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Bypassing Big Oil’s Alliance with Government
Bypassing Big Oil’s Alliance with Government New Orleans Environmental Attorney Creates ‘Shadow Agency’ In his almost 30-year career as an advocate for environmental justice, Louisiana attorney Stuart Smith has fought many of the biggest energy companies in the world and has come away victorious in his fair share of cases. Smith tells the stories behind these cases […]
Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic
Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic In a few short months Shell will (re)enter the Chukchi Sea. The oil and gas major still awaits approval from a number of state and federal agencies, but in early May the company received the consent of the Obama administration to explore the remote Arctic sea 70 miles […]
Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a ‘unique’ challenge, federal cabinet told
Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a ‘unique’ challenge, federal cabinet told Canada may need international emissions credits to offset increasing emissions from oilsands Greenhouse gas emissions from increasing oilsands production will rise faster than Canada’s ability to curb them, the federal government was warned before new emissions reduction targets were announced last week. Cabinet documents […]
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors The FBI has wide leeway to conduct surveillance on possible threats to “national security.” Where the rubber meets the road, of course, is who the Bureau decides constitutes such a threat. Both the president and the Pentagon have proclaimed that global warming is a threat to U.S. national security. But there’s no sign […]
Widely-Used Tool Can Lowball Methane Pollution Rates, Scientists Report, With Huge Implications for Climate Policy
Widely-Used Tool Can Lowball Methane Pollution Rates, Scientists Report, With Huge Implications for Climate Policy An EPA-approved methane sampler widely used to measure gas leaks from oil and gas operations nationwide can dramatically under-report how much methane is leaking into the atmosphere, a team of researchers reported in a peer-reviewed paper published in March. The researchers, one […]
Want to Change the Future? Pay Attention to the Past.
WANT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE? PAY ATTENTION TO THE PAST. From Mandela to MLK to McKibben, history offers lessons aplenty for climate activists We all know the plotline: Single-minded, passionate activists attempt to take on immense money and power, hidebound ideology and bureaucratic paralysis to turn the tide on the most important issue ever. We […]
Dimock, PA Lawsuit Trial-Bound as Study Links Fracking to Water Contamination in Neighboring County
Dimock, PA Lawsuit Trial-Bound as Study Links Fracking to Water Contamination in Neighboring County A recent peer-reviewed study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed what many fracking critics have argued for years: hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas can contaminate groundwater. The study’s release comes as a major class action lawsuit filed in the District […]
A Potentially Massive Win For Fracking In Texas
A Potentially Massive Win For Fracking In Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s signature is all that’s needed to impose a ban on the ability of Texas’ cities to limit potentially harmful oil drilling practices, including hydraulic fracturing, in their jurisdictions. The measure, which easily passed both houses of the Republican-led Legislature, was welcomed by industry groups […]
New Oil-By-Rail Regulations Are Big Win for Oil and Rail Industries, Won’t Stop “Bomb Trains”
New Oil-By-Rail Regulations Are Big Win for Oil and Rail Industries, Won’t Stop “Bomb Trains” The long-awaited oil-by-rail regulations released today are basically a guidebook for the oil and rail industries to continue doing business as usual when it comes to moving explosive Bakken crude oil by rail. DeSmog recently reported on how the Obama administration has worked behind the […]
The Chilling Thing Blackstone Said about the Oil Bust
The Chilling Thing Blackstone Said about the Oil Bust Regardless of how troubled oil and gas companies are, “if the assets are good, someone will own them,” explained David Foley, senior managing director of Blackstone Energy Partners. He expected companies to buckle under the load of junk debt and kick off a long series of bankruptcies and […]
Is the Fracking Lobby Setting the EU Energy Agenda?
Is the Fracking Lobby Setting the EU Energy Agenda? A European expert panel on unconventional hydrocarbons has been almost entirely taken over by the fracking industry reveals a new investigationby Friends of the Earth (FoE) Europe and theCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO). The advisory group, set up by the European Commission, is tasked with assessing ongoing fracking projects in Europe along with […]
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use?
How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use? Water and energy have a symbiotic relationship. Energy is needed to move water to people and businesses. Water, in turn, is necessary to produce energy. Of course, different types of energy require varying levels of water use. Take electricity generation as an example. For the United States, electricity […]
Resource Dependence Could Prove Fatal For Canadian Economy
Resource Dependence Could Prove Fatal For Canadian Economy Low oil prices are threatening the health of Canada’s oil and gas sector, which in turn, is causing turmoil in Canada’s economy as a whole. The fall in oil prices are forcing billions of dollars in spending reductions for Canada’s oil and gas industry. In February, Royal […]
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people March is in advance of premiers’ summit next wee A climate-change march drew about 25,000 people to the streets of Quebec City on Saturday, as protesters try to encourage premiers to take a tougher stance on climate and pipeline regulations. Energy East pipeline project changes encouraging, expert says Dramatic […]
Top 12 Media Myths On Oil Prices
Top 12 Media Myths On Oil Prices The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There’s no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers, chemists and geologists. There’s a constantly evolving learning curve. And then there’s all the regulations and compliance. But all-in-all it’s pretty […]
