The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
December 8, 2021

House Democrats Re-Introduce Bill Banning Fracking, New Fossil Fuel Plants and Oil and Gas Exports
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Democratic congressmembers Jan Schakowsky and Nanette Diaz Barragán
re-introduced the Future Generations Protection Act. The bill, which has
21 other co-sponsors and is backed by a slew of environmental groups,
would ban fracking, block new fossil fuel power plants, and ban crude
oil and natural gas exports.


.