Tag: Natural Gas - Page 3
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Stop the Frack Attack: Join Us July 28 in Washington DC
Come to Washington, DC, on July 28 for the huge "Stop the Frack Attack" Rally.
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Chesapeake Energy Paid Just 1% Tax Over Past 23 Years
Bloomberg has taken a look at how much tax natural gas giant Chesapeake has paid over its history, and why it's so amazingly low.
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Fracking Industry Had Six Weeks More Access Than Public to New York State's Proposed Regulations
The documents were made available by the state as part of a stakeholdeer outreach program, which excluded stakeholders such as communities where fracking is planned.
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This Land is Coal's Land
Tons of U.S. public land is used for coal mining and drilling for gas. Essentially none is used for solar, wind, and geothermal.
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Natural Gas Companies May Have Colluded to Keep Land Prices Low in Michigan
An investigation reveals that Chesapeake and Encana traded emails talking about working together so they weren't outbidding one another. Whether it's enough for criminal antitrust action remains to be seen.
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The Sky Is Pink: There's No Safe Cigarette & There's No Safe Fracking (Video)
Josh Fox's new 18-minute anti-fracking video: If you have no idea what fracking is, watch it; if you think you know about fracking, still watch it.
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Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Will Save Taxpayers Billions Every Year
A new report from NRDC details just how much the economy and environment will benefit from cutting fossil fuel companies off corporate welfare.
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New York Fracking Proposal Creates "Sacrifice Zones" in Poor Counties
The New York governer's draft proposal on fracking seems like a decent compromise at first, but on further consideration is short-sighted enshrining of environmental injustice.
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24 Hour 'Twitter Storm' Against Fossil Fuel Subsidies Happening June 18
We need to end fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible. Here's one small way you can help.
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FIAT Bets Big On Natural Gas As The Future of Fuel For Cars
They claim that electric cars are not ready for prime time. They may be right.
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IEA's Golden Age of Natural Gas Will Usher in a Dark Age for Civilization & Nature
The IEA's "Golden Rules" scenario will ensure temperature rise of 3.5°C, well above what's needed to prevent dangerous climate change, and what nations have agreed to do.
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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."
