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After Years’ Long Push, Fracking Has Quietly Arrived in Alaska
After Years’ Long Push, Fracking Has Quietly Arrived in Alaska Hydraulic fracturing‘s horizontal drilling technique has enabled industry to tap otherwise difficult-to-access oil and gas in shale basins throughout the U.S. and increasingly throughout the world. And now “fracking,” as it’s known, could soon arrive at a new frontier: Alaska. As Bloomberg reported in March, Paul Basinski, a pioneer of […]
How a Judge Scrapped Pennsylvania Families’ $4.24M Water Pollution Verdict in Gas Drilling Lawsuit
How a Judge Scrapped Pennsylvania Families’ $4.24M Water Pollution Verdict in Gas Drilling Lawsuit For many residents of Carter Road in Dimock, Pennsylvania, it’s been nearly a decade since their lives were turned upside down by the arrival of Cabot Oil and Gas, a company whose Marcellus Shale hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) wells were plagued by a […]
Faulty Logic Fuels Fossil Fools
Faulty Logic Fuels Fossil Fools Apparently, fossil fuel companies protect watersheds and rivers by removing oil. That’s according to comments on the David Suzuki Foundation Facebook page and elsewhere, including this: “The amount of contamination occuring [sic] from extraction is far less than if we just left the oil there to continue polluting the waterways.” […]
Study Finds Connection Between Living Near Oil and Gas Development and Childhood Leukaemia
Study Finds Connection Between Living Near Oil and Gas Development and Childhood Leukaemia With the rise of new technologies like fracking and horizontal drilling, oil and gas development in the United States has exploded over the past 15 years. As development expands, it’s also pushing ever closer into areas where people live. It’s been estimated […]
What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster?
What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster? Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw the news reports on TV. Stevens is currently National Rail Director for Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, but […]
Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence
Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels. The Arctic’s seasonal cycle means that the lowest […]
Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline As Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’
Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline As Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’ Justin Trudeau announced the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Tuesday, saying the project is integral to meeting Canada’s climate commitments. “Today’s decision is an integral part of our plan to uphold the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions while creating jobs and […]
David Suzuki: We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole
David Suzuki: We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour. Trying to appease so many varying interests isn’t easy. Rather than focusing on […]
As Nations Embrace Paris Agreement, World’s Existing Fossil Fuels Set to Exceed its Goals
As Nations Embrace Paris Agreement, World’s Existing Fossil Fuels Set to Exceed its Goals On September 21, 31 countries, including Brazil and Mexico, ratified the Paris climate agreement at a United Nations event in New York City. They joined the U.S., China, and 27 other nations which had previously committed to the agreement, bringing the total to 60 and […]
Environmental Concerns — and Anger — Grow in Month After Thousand-Year Flood Strikes Louisiana
Environmental Concerns — and Anger — Grow in Month After Thousand-Year Flood Strikes Louisiana In the aftermath of the 1000-year flood that hit southern Louisiana in August, environmental and public health concerns are mounting as the waters recede. Residents want to know why many areas that never flooded before were left in ruin this time, raising […]
Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry
Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry On September 8, The New York Times published an interview with President Barack Obama in which he discussed the rapidly approaching, and already present, dangers of climate change, along with the threats that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would pose to the environment as president. Reflecting on his climate […]
Fate of Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Decided in a Texas Courtroom Before NAFTA Tribunal Considers TransCanada’s Suit
Fate of Keystone XL Pipeline Could Be Decided in a Texas Courtroom Before NAFTA Tribunal Considers TransCanada’s Suit Texas landowner Michael Bishop continues to challenge TransCanada’s right to build the southern route of the Keystone XL pipeline, renamed the Gulf Coast pipeline when the project was divided into segments. Meanwhile, TransCanada is suing the United States for not being granted the […]
Fracked Gas LNG Exports Were Centerpiece In Promotion of Panama Canal Expansion, Documents Reveal
Fracked Gas LNG Exports Were Centerpiece In Promotion of Panama Canal Expansion, Documents Reveal After nearly a decade of engineering work on the project, the Panama Canal’s expansion opened for business on June 26. At the center of that business, a DeSmog investigation has demonstrated, is a fast-track export lane for gas obtained via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the United […]
Unimpeded Rivers Crucial as Climate Changes: New Study
Unimpeded Rivers Crucial as Climate Changes: New Study Gravel-bed rivers and their floodplains are the lifeblood of ecosystems and need to be allowed to run and flood unimpeded if species are to be protected and communities are to cope with climate change, a ground-breaking scientific study has found. The broad valleys formed by rivers flowing from […]
Oil-Funded Groups Have Spent $2.7 Million To Defeat California Candidates Who Want Climate Action
Oil-Funded Groups Have Spent $2.7 Million To Defeat California Candidates Who Want Climate Action Groups funded largely by oil companies have spent $2.7 million in California to defeat candidates for the state legislature who support strong climate action. The groups are targeting lawmakers who supported S.B. 32 and S.B. 350, both pieces of legislation designed to rein in California’s greenhouse […]
