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Shale gas

Energy Crunch: [redacted]

December 15, 2020August 22, 2014 by Energy Crunch staff

The government’s case for shale looked increasingly shaky last week as a draft Defra report on the potential impact of fracking in rural areas was released with most crucial information simply removed.

Categories Energy Tags energy industry, Fracking, Politics, Shale gas Leave a comment

Energy Crunch: Avoiding a new dash for gas

December 15, 2020August 8, 2014 by Energy Crunch staff

Nearly half the UK is now open to fracking. The latest onshore oil and gas licensing round opened up most of England and the Midland Valley of Scotland for applications to drill…

Categories Energy Tags climate change, Energy conservation, energy transition, Fracking, home heating, Natural Gas, Shale gas Leave a comment

What’s Missing from Canada’s Fracking Debate?

December 15, 2020July 3, 2014 by Andrew Nikiforuk

This is a long read. Because the current ‘debate’ leaves out so much.

Categories Energy Tags Canada, Canadian energy policy, Fracking, Pollution, Shale gas Leave a comment

Ailing Shale Gas Returns Force a ‘Drilling Treadmill’

December 15, 2020July 1, 2014 by Andrew Nikiforuk

Long-term sustainability of industry is highly questionable, studies show.

Categories Energy Tags energy constraints, Fracking, Shale gas Leave a comment

Energy Crunch: What’s the big picture?

December 15, 2020May 30, 2014 by Energy Crunch staff

Hopes of a shale bonanza to replace dwindling conventional resources took a battering this week.

Categories Energy Tags energy transition, Fracking, Monterey Shale, Renewables, Shale gas, tight oil Leave a comment

Are Shales a Bubble?

December 15, 2020May 27, 2014 by Deborah Lawrence

When considering shale economic viability, hype was the only aspect that actually existed.

Categories Energy Tags energy industry, shale bubble, Shale gas, tight oil Leave a comment

Export Delusions: Why the rush to export natural gas is a fool’s errand

December 15, 2020May 21, 2014 by Asher Miller

LNG exports have become a hot-button issue and enmeshed with the fate of an energy efficiency bill and a vote on approval of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Categories Energy Tags Energy Policy, natural gas exports, Shale gas, US energy policy Leave a comment

Energy Crunch: Fracking Under Fire

December 15, 2020May 16, 2014 by Energy Crunch staff

Coalition energy policy came under fire from an unusual source this week – former energy secretary and noted fracking enthusiast Lord Howell. …he now claims the government’s view of shale gas “is much too optimistic…

Categories Energy Tags Coal, Emissions, energy transition, Fracking, Renewable Energy, Shale gas Leave a comment

House of Lords shale gas report chooses eloquence over analysis when addressing issues of climate change

December 15, 2020May 12, 2014 by Kevin Anderson

When it comes to climate change, the latest House of Lords report is yet another in a long line of eloquent obfuscations rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic rather than grasping the wheel and urgently steering a different course.

Categories Environment Tags climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, Shale gas Leave a comment

“2 + 2 = 0” – Whitewashing the potential health effects of shale gas

December 15, 2020May 7, 2014 by Paul Mobbs

Public Health England’s report on shale gas amounts to scientific misconduct according to Paul Mobbs.

Categories Energy Tags Fracking, public health, Shale gas Leave a comment

Revisiting Natural Gas

December 15, 2020May 6, 2014 by Tom Whipple

Despite all the hype about our supposed 100-year reserve of natural gas our natural gas industry has not been doing very well of late.

Categories Energy Tags Fracking, Natural Gas, Shale gas, US energy policy Leave a comment

Energy Crunch: The future’s local?

December 15, 2020May 2, 2014 by Energy Crunch staff

The Tories’ announcement last week that a future Conservative government would cut off all further funding for onshore wind was a sure sign of low politics undermining sensible energy policy.

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