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B.C. Actively Promotes Fracking Boom as New Study Reaffirms Climate Impact
British Columbia is taking heat from two different news outlets for its avid support of natural gas fracking to feed its liquefied natural gas ... -
Fracking Sites in Texas, New Mexico Need $9 Billion to Dispose of Salty, Radioactive Wastewater
Oil and gas fracking producers in Texas and New Mexico will be looking for more than US$9 billion over the next decade, just to ... -
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Babies with Congenital Heart Disease More Likely Near Active Oil and Gas Sites
Mothers living near active oil and gas sites in Colorado are 40 to 70% are more likely to give birth to babies with congenital ... -
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Pieridae Delays Nova Scotia LNG Decision While Chevron Unveils New Plans in B.C.
Calgary-based Pieridae Energy Inc., the company behind the C$10-billion Goldboro liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, has postponed the go/no-go ... -
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Some Oil and Gas Resources Will Stay in the Ground, BP Admits
One of the world’s biggest fossil companies is admitting that some of its “more complicated to extract” oil and gas resources will have to ... -
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New Analysis Reveals ‘Clean’ Natural Gas as ‘the New Coal’
Methane leaks from liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other parts of the gas production chain are making the supposedly “clean fuel” a climate pollutant ... -
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Overlapping ‘Downstream Disruptors’ Spell Troubles for Fossil Exploration and Development
Oil and gas exploration companies are facing down a half-dozen simultaneous, overlapping threats to their financial success, according to two recent stories in the ... -
Analyst Sees Next Opportunity for U.S. Pipeliners in Contaminated Fracking Water
Having done their very best to boost an oil and gas fracking industry that leaves behind massive quantities of contaminated water, U.S. pipeline companies ... -
Morneau Delivers $275 Million in New Subsidies for LNG Canada Megaproject
Finance Minister Bill Morneau was in Kitimat, British Columbia Monday to announce the latest federal subsidy to the C$40-billion LNG Canada megaproject—a $220-million cash ... -
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Canada, UK, France, Ireland Declared Climate Emergency While Subsidizing Fossil Fuels
A new analysis this week identifies Canada as one of four countries that have declared climate emergencies after collectively spending US$27.5 billion per year ... -
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Zurich Insurance Drops Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Pipelines and Rail, Commits to 100% RE by 2022
The world’s 23rd-largest insurance company, Zurich Insurance Group, has become the world’s first to withdraw insurance and investment from companies significantly involved with the ... -
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Webinar: 1.5°C Still Doable Without ‘Unproven, Dangerous’ Geoengineering
It isn’t too late to limit average global warming to 1.5°C without resorting to geoengineering, and deploying geoengineering technologies such as carbon capture storage ... -
U.S. Health Professionals Call for Fracking Moratorium
An ever-growing chorus of American scientists, health professionals, politicians, and media is calling for a country-wide moratorium on fracking, as evidence accumulates that the ... -
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BREAKING: Canadian Senate Passes Impact Assessment Act, B.C. Tanker Ban, Arctic Drilling Moratorium
The Canadian Senate adopted Bills C-69 and C-48 last night, along with a lower-profile measure enshrining a moratorium on Arctic oil drilling, clearing the ... -
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Scheer Climate Plan ‘Like Building a House Without a Hammer’, Mirrors Fossil Industry Campaign Demands
More than a year after he promised it, and after weeks of mounting hype, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer released his party’s climate plan Wednesday, ...
