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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 […]
Peak Shale: Is the US Fracking Industry Already in Decline?
Peak Shale: Is the US Fracking Industry Already in Decline? In 2016, lower oil prices led to an overall drop in production for shale companies, which use horizontal drilling and fracking to extract oil and gas from shale formations such as the Marcellus and Permian. This was one of the few relatively positive financial periods for […]
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 […]
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now Climate breakdown is an imminent threat to humanity. But an international treaty could avert calamity Brown coal power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. ‘Currently global demand for coal, oil and gas are all growing, with fossil fuels accounting for 81% of energy use.’ […]
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown
As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate breakdown Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience Illustration by Bill Bragg It is hard to believe today, but the prevailing ethos […]
Big Oil Cheers Trump’s ‘New NAFTA’ But Mexico Could Complicate Things
Big Oil Cheers Trump’s ‘New NAFTA’ But Mexico Could Complicate Things While the oil and gas industry has lauded the new trade deal that may soon replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a provision added by Mexico, along with its new president’s plan to ban fracking, could complicate the industry’s rising ambitions there. The new agreement, […]
US Oil Exports Are Exceeding Almost All Predictions—Thanks to Fracking
US Oil Exports Are Exceeding Almost All Predictions—Thanks to Fracking The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported in September that crude oil exports are continuing to set records, mostly due to the fracking boom in the Permian Basin, in Texas and New Mexico. June exports hit a record 2.2 million barrels per day, while the monthly average was up […]
Trump Admin Accelerates Push to Export Fracking to Argentina
Trump Admin Accelerates Push to Export Fracking to Argentina In June, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry traveled to Bariloche, Argentina, for a G20 Summit where he expressed his desire to help Argentina become more like Texas, his home state. “The technology that has allowed for the shale gas revolution in America, we want to make […]
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has clearly documented the multiple risks — despite repeated dismissals from the oil and gas industry — that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses to drinking water supplies. However, the tables may be turning: Water itself now poses a risk to the already failing financial model of the American fracking industry, and […]
The U.S. Is The World’s Top Oil Producer, But For How Long?
The U.S. Is The World’s Top Oil Producer, But For How Long? The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that the U.S. likely surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia earlier this year to become the world’s top crude oil producer. The EIA based its disclosure on preliminary estimates in its Short-Term Energy Outlook which […]
Pipeline that Exploded in Pennsylvania Part of Push to Build Fracking-Reliant Petrochemical Network
Pipeline that Exploded in Pennsylvania Part of Push to Build Fracking-Reliant Petrochemical Network Just before dawn Monday morning, Chuck Belczyk thought a jet had crashed near his home roughly 25 miles outside Pittsburgh – until he heard the sound of hissing gas. “And that’s when it all hit us what was happening,” Belczyk told NPR’s State […]
Methane and climate: 10 things you should know
Methane and climate: 10 things you should know The graph above shows methane concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere over the past 10,000+ years: 8000 BCE to 2018 CE. The units are parts per billion (ppb). The year 1800 is marked with a circle. Note the ominous spike. As a result of increasing human-caused emissions, atmospheric methane […]
No Fracking Way: Debt-Laden Shale Producers May Unleash The Next Financial Crisis
No Fracking Way: Debt-Laden Shale Producers May Unleash The Next Financial Crisis After nearly two decades of horizontal drilling, fracking – as it is commonly known, has “turned the energy world upside down,” according to Journalist Bethany McLean, a former Goldman Sachs analyst-turned-journalist. And according to a new op-ed in the New York Times, McLean has a warning for […]
Fracking Wastewater Spikes 1,440% in Half Decade, Adding to Dry Regions’ Water Woes
Fracking Wastewater Spikes 1,440% in Half Decade, Adding to Dry Regions’ Water Woes Between 2011 and 2016, fracked oil and gas wells in the U.S. pumped out record-breaking amounts of wastewater, which is laced with toxic and radioactive materials, a new Duke University study concludes. The amount of wastewater from fracking rose 1,440 percent during that period. […]
The Fracking Industry Is Cannibalizing Its Own Production, Increasing Spill Risks
The Fracking Industry Is Cannibalizing Its Own Production, Increasing Spill Risks In the climactic final scene in There Will Be Blood — arguably the greatest movie about the oil industry — the main character played by Daniel Day Lewis explains how he sucked the oil from a neighbor’s land by using horizontal drilling. To help his neighbor […]
