BLM’s New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass, But Were They Written By ExxonMobil?
DeSmogBlog notes that the Bureau of Land Management’s recently-released rules governing fracking on federal lands ”will adopt the American Legislative Exchange Council ...
Five Things That Are Needed In New Fracking Rules
The Department of the Interior is about to propose a revised version of rules to govern the practice of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells on federal lands. The department’s ...
The Green Buzz: Thursday, May 2
The green news this morning has me wanting to move to Norway.
Say what? They have so little garbage because folks recycle so much that yes, Oslo is importing trash. (Treehugger)
The ...
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns In Shale Plays Nationwide?
By Sharon Kelly via DeSmogBlog Today’s shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of years. ...
Faster Drilling, Diminishing Returns In Shale Plays Nationwide?
By Sharon Kelly via DeSmogBlog Today’s shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of years. ...
The Green Buzz: Monday, April 29
It’s Monday, it’s morning and it’s time for your green news buzz.
America now has more solar energy workers than coal miners. (MNN)
Are private shooting ranges and ...
Josh Fox’s Gasland Part II Faces Aggressive Oil and Gas Public Relations Campaign
By Sharon Kelly via DeSmogBlog “It’s coming,” a baritone voice warns as images of a fiery hellscape flash across the screen. “Lies. Deception,” someone whispers, just before ...
Green Films for Earth Day 2013
Mothers, carbon, trash, vanishing ice and "secret lives": Watch a movie for Earth Day and learn.
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Hydraulic Fracking in California: New Report Addresses Wastewater and Potential Water Impacts
Today, Berkeley Law released a new report on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in California, focusing on wastewater and potential water quality impacts. The report, Regulation ...
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Violated NEPA When Selling Oil and Gas Leases in California
On April 8, a federal magistrate judge issued the first major ruling in a California fracking lawsuit, finding that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National ...
Different Kind Of Boom: Replacing Extracted Oil And Gas With Toxic Wastewater Causes Earthquakes
A 2011 magnitude 5.7 quake in OK, linked to wastewater injection, buckled US Highway 62. (Credit: John Leeman) After pulling massive amounts of fossil fuels out of the Earth’s ...
Sad But True: WSJ Editorial Saying Obama Administration Doesn’t Drill Enough Is Wrong
Today, the Wall Street Journal editorial board published a gem of an editorial titled “Drill, Barack, Drill.” You might be able to guess what it’s about from the title. ...
Awesome Star-Studded Music Video: Don’t Frack My Mother!
Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and a flotilla of celebrities sing a song titled “Don’t Frack My Mother” that opposes fracking in New York State. The video has some actual ...
Fracking Bubble? Report Warns Shale Gas And Oil Won’t Solve Energy Crunch
Conserving key to energy independence concludes geologist David Hughes By Andrew Nikiforuk via The Tyee Governments and financial analysts who think unconventional fossil fuels such ...
Casting a Shadow on the Future of Shale Gas
Current projections for shale oil and gas are huge. But are they realistic? An article in the February 21 issue of Nature suggests that these projections may be too optimistic:
Wells ...
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