Claudia Núñez

Oct 16, 2024 | nrdc.org | Claudia Núñez |Josh Axelrod

Oil and gas gathering lines bring extracted oil and gas from wellheads to storage facilities, where the resources can then be moved in bulk to larger distribution, processing, and refining centers prior to their combustion by end users. When gathering lines are no longer in use to transport oil or gas they go from “active” status to temporarily “,” but they could be reused again in the future.

Aug 17, 2024 | mdpi.com | Claudia Núñez |Ronald Nelson |Gerald Tabilo |Paulina Pefaur

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Jul 24, 2024 | nrdc.org | Claudia Núñez |Josh Axelrod

NRDC has followed the inadequate oversight of “gathering lines” for a long time, starting with our first blog on the topic back in 2011. Throughout the years, the fracking boom has led to a proliferation of unregulated gathering lines that are growing in diameter, pressure, and length, increasing their chances to turn into deadly hazards. Strict standards and regulations are needed to hold companies accountable for their pipeline systems both during and after operation.

Dec 12, 2023 | nrdc.org | Claudia Núñez

Support NRDC’s fight to save threatened wildlife, protect public lands, and safeguard our planet for future generations. Donate now and your tax-deductible gift will be MATCHED $1-for-$1! During my early childhood in Bolivia, I grew up watching marches on the news led by Andean and Amazonian Indigenous communities asking for government protections to their lands from extractive industry.

Aug 30, 2023 | nrdc.org | Josh Axelrod |Claudia Núñez

In our first post of this series—examining the nation’s energy transition and the need to center considerations of justice—we highlighted the work of the Climate Justice Alliance and its Just Transition Framework. The framework sets out a series of threshold questions to ensure projects in the clean energy transition also live up to the calls for a just energy transition.