US Energy Independence: Another Pipe Dream, Says Analyst
One of Canada’s top energy analysts has warned investors and geologists that "the shale revolution" will not meet conventional expectations as a so-called game-changer in energy production.
Fracking
Perfora, Chico, Perfora
En Perfora, Chico, Perfora, J. David Hughes ha analizado en profundidad e investigado rigurosamente la posibilidad de diversos combustibles no convencionales para generar abundancia energetica.
Fracking headlines
•Fracking by the Numbers: Key Impacts of Dirty Drilling at the State and National Level •Monterey Shale isn’t all it’s fracked up to be •West Virginia Landfills Will Now Accept Unlimited Amounts Of Often Radioactive Fracking Waste •Too Big to Believe: Top Economists Doubt California Oil Industry’s Jobs Figures •Colorado Cities Sued Over Fracking Bans by Oil, Gas Group
The Unacceptable Impacts of Coal Seam Gas and Shale Gas Extraction
This submission gathers evidence from around the world to make the case against fracking in Nottinghamshire. Obviously the same arguments could be made against shale gas fracking elsewhere.
“Wildly optimistic” Monterey Shale estimates
Industry insiders and politicians, citing several recent studies, are literally gushing with optimism over the prospect of a protracted period of economic prosperity. But those studies are now coming under scrutiny.
Richard Heinberg and Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty
What do you know about hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” of natural gas? Probably depends on who you’re listening to.
Fracking and shale headlines
•France reaffirms opposition to shale gas exploration •Fracking bonanza eludes wastewater recycling investors •Lord Browne: fracking will not reduce UK gas prices •Midnight Sabotage with Transylvania’s Anti-Fracking Activists •Banks Reluctant to Lend in Shale Plays as Evidence Mounts on Harm to Property Values Near Fracking •Shale gas could restrain rising energy costs, says reportFor IEA, shale has no long-term impact on oil price •Beneath the Hype: Track Records and Physical Evidence Cast Doubts on Stories of Oil Plenty •How threatened is Uinta Basin’s rare desert flower?
Drilling California: A Reality Check
New analysis shows that the Monterey shale is likely to greatly disappoint those who hold hope for a new golden age of oil in the Golden State.
Why Massachusetts Might Ban Fracking Even Though There’s No Fracking In Massachusetts
Last week, a committee in Massachusetts moved closer to banning hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) in the Bay State.
Carbon Democracy
Episode 69 features Timothy Mitchell and Richard Heinberg. Timothy Mitchell is author of ‘Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil’. Richard speaks about his recent book ‘Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future’.
Fracking headlines
•Methane Emissions in U.S. Probably Top Estimates: Study •Top 10 beneficiaries of fracturing dollars in Congress •From sunset to new dawnColorado creates rules to reduce fracking emissions •Boom city keeps optimism as gas drilling slows •Americans Uninformed About Fracking Says New Study
Alberta Voices: Somebody…needs to wake up!
"There had been oil and gas wells here in the area in the past," says Elaine, "but what we didn’t know was that this was a whole new breed of oil and gas wells…"
