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Fracking in the UK
Fracking in the UK Burning fossil fuels is a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions (GGE), and, greenhouse gas emissions (water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O)) are the principle cause of man-made climate change. Given this fact, governments throughout the world should be moving away from fossil fuels and investing […]
UK Fracking Pauses, Again
UK Fracking Pauses, Again For the second time in two weeks since Cuadrilla started fracking at an exploration site in northwest England—resuming hydraulic fracturing in the UK for the first time in seven years—the company had to stop operations on Monday due to a micro seismic event measuring above the threshold requiring a halt. Cuadrilla […]
Frac Sand Shortage Threatens Shale Boom
Frac Sand Shortage Threatens Shale Boom Higher drilling costs could threaten the recent surge in United States shale production. Halliburton said last week that its earnings could be negatively impacted because of bottlenecks related to the supply of frac sand used in shale drilling. The Wall Street Journal reported that Halliburton’s shares were briefly halted […]
Ohio Court Overturns Law Preventing Cities From Voting on Anti-Fracking Measures
Ohio Court Overturns Law Preventing Cities From Voting on Anti-Fracking Measures In a slight break with previous state policies that have encouraged fracking activity and new pipelines, the Ohio Supreme Court recently struck down a controversial provision restricting citizen efforts to vote locally on these and other issues through the ballot initiative process. Getting Out (of) […]
Welfare Kings? Study Finds Half of New Oil Production Unprofitable Without Government Handouts
Welfare Kings? Study Finds Half of New Oil Production Unprofitable Without Government Handouts A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Energy found that 50 percent of new oil production in America would be unprofitable if not for government subsidies. The study, performed by researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute and Earth Track, Inc., found that, at […]
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 […]
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Pt 9
Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Pt 9 There are—almost always—at least two sides to any story of significance and potential impact upon others. The greater the impact and potential for a range of outcomes, the more certain one can be that there are more than a handful of factors, considerations, and perspectives […]
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience
Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells. A tiny community sitting on a 27-square-mile piece of Western Pennsylvania wanted to send a big message to the energy company planning to deposit […]
Groundwater Contamination from Fracking Changes over Time: Study
Groundwater Contamination from Fracking Changes over Time: Study Texas study finds quality fluctuates as nearby industry evolves. A new Texas study is the first to measure groundwater quality from private water wells before, during, and after the expansion of fracking. Water photo via Shutterstock. A new Texas study has found that horizontal oil wells fractured by the injection of […]
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning
The Movement to Stop Fossil Fuel Development Is Winning Colorado’s high court today struck down the rights of Coloradans to enact local fracking bans. It’s no surprise, given the massive sway of the oil and gas industry in the state. The suit was brought against Longmont (which passed a popular fracking ban in 2012) by Gov. John Hickenlooper and his […]
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement
Gov. Cuomo Rejects the Constitution Pipeline, Huge Win for the Anti-Fracking Movement In a win for climate activists and the anti-fracking movement, and a blow to fossil fuel polluters and the federal regulatory agencies that enable them, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied a key permit to companies seeking to build a […]
‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT
‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire to RT Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham © RT Fracking should be banned as a “global threat” as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to […]
Top Shale Fracking Executive: We Won’t Frack the Rich
Top Shale Fracking Executive: We Won’t Frack the Rich Fracking companies deliberately keep their wells away from the “big houses” of wealthy and potentially influential people, a top executive from one of the country’s most prominent shale drilling companies told a gathering of attorneys at a seminar on oil and gas environmental law earlier this […]
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 […]
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study
Fracking Contaminates Groundwater: Stanford Study Another scientific report finds evidence of industry’s impact on public resource. Drilling photo via Shutterstock. Another scientific study has confirmed that fracking, the controversial technology that blasts apart low-grade rocks containing molecules of hydrocarbons, can contaminate groundwater. “We have, for the first time, demonstrated impact to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) as […]
