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Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada
Study: Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada A groundbreaking study published today in Seismological Research Letters has demonstrated a link, for the first time, between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas and earthquakes. Hydraulic Fracturing and Seismicity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin” confirms the horizontal drilling technique (which in essence […]
How Propaganda (Actually) Works
How Propaganda (Actually) Works Political Propaganda employs the ideals of liberal democracy to undermine those very ideals, the dangers of which, not even its architects fully understand. In the early years of DeSmog’s research into environmental propaganda, I thought of industry PR campaigns like “junk science,” “clean coal,” and “ethical oil” as misinformation strategies designed to dupe […]
Reframing The Economics Debate Could Lead To More Action To Fight Climate Change
Reframing The Economics Debate Could Lead To More Action To Fight Climate Change As a country, the United States has been very slow to react to climate change. Part of the problem is that our politics has been corrupted by the influence of fossil fuel money. The other part is that the constant stream of […]
Environmentalists Join Forces in New Orleans To Foster A Growing Alliance to Combat Climate Change and Fossil Fuels
Environmentalists Join Forces in New Orleans To Foster A Growing Alliance to Combat Climate Change and Fossil Fuels “It is time we wake up the world to stop abusing and destroying a gift of life – before it is too late,” Chief Arvil Looking Horse from South Dakota said to a group of environmentalists from across […]
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning
Confusion and Fear in North Carolina As State Ends Drinking Water Safety Warning “I’m fighting for my kids and my neighbors,” says a determined Amy Brown. Brown and hundreds of other North Carolina residents have been using only bottled water for the better part of a year now for cooking, drinking, hygiene and even for […]
Extreme Weather, Widespread Flooding Hammer Louisiana as Federal Government Prepares to Lease Gulf of Mexico for Drilling
Extreme Weather, Widespread Flooding Hammer Louisiana as Federal Government Prepares to Lease Gulf of Mexico for Drilling Walter Unglaub never thought flooding would threaten the carriage house he rents in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. It is on a bluff 30 feet above the Bogue Falaya River, in an area that is not considered a flood zone. But that didn’t […]
BREAKING: $4.2 Million Jury Verdict Against Cabot Oil & Gas in Dimock, PA Water Contamination Lawsuit
BREAKING: $4.2 Million Jury Verdict Against Cabot Oil & Gas in Dimock, PA Water Contamination Lawsuit A Pennsylvania jury handed down a $4.2 million verdict in a lawsuit centering on water contamination from negligent shale gas drilling in Dimock, PA, a tiny town that made international headlines for its flammable and toxic drinking water. The defendant […]
Fracking Supply Chain a Climate Disaster, Doing Little to Uplift Poor Communities: Studies
Fracking Supply Chain a Climate Disaster, Doing Little to Uplift Poor Communities: Studies Two recent studies further call into question the oil and gas industry’s claims of the climate benefits and community benefits of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). One of those studies, published in Environmental Research Letters and titled, “Just fracking: a distributive environmental justice analysis of […]
Exclusive: Newly Released Inspection Reports on Keystone XL’s Southern Route Fuel Doubt Over ‘Safest Pipeline Ever Built’ Claims
Exclusive: Newly Released Inspection Reports on Keystone XL’s Southern Route Fuel Doubt Over ‘Safest Pipeline Ever Built’ Claims TransCanada’s claim that the southern route of the Keystone XL Pipeline is the safest pipeline ever built in the in the United States is challenged by the release of new documentation confirming multiple code violations. Daily inspection reports on the construction […]
Top Drillers Shut Down U.S. Fracking Operations as Oil Prices Continue to Tank
Top Drillers Shut Down U.S. Fracking Operations as Oil Prices Continue to Tank It was a tumultuous week in the world of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for shale oil and gas, with a few of the biggest companies in the U.S. announcing temporary shutdowns at their drilling operations in various areas until oil prices rise again from the ashes. Among […]
Will Cap-And-Trade Slow Climate Change?
Will Cap-And-Trade Slow Climate Change? The principle that polluters should pay for the waste they create has led many experts to urge governments to put a price on carbon emissions. One method is the sometimes controversial cap-and-trade. Quebec, California and the European Union have already adopted cap-and-trade, and Ontario will join Quebec and California’s system in January […]
Major Investors Pressure ExxonMobil to Consider Climate Impacts
Major Investors Pressure ExxonMobil to Consider Climate Impacts “For the first time, in my memory, we are actually seeing oil and gas majors talk about climate change as an existential threat. Today for example the minister for oil and gas for Saudi Arabia, Ali Al-Naimi, actually got up on stage in front of this entire group and […]
Warren Buffett’s Quieter Quest to Kill Solar in the West
Warren Buffett’s Quieter Quest to Kill Solar in the West There are solar battles blazing all across the west right now, as utilities anchored to fossil fuel power plants strain to avoid the inevitable spread of solar across their areas of operation. Not a month goes by without a story of some assault on solar-friendly […]
United States On Path to Becoming Major Exporter of Natural Gas Despite Climate Impacts
United States On Path to Becoming Major Exporter of Natural Gas Despite Climate Impacts The Sabine Pass LNG terminal owned by Cheniere Energy in southwest Louisiana offers a glimpse of the challenges facing the growing natural gas industry in the United States. The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) was scheduled for export from Cheniere Energy’s new export […]
