Tag: Natural Gas - Page 7
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Climate Diaries: Texas Drillers Might Freeze Their Frackers Off In Winter.
Texas faces now not only extraordinary dryness and fire danger, climate change has introduced the risk of gas production wells freezing up.
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China Has More Shale Gas Than US, But Faces Bigger Technological, Environmental Hurdles
It's in less accessible areas, drilling technology has to be imported, and (like the US) development is already outpacing regulation.
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Fracking Wastewater Disposal Plan Could Send Contaminants Over Niagara Falls
A new fracking wastewater disposal plan could see it dumped upsteam from Niagara Falls; many doubt the ability of water treament plants to remove the contamination.
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Does New York City Really Need a New Natural Gas Pipeline, At the End of The High Line?
With all the rightful focus the environmental community is placing on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you'd be forgiven for not hearing about another contentious proposed pipeline. There are echoes of Jane Jacobs versus Robert Moses here.
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Fracking Could Threaten Hot Springs in UNESCO-listed City of Bath, England
Coming on the heels of news of 'vast reserves' of shale gas in England, opponents of fracking are highlighting the potential threat the natural gas extraction method could pose in another area of the nation--this time to
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Renewable Energy Gets One-Tenth Government Support As Nuclear Power Did When Beginning
The conventional environmental wisdom (not unwarranted) on energy subsidies is that fossil fuels got way more government support in their infancy than renewable energy is getting today. A new report, highlighted by
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Oil & Gas Industry Jobs Overstated Four Times by American Petroleum Institute
You may have seen new ad from the American Petroleum Institute touting how many people the oil and gas industry employs, and the benefits of
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World Bank Urges Scrapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies To Help Poor Nations Adapt To Climate Change
Echoing what countless NGOs, economists and the UN have said previously, the World Bank apparently will be weighing in on fossil fuel subsidies. According to draft documents leaked to The Guardian, the World Bank will tell G20
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Scientists Tell New York Governor Municipal Water Systems Can't Handle Fracking
Nearly 60 scientists from 18 states and 7 foreign nations have weighed in on the ongoing fight over fracking in New York state. In letter sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo last week, the scientists said there is inadequate
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Josh Fox Earns An Emmy For 'Gasland'
The Emmys passed again on Steve Carrell, now for the fifth time, for his service on "The Office," but the voters didn't miss when they awarded Josh Fox one of those little statues for Outstanding Direction for Nonfiction Programming for Gasland. The
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Kenyan Oil Pipeline, French Nuclear Site Explode + Earthquakes, Flooding, Fracking & Fukushima
From today's pipeline explosion in Kenya and nuclear plant explosion in the south of France, to word coming late last week about the effects of the Virginia earthquake on nuclear power, to the amount of radiation released into the sea in the Fukushima
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Switching To Natural Gas From Coal Will Reduce Global Warming Much Less Than Hoped
Natural gas may have lower greenhouse gas emissions when burned than coal, but widespread switching over to natural gas for electricity won't have much of an impact on reducing global warming, a new study from the National
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Facts On Fracking, Pros & Cons of Hydraulic Fracturing For Natural Gas (Infographic)
In case your just getting up to speed on the loudly contentious debate about fracking then we've got an infographic for you. Produced by WellHome, it goes over the talking points of both proponents and detractors with a fairly even hand
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Natural Gas Electricity Emits 47% Fewer Greenhouse Gases Than Coal: New Analysis
Even factoring upstream emissions of methane from flaring and leaks (that is, leaks and burning of gas before the end user flips the switch) natural gas emits far less greenhouse gases than does burning coal. That's the word of a new study from
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New Jersey Governor Vetoes Fracking Ban - Wants One Year Moratorium Instead
So New Jersey might not have a ban on fracking after all. Though the state legislature approved a ban on the natural gas extraction process at the end of June, governor Chris Christie has vetoed the bill, sending it back to
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Energy Dept Releases Fracking Recommendations - New Yorkers Split On Supporting Shale Gas
As expected, the DoE has announced its recommendations on what to do about the safety and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, more commonly and colloquially known as fracking. The recommendations
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Scientists, Lawmakers Object To DoE Fracking Panel Members' Industry Ties
As the Department of Energy is expected to release tomorrow its draft recommendations on the safety and environmental impacts of fracking, both scientists and lawmakers have sent letters to DoE expressing concern
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US Fracking Industry Reserves Overstated By At Least 100%: Report
More on the benefits of shale gas as touted by fracking companies being overstated: According to new independent analysis, published in The Oil Drum, of extent of the US' shale gas reserves and the economics of extracting those finds that "industry
