U.S. Shale Has A Glaring Problem
A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and the Sightline Institute detail the “alarming volumes of red ink” within the shale industry.
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Community Choice Aggregations (CCAs)
What are community choice aggregations, or CCAs, and why are they suddenly playing such a huge role in wholesale power markets?
America and Russia: Stirrings in the Borderlands
To my mind, one of the main sources of collective stupidity in modern American society is our pervasive bad habit of short-term thinking. It’s embarrassingly rare for anyone in American public life to stop and say aloud, “Hold it. What’s going to happen if we keep on doing this for more than a few more years?”
Don’t Frack so Close to Me: Colorado Voters will Weigh in on Drilling Distances from Homes and Schools
Coloradans will vote on a ballot initiative in November that requires new oil and gas projects to be set back at least 2,500 feet from occupied buildings. If approved, the measure – known as both Initiative 97 and Proposition 112 – would mark a major change from their state’s current limits: 500 feet from homes and 1,000 feet from schools.
Dealing With Collapse: The Seneca Strategy
The basic ideas in the behavior of complex systems are always the same, especially when dealing with collapses: complex systems are complex because they are dominated by the mechanism we call “feedback.”
Can New Energy Technologies Save the Planet? Ask the Sperm Whale
Oil could have provided all the substitutes needed to end the whale industry, but instead fossil fuels energized the killing.
How to Build a Low-tech Website?
Because a website redesign was long overdue — and because we try to practice what we preach — we decided to build a low-tech, self-hosted, and solar-powered version of Low-tech Magazine.
‘Mud and Confusion’: Oil and Gas Industry Goes On Defense as Studies Show Offshore Exploration Could Kill Zooplankton
Seismic surveys involve an underwater air gun pulled behind a boat and fired at intervals, and as the shock waves bounce off the sea floor and return to sensors, they help reveal where oil and gas might be.
Q&A: Why Cement Emissions Matter for Climate Change
Cement use is set to rise as global urbanisation and economic development increases demand for new buildings and infrastructure. Along with other parts of the global economy, the cement industry will need to dramatically cut its emissions to meet the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals.
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare
There is no way for the shale industry to deal with the financial issues it faces — including its water crisis — without changing the existing rules.
National Energy Board Pushed to Correct Errors in Original 2016 Trans Mountain Report
Now that the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the National Energy Board should correct “serious mistakes” in its original 2016 report, says economist Robyn Allan.
Luxury Real Estate Boom Adds to Risk of Climate Disruption
In a report I co-authored, Towering Excess, I examine the perils of Boston’s luxury building boom in terms of its impact on inequality, affordable housing, and the increasing risks of illicit funds and money laundering.
