Tag: Natural Gas - Page 5
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Energy News: India's Wind Power Potential At Least 20x Greater Than Thought; Germany May Have To Ban New Solar PV
A mix bag today, highlighting the importance of electricity grids in expanding renewable energy, the global expansion of fracking, a wolf in sheep's clothing CCS project, and some massively good news for Indian wind power.
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The Big Fracking Bubble: Rolling Stone & Chesapeake Energy in War of Words
Rolling Stone claims that the business model for fracking is based more on speculation and land rights than its true energy potential. Frackers take offence.
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GM and Chrysler Announce Compressed Natural Gas Pickup Trucks
Chrysler and GM are throwing their hats into the CNG ring by announcing compressed natural gas pickup trucks.
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Slowing Global Warming This Century Requires Low Carbon Energy Not Natural Gas
"Delaying rollouts of low-carbon-emission energy technologies risks even greater environmental harm in the second half of this century and beyond."
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Cheaper Natural Gas Behind 2009 Drop In US Emissions
But with the greater emissions of shale gas over conventional sources of natural gas, will future shifts result in similar drops in emissions?
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New York Towns Can Ban Fracking Even If State Doesn't, Judge Rules
Local zoning laws prohibiting hydraulic fracturing in New York are legal, despite industry objections.
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Stopping Liquid Natural Gas Port in Maryland a Blow Against Fracking in the Marcellus Shale, Too
Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.
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Energy News Recap: Scientists Warn Against Arctic Oil Drilling; Palestinians Install Renewable Energy Despite Opposition; More
Past energy sources continue plodding onward, while the future of energy is researched in MIT labs, deployed in the California desert, and installed in Palestine even as Israel knocks it down. Here's what caught our eye today.
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Energy News Recap: 367 MW Offshore Wind Farm Opens in UK; Natural Gas Really Not Climate Friendly (Redux); More
Let's start with the good news today (the for-now-largest offshore wind power project is online) and move on to the more troubling (another study casts serious doubt on the benefits of natural gas as a bridge fuel as more renewable energy gets built).
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What Can Landowners and Communities Do About Fracking?
Fracking is undoubtedly a contentious issue, even more so when your community is at stake. Here's what you can do about it.
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Energy News Recap: Dems Want Keystone XL Oil Export Ban; How Are Fossil Fuels Like Slavery?
Plus, the natural gas glut means many new wells will be uneconomical; over 4 gigawatts of US coal power plants are set to close or are being hung-up in court; and, nations should all pledge to double renewable energy at the Rio+20 conference in June.
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Cheap Natural Gas Reshaping Power Generation and Home Heating: Coal Will Take The Loss
Combination of a warm winter & increased natural gas production is making natural gas the fuel of choice.
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How Important Will Fracking Be To Voters During The Next Election? Not Very, If Natural Gas Stays Cheap
Most US voters are ambivalent about fracking, which is an issue in only a handful of states, and the President owns strategy.
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Natural Gas: The Signs They Are A-Changin' In New York
In Broome County, New York it's the Battle of the Signs. "Everyone's got either a 'Friends of Natural Gas' sign or a 'No Fracking' sign on their lawn...And the industry hasn't even gotten to our area yet."
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There's Much Less Shale Gas Available in US Than Previously Thought
A new estimate of shale gas in the US, released by the Energy Information Agency, sharply revises downward available reserves: 40% lower for the nation and 66% lower for the Marcellus Shale.
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Bernie Sanders Pledges Legislation Ending 'Absurdity' of Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies
"The most profitable corporations in the world do not need subsidies from the American people," Sanders told a Washington DC rally.
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Increased Use of Natural Gas Will Make Climate Change Worse, Not Better, New Study Predicts
“The large GHG footprint of shale gas undercuts the logic of its use as a bridging fuel over coming decades, if the goal is to reduce global warming.”
