Shale gas – Nov 23

By Resilience.org Staff, originally published by Resilience.org

November 23, 2012

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

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Methane leaks suggest fracking benefits exaggerated
Michael Slezak, New Scientist
Have the benefits of "fracking" as a way to extract natural gas been exaggerated? Australia’s biggest such operation is showing larger than expected leaks of methane, reveals research submitted to a government inquiry…

Most research on these leaks has focused on well heads, but Damien Maher at Southern Cross University in Queensland and colleagues looked at gas seeping through the ground…
(21 November 2012)


Gas Industry Attacks Scientists After Research Finds Triple The Normal Levels Of Methane At Australian Gas Fields
Graham Redfearn, DeSmog Blog
 

Image Removed Gas Industry Attacks Scientists After Research Finds Triple The Normal Levels Of Methane At Australian Gas Fields (via Desmogblog)

LEVELS of the potent greenhouse gas methane have been recorded at more than three times their normal background levels at coal seam gas fields in Australia, raising questions about the true climate change impact of the booming industry. The findings, which have been submitted both for peer review and…

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Resilience.org Staff

Tags: climate change, Energy Policy, Natural Gas, Shale gas

A future of ‘fewer and less’ may be unavoidable. But how do we get there humanely?

By Robert Jensen, Savage Minds

With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions: We need to replace fantasies of endless growth with ideas about managing the contraction.

September 16, 2026

Affordability, not scarcity, is the real energy crisis

By Gail Tverberg, Our Finite World

In this post, I examine differences in economic behaviour by comparing two types of periods: those with low energy affordability and those with high energy affordability.

August 26, 2026

Inside the struggle to dismantle America’s greenhouse gas data

By Rachel Santarsiero, Ashley Braun, DeSmog Blog

New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.

August 24, 2026

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