Shale & Fracking
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Ex-Saskatchewan MLA Takes Helm of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Tim McMillan, Saskatchewan’s former minister of rural health, will become president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers October 1. -
Three New Studies Address Health Effects of Fracking
Three new pieces of research published in the first half of September came up with varied results on the health effects of natural gas ... -
Study Links Fracking Wastewater to Colorado, New Mexico Earthquakes
The U.S. Geological Survey is pointing to discarded wastewater from hydraulic fracturing sites as the cause of increased earthquake activity in Colorado and New ... -
Clinton Touts Natural Gas Fracking as Part of Clean Energy Bridge
Ex-U.S. Secretary of State and potential 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton supports natural gas fracking as part of a bridge to a clean energy ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Fracking Bubble is About to Burst (and Enviros Aren’t to Blame)
North America’s fracking bubble is likely to burst in the next decade, the Post Carbon Institute predicts. And while the oil and gas industry ... -
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Rapid Oil and Gas Development Fuels Boomtown Social Impact
Fort McMurray, Alberta and other energy towns have become focal points for a cluster of intense debates: between renewable and non-renewable energy development, between ... -
Methane Leakage Outweighs Any Climate Gain in U.S. LNG Exports
A new report from the U.S. Department of Energy shows that liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports may never deliver a net climate benefit—not if ... -
Superheroes and Monster Trucks: What If the Shale Bubble Bursts?
This feature post in resilience.org picks up on mounting evidence that the shale oil and gas boom is really just another investment bubble. “Hype ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingUnited States
Landmark U.S. Power Plant Rule Ignores Methane in Natural Gas Fracking
The new carbon pollution standard released Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn’t account for methane released in natural gas fracking, according ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsJurisdictionsMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingUnited States
Natural Gas and GHG Reductions: Not a Simple Calculation
Although the new power plant rules published Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) position natural gas as a transition fuel, the drive ... -
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Couple Wins $2.9 Million Judgement for Air Emissions from Fracking
A family in Wise County, TX has won a $2.9 million judgement against an oil and gas company in “what appears to be the first ... -
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Safe Fracking ‘Simply Not Possible’: Ex-Mobil VP
A former executive vice president of Mobil Oil is urging New York State to ban hydraulic fracturing, arguing that a fracked well requires 50 ... -
68% of Californians Support Fracking Moratorium
When the California state Senate fell short this week in its vote on a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the decision flew in the face of widespread ... -
Dead Babies and Utah’s Carbon Bomb
When I saw the headline for this piece, I needed some convincing. But short of a full-scale epidemiological study, Moench makes a compelling case ... -
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Investor Beware: Oil Companies May Be Over-Investing in High-Risk Projects
Unsteady oil prices, declining oil demand, and serious controls on carbon pollution could all spell danger for oil and gas investors who don’t pay ...