Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I’ve suggested in several previous posts that the peak oil debate may be approaching a turning point—one of those shifts in the collective conversation in which topics that have been shut out for years or decades finally succeed in crashing the party, and other topics that have gotten more than their quota of attention during that time get put out to pasture or sent to the glue factory.
Last month a small but vocal group gathered on the steps of Seattle’s city hall to demand greater restrictions on the controversial transportation of oil by railway tanker through the Northwest. This was the latest action in the larger movement of opposition to trains carrying fossil fuels through Washington.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is having a hard time maintaining his green image.
•Wells That Fizzle Are a ‘Potential Show Stopper’ for the Shale Boom •The View from Europe: America’s Shale Boom Looks More Like a Blip •BP carves off US shale gas operations into separate unit •Shale, the Last Oil and Gas Train: Interview with Arthur Berman •Court Upholds Imposing Fracking Ban in Colorado City •Los Angeles Moves Towards Ratifying Fracking Ban, but Is Federal Regulation Possible? •Brakes put on UK shale gas revolution •Fracking health risks must be established now, before the industry grows
Diana Daunheimer’s lawsuit follows years of policing industry in her own backyard.
•Fire in the hole: After fracking comes coal •Triple Divide Interview: Mark Ruffalo Fracking Documentary •Colorado First State to Clamp Down on Fracking Methane Pollution •Are we underestimating natural gas emissions? •China’s Plan to Clean Up Air in Cities Will Doom the Climate, Scientists Say •The CEO of Exxon loves fracking, as long as it doesn’t spoil his view •This artist creates fracking scenes with vintage figurines and postcards
Increasingly, the fracking boom in the Marcellus Shale and across the United States is leaving behind some big water worries…
An oil well owned by Whiting Petroleum Corp. started leaking hydraulic fracturing fluid and spewing oil late on Thursday, after a blowout that company and state officials said may take “a couple more days” to clear up, according to Friday reports in Reuters.
The British government has acknowledged the potential harms of fracking for unconventional gas – yet claimed that regulation in Britain is more stringent than in other countries and that it is therefore possible to prevent negative impacts. In this article I will show that over a century of health and safety regulation in the UK gives no ground for confidence.
Even as concerns arise about the threats hydraulic fracturing poses to water quality and human health, a new study released yesterday finds that the water demands of the “fracking” process are adding considerably to localized water depletion, especially in parts of Texas, Colorado, and California.
It took major storm damage and record floods to get energy prices off the front pages, but any ministers hoping for a brief respite on the turmoil over energy policy will be no doubt disappointed.
•Fracking is depleting water supplies in America’s driest areas, report shows •Why Shale Oil Boosters Are Charlatans In Disguise •Risks of Fracking Boom Draw Renewed Attention from Investors •Canadian awaits verdict on fracking nightmareF•ocus on well efficiency keeps Marcellus Shale pumping despite low prices •Cuadrilla fracking delays over radioactive waste water •Voluntary Fracking Certification Kicks Off in U.S. •Tight Trouble
