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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleLet’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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleFracking 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...
View ArticleVideo: 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...
View ArticleProPublica 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...
View ArticleExxonMobil 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...
View ArticleMap: 47% of Fracking Occurs in Areas with High or Extremely High Drought Stress
From Earth Justice (note: click on the map above to enlarge), we learn that ” 47% of all fracking in the US happens in areas with high or extremely high drought stress,” which is “mind-boggling” given...
View ArticleVideo: Fracking the GW National Forest Could Seriously Jeopardize Water...
I’ve previously written about presentations by Sister Maureen Fiedler and Nicole Condon of DC Water on Monday evening in Arlington, Virginia. The topic was potential hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”)...
View ArticleVideo: DC Water Says Fracking in GW National Forest Could Threaten D.C....
On Monday night, I attended a program in Arlington, Virginia about an impending U.S. Forest Service decision on whether to allow fracking and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George...
View ArticleVideo: Sister Maureen Fiedler on Bringing the Bluegrass Gas Pipeline to...
Last night, I attended a program in Arlington, Virginia about an impending U.S. Forest Service decision on whether to allow fracking and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George Washington...
View ArticleDetails 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...
View ArticlePost 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...
View ArticlePR 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...
View ArticleFracking 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View Article“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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