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OH Legislature Does Fracking Lobby’s Bidding on Radioactive Waste
More coddling of the fracking industry at the expense of people’s health and safety. Ohio annually processes thousands of tons of radioactive waste from hydraulic-fracturing, sending it through...
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Five Energy Stories Worth Reading Today (5/16/14)
Here are five recommended reads for today (5/16/14). DeSmogBlog reports, “Scientists affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have determined that oil and gas...
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EIA Downgrades Monterey Shale Estimate by 96%; Great News for Clean Energy
Bad news for fossil fuels; good news for clean energy. In news that stunned most onlookers, the Energy Information Administration confirmed that it’s cut its estimate of oil technically recoverable...
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Even the Pro-Fossil-Fuel Washington Post Editorial Page Calls for Tighter...
Will wonders never cease? Even the generally pro-fossil-fuels Washington Post editorial page is edging towards concern about fracking’s negative impact on the environment. …Nearly all the wells on...
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“Frack Master” and Other Recent Articles Highlight Gap Between Fracking Fact...
A few recent news items highlight the absurdity of fossil fuel interests’ fight for fracking, and also the media’s sometimes less-than-optimal coverage of that fight. First, a man we might call the...
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In a Time of Severe Drought, It Shouldn’t Come Down to “One Man” to Protect...
Let’s get this straight: currently, 25% of the country is under severe, extreme or exceptional drought, with 18% of normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Clearly, it’s time to be conserving...
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Fracking Cover-up in NY State: If It Can Happen There, It Can Happen Anywhere
If you ever hear anyone talk about fracking being a merit-driven process, here’s Exhibit A as to why that’s just not true. A federal water study commissioned by the Cuomo administration as it weighed a...
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PR Campaign to Make Fracking a “Good Word” Again Confronts Fracking’s Ugly...
My first impression of this article was that it was an Onion-style joke. But apparently, it’s serious. In the PR battle over natural gas, the antidrilling “fracktivists” have held the linguistic upper...
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Post Carbon Institute: U.S. Oil, Gas Fracking Boom “unsustainable;” EIA...
According to the U.S. government’s latest long-term forecast, the country can expect a “56% increase in total natural gas production from 2012 to 2040,” with shale gas production “the largest...
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Details of New York State Study Demonstrate Why Fracking’s Too Risky to Be...
Over the years, we’ve talked a great deal about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” on this blog. For instance, we’ve pointed out that fracking contaminates water supplies, pollutes the air, uses...
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ExxonMobil CEO Files Lawsuit to Stop Fracking Near His 100-Acre Horse Ranch
We knew that the fossil fuel industry was utterly shameless, but this takes it to hilarious new heights of hypocrisy. As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job to promote the hydraulic fracturing...
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ProPublica Highlights “The Latest in Fracking Health Studies”
ProPublica consistently digs into issues to a greater extent than most of the corporate media tends to do. This article, “Drilling for Certainty: The Latest in Fracking Health Studies”, is a perfect...
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Video: The Daily Show on the “Benefits of Fracking”
Here’s a bit of humor to end your workweek. Have a great, hopefully fracking free, weekend! The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook The...
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Fracking Companies Force Landowners to Accept Oil and Gas Drilling on Their Land
When it comes to natural gas fracking companies – and the politicians who do their bidding – subtlety and respect for peoples’ rights has not exactly been their calling card. For instance, earlier this...
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New Poll: Brits Overwhelmingly Prefer Onshore Wind Farms to Fracking
Recently, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Prime Minister David Cameron “wants to go into the next election pledging to ‘rid’ the countryside of onshore wind farms.” The Telegraph...
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Let’s Hope $3 Million Award for Fracking Damages Marks the Start of a Trend
Let’s hope that this $3 million award for fracking damages is the first of many more to come. Texas-based Aruba Petroleum Inc. will have to pay nearly $3 million to a family for the harm that Aruba’s...
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Five Stories: Texas Electricity Price Goes Negative
Here are five recommended reads for today (09/21/15). Business Insider reports the seemingly impossible: “The so-called spot price of electricity in Texas fell toward zero, hit zero, and then went...
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Five Stories: InsideClimate News’ Superb Series on Exxon’s Climate Science...
Here are five recommended reads for today (9/17/15) InsideClimate News reports: “After reading the first chapter of InsideClimate News’ series on Exxon’s carbon dioxide research, the company declined...
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Five Stories: Republicans agree with Democrats on Climate Change!
Here are five recommended reads for today (09/30/15). The New York Times reveals a change in climate attitudes and possibly a change in climate politics: “A majority of Republicans — including 54...
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Five Stories: New Frackademia Effort to Educate Young Regulators
Here are five recommended reads for today (10/05/15). DeSmogBlog clears the air on the latest in frackademia: “At a seminar titled “Staying Ahead of Federal and State Regulations: A Partnership with...
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