citizens while giving researchers time to study fracking and its consequences. Many other states have already banned fracking, having argued that it causes water and soil pollution, kills animals, sickens humans, and even causes earthquakes, all while oil and natural gas companies make millions off this suffering.