Coast to Coast, Legislation Protecting Communities Gains Momentum Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT Every day, communities across the country are taking action to protect themselves against the harms of industrial fracking. These efforts are illustrated by events like the string of successful bans and moratoria that …
Ukraine crisis shows urgency of green energy: Russian nat’l gas blackmail
by Juan Cole, originally published by Informed Comment | MAR 8, 2014 Hawks are complaining that europe has been insufficiently belligerent in its response to Russian moves in the Crimea, blaming the declining military budgets in most European countries. But this focus on military hardware is misleading, since there was never any prospect …
Oilprice article for Ethical Markets: New EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking
New EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing off the coast of California to disclose the chemicals they discharge into the ocean. Oil and gas companies have been fracking offshore California …
ASBC Public Announcement – August 9, 2013 – Business Owners Urge Minimum Wage Increase
Featured Story The Obama Administration recently proposed a new rule for hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) including those in the national forest system as well as federal lands nearby many treasured national parks. The Bureau of Land Management is currently …
E – The Environmental Magazine – Joining Hands for Beaches
May 19, 2013 WHAT WE’RE FOLLOWING Joining Hands for Beaches This past Saturday, Hands Across the Sand participants joined hands at beaches across the world to protest offshore drilling, deepwater drilling and offshore seismic testing. Hands Across the Sand’s mission is to ensure “the protection of our coastal economies, oceans,… Continue Reading …
Analysis of Marcellus flowback finds high levels of ancient brines
Analysis of Marcellus flowback finds high levels of ancient brines Posted: 18 Dec 2012 05:35 PM PST Brine water that flows back from gas wells in the Marcellus Shale region after hydraulic fracturing is many times more salty than seawater, with high contents of various elements, including radium and barium. …
An earthquake under shale gas prospects?
10 November 2011 | posted by Karel An earthquake under shale gas prospects? British gas company Cuadrilla Resources admitted last week that its “fracking” activities caused two (small) earthquakes in Blackpool earlier this year. They were 2.3 and 1.5 on the Richter scale and were described by Cuadrilla as “minor …
Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America
Solar Developer Profile: Scatec North America An emerging solar project developer in North America with 156 megawatts permitted. China’s Self-Sustaining Solar Economy If global solar demand were to evaporate, China could weather the storm. Mixed Greens: SmartSynch and Qualcomm Open an Apps Storefront, eMeter Takes MDM to the Cloud Partnerships …