This is a half-hour educational presentation by Dusty Horwitt on using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and chemical databases to access oil and gas industry data. Learn practical tips for filing effective records requests, common exemptions and how to challenge them, and see an example of how a FOIA request to the EPA ultimately led to Colorado passing landmark legislation banning PFAS in oil and gas wells.
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Dusty Horwitt offers 1:1 consultation to network leaders via the Halt the Harm Network Services Lab. This video helps you understand what options you have and how you can work with him.
About Dusty Horwitt
Dusty Horwitt is the attorney whose transparency work helped pass Colorado’s landmark PFAS ban in oil and gas wells, protected the Delaware River Basin from fracking, and has consulted on transparency laws in 16 states. His FOIA research exposed the widespread use of ‘forever chemicals’ in fracking operations and forced industry disclosure across multiple states.