Latest Stories in Fossil Fuels - Page 2
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Protecting the Arctic from Climate Disruption
Scientist George Divoky explains why Arctic changes due to climate disruption must be taken seriously.
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29 Vermont towns vote to oppose tar sands exports
The Keystone XL pipeline isn't the only tar sands project facing opposition from the public. Vermont residents voted to oppose the use of an existing pipeline for the transportation of Canadian tar sands oil.
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Coal use declining in the U.S. (yay!) but going up everywhere else (boo!)
After all, all that matters for Earth's atmosphere is the absolute amount of greenhouse gas that we pump into it, not that the U.S.'s relative share of the total is going down.
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Even Rupert Murdoch thinks Keystone XL is a dumb idea
As Think Progress notes, even Rupert Murdoch acknowledges that the Keystone XL pipeline is a dumb idea.
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What do Canadians think of Keystone XL and tar sands?
The climate movement is growing in the US, but what do Canadians think of their role in exacerbating climate change?
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Sierra Club leads civil disobedience at White House, 48 arrested
For the first time in its 120 year history, the Sierra Club is encouraging - and participating - in civil resistance to raise awareness about climate change.
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It's Time To Nuke the Tar Sands! (Again)
Toshiba is proposing to boil the oil with their new 4S reactor.
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Why Shale Gas Fracking May Never Succeed in the UK
The UK is not America. Any attempt to replicate recent shale gas developments there will face some serious reality checks.
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A True Climate Legacy? Obama Can Block the Keystone XL Pipeline
President Obama can create a real climate legacy by blocking the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
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World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
World nuclear electricity-generating capacity has been essentially flat since 2007 and is likely to fall as plants retire faster than new ones are built. In fact, the actual electricity generated at nuclear power plants fell 5 percent from 2006 to 2011.
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University of Texas Researcher Quits After Fracking Conflict of Interest Revealed
The University of Texas has withdrawn a study that claimed fracking does not contaminate groundwater, following revelations that its author has significant financial ties to the gas industry.
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Shell Arctic Oil Spill Clean Up Gear "Crushed Like a Beer Can" in Tests
More detail has emerged of what happened during tests of Shell's oil spill containment dome last June. It doesn't bode well.
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New York State Revised Fracking Rules May Come Before End of Year
This would mean the revised rules would come without the promised reassessment of the health impacts of fracking.
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1.4 Million Megawatts of Coal Power Plants Currently Being Developed Globally
Three quarters of these are in India and China, though a surprising amount are still being proposed in the United States.
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Tar Sands Oil is Coming: If Not By Keystone, Then By Train
Another tar sands oil company has decided to skip that pesky pipeline business altogether—and ship the bitumen by train instead.
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US Forest Service Approves Expansion of Arch Coal Operations in Colorado Wilderness
The Obama administration is waging a war on the coal industry? Not hardly.
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Activists Wasting No Time in Pressing Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline
350.org's latest event attempting to stop the construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is scheduled for November 18th in Washington DC.
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It’s Time for the Green Cloak to Come Off of Natural Gas.
Casey Sheahan, CEO of Patagonia, shares his thoughts on natural gas and the recent Frack Free Colorado event.
