Fracking

EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Sovereign Tribal Lands

October 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Indigenous peoples, Native American Genocide

By Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, October 5, 2020 In a little-noticed development last week that drew ire after being reported Monday, the Trump administration’s EPA granted the state of Oklahoma wide-ranging environmental regulatory control on nearly all tribal lands in the state, stripping dozens of tribes of their sovereignty over critical environmental issues. The Young Turks which first reported[…]

U.S. Uses Wars and Sanctions to Jack Up Oil Prices

October 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Middle East Wars

by Bill Doar, Published on Struggle, La Lucha, September 27, 2019 U.S. fracking interests want war with Iran and Venezuela. They are a powerful voice in the Trump regime. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt speak for them directly. When he was on Capitol Hill, Pompeo was called the “Congressman from Koch.”[…]