Energy Crunch newsletter – August 9
George Osborne, the newly appointed minister for shale gas development, might have expected some rough headlines this week, but he could hardly have guessed who would supply the fuel.
Fracking
Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking – headlines
•Trouble in fracking paradise •Censored EPA PA Fracking Water Contamination Presentation Published for First Time •Wood Mackenzie Says Bakken & Eagle Ford Will Produce More than the Two Largest Fields in North America Combined •Bridge Or Gangplank? Study Finds Methane Leakage From Gas Fields High Enough To Gut Climate Benefit •This 7-Year-Old Is Banned From Talking About Fracking—Ever •Peak shale oil? What peak?
Fracking News
This conversation with reporters covering fracking in California and in the US highlights the dangers and potential of the natural gas bonanza.
Drought-Stricken New Mexico Farmers Drain Aquifer To Sell Water For Fracking
The bad news is that the terrible drought in New Mexico has led some farmers to sell their water to the oil and gas industry. The worse news is that many of them are actually pumping the water out of the aquifer to do so.
Maugeri Misses Bakken ”Red Queen”
In this post I will, amongst other things, present the results from my review of the Bakken portion of Leonardo Maugeri’s discussion paper “The Shale Oil Boom: A U.S. Phenomenon”
Tsunami of Public Outrage Builds in Colorado as Fracking Invades Cities
Most people would rather watch an evening of “Survivor” reruns than go to a council meeting in their city. But no more. Not in Colorado since the invasion or threat of invasion by the oil industry into cities and towns up and down the Front Range.
Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking – headlines
•Fracking Tied to Pennsylvania Water Woes by EPA Official •Industry Pressure Shuts Down EPA Fracking Investigations •EDF to exit US nuclear power over impact of shale gas •US shale threatens Saudi funding crisis and demise of OPEC •Fracking can take place in ‘desolate’ north-east England, Tory peer says •Bakken shale natural gas flaring tops $100 million each month
Fossil Fuels’ Deadly Summer and the Growing Resistance
This much we know: The fossil fuels that power our economy take their toll, on workers, on the environment, and on those who live near areas of extraction, transportation, processing, and burning—which, these days, is a whole lot of people.
Commentary: Is Peak Oil Dead?
Steve Andrews interviews Martin Payne about the supposed death of peak oil…
Oil and gas headlines
•Wildcatting: A Stripper’s Guide to the Modern American Boomtown •Reports of the Death of Peak Oil Have Been Greatly Exaggerated •George Mitchell, a Pioneer in Hydraulic Fracturing, Dies at 94
Energy Crunch newsletter – July 26
Welcome to the first edition of Energy Crunch, the new newsletter from nef devoted to the crucial nexus between energy, the economy and the environment.
Could fracking finally kill off rural America?
Gasland 2, the sequel to Josh Fox’s documentary about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, introduces a frightening image.
