“Drilling Toward Disaster” identifies the major hotspots for this expansion as the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico and the Appalachian Basin spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. Industry is racing forward to build infrastructure that will join existing industry operations in Oklahoma, Louisiana, the Gulf Coast, Alaska, Prudhoe Bay, Colorado, California and North Dakota. This rapid expansion must be slowed and stopped through actions. 

There are endless other ways to bring jobs and economic vitality to the multi-state region. People Over Petro supports the end of fossil fuels as an energy source and embraces a broader, far-sighted vision that reimagines our region through the expansion and growth of renewable energy industries and businesses. 

We encourage like-minded individuals and organizations across the country to join us in the fight.

We stand in solidarity with people fighting petrochemical industry growth across the United States: Texas, Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, Oklahoma; Louisiana and the Gulf Coast; Alaska, Prudhoe Bay; Colorado; California;  North Dakota.

This U.S. report is part of a series of publications in the Oil Change International Sky’s Limit series, based on our foundational global report released in 2016: The Sky’s Limit: Why the Paris Climate Goals Require a Managed Decline of Fossil Fuel Production.