Tag: Natural Gas
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Natural Gas Industry Worried Green Building Regs Will Damage Its Reputation
The American Gas Association has been aggressively lobbying against efforts to zero-out fossil fuel use in federal buildings. It's painfully typical corporate behavior.
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Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water
In signing the ban into law, Vermont's governor reminds us that there was civilization before fossil fuels, but there was no life at all before water.
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North Sea Natural Gas Platform Leak Finally Stopped
After a couple months of work the methane leak amounted to not much at all, but it is a reminder that potentially environmentally damaging leaks are business-as-usual with fossil fuels.
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New Federal Fracking Rules Would Only Apply to 11% of Nation's Natural Gas Supply
Only Bureau of Land Management lands are covered by the draft rules, ProPublica explains -- not private land, not state-owned land, where the vast majority of fracking is planned.
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Germany & UK Going Opposite Directions on Fracking
Even though different conclusions about proceeding with fracking have happened in the UK and Germany, in both cases the precautionary principle has been applied to a far greater degree than it has in the US.
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More US Shale Gas Drilling Means More Gas Flaring, More Emissions
The World Bank reports that for the first time since 2008 global gas flaring has increased, with the blame placed on increased shale gas drilling in North Dakota.
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Fracking Chemicals Could Hit Drinking Water More Quickly Than Thought - As Interior Mulls Letting Companies Disclose Them After the Fact
Computer modeling of the Marcellus Shale shows that chemicals could reach the surface in as little as "a few years."
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Fracking Did Contaminate Wyoming Town's Wells, Independent Review Confirms
A quartet of green groups commissioned a review of the EPA's report on groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, finding that the EPA got it right. Fracking is to blame.
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From Fracking to Water Rights: How Foreign Interests Are Cleaning Out Africa
“Africa will be the backbone of our production and growth in the next 10 years.”
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North Sea Gas Drilling Rig Leak Reduced by One-Third
The relief well Total is drilling to stop the methane leak still will take another five months to complete, but has already slowed the leak by one-third.
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Vermont Senate Votes to Ban Fracking
The House passed a three-year moratorium earlier in the year. The Senate proposes to extend the ban indefinitely.
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EPA Finalizes Fracking Rules - Gives Industry 30 Months to Fully Comply
EPA says VOC emissions from new wells will be reduced 95%.
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Could Using Propane Instead of Water Clean Up Fracking?
That's an unanswered question, but it also enable frackers to get around New York state's moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
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President Obama Creates New Fracking Oversight Panel, Overlooks Fracking's Eco-Impact
I really wonder if when it comes to the environmental impact of natural gas President Obama's advisors actually keep up with the latest research.
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Think Natural Gas Leasing Makes Homeowners Money? Think Again (Video)
Water Defense's latest anti-natural gas video takes on what happens to homeowners' property values and how much money they really receive from natural gas drilling.
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Protecting Americans From Natural Gas Air Pollution
Americans are speaking out in support of EPA's coming protections from pollution caused by natural gas and oil drilling.
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To Lower Emissions Climate Coalitions Should Start Buying Fossil Fuel Rights & Not Use Them
Are we overlooking an effective means to lower emissions, keeping fossil fuels in the ground? A new study says yes. Would it be allowed to work though?
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Lenders Say Fracking Presents a Mortgage Risk
Landowners who sign away mineral leases may be ineligible for mortgages, presenting a real financial risk long before any drilling starts.
