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House GOP Would Have Taxpayers Pay for Cleanup When Fracking Boom Goes Bust
2023-12-06 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismLauren Boebert’s bill could saddle taxpayers with up to $17.7 billion in oil and gas cleanup costs on public lands.
Tagged under: Fracking
Their names appeared on letters urging fracking Ohio’s state parks. They don’t know how.
2023-09-12 (or before) in Cleveland OH Local News, Breaking News, Sports & WeatherHow did a 9-year-old's name wind up on a pro-fracking letter?
Tagged under: Fracking
Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
2023-09-05 in The GuardianFarris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projects
Tagged under: Texas | Fracking | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Religion
Fracking Linked to Increased Cases of Lymphoma in Pennsylvania Children, Study Finds - Inside Climate News
2023-08-16 by in Inside Climate NewsChildren living within a mile of a natural gas fracking well were up to seven times more likely to suffer from lymphoma, a rare kind of cancer, than those who had no such wells within five miles of their homes, according to a long-awaited study that adds to a growing number of investigations into possible […]
Tagged under: Children | Fracking | Women and Children
Why the Senate's loudest climate advocate may vote to approve a fracked gas pipeline
2023-06-02 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | SubstackIn an interview on Thursday morning, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said he doesn't believe the Mountain Valley Pipeline's approval will automatically derail the nation's climate goals.
Tagged under: Fracking | US Politics
Companies that frack for oil and gas can keep a lot of information secret – but what they disclose shows widespread use of hazardous chemicals
2023-04-03 by in The ConversationFracking for oil and gas uses millions of pounds of chemicals, some of which are toxic or carcinogenic. Two researchers summarize what companies have disclosed and call for more transparency.
Tagged under: Fracking
Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points
2023-03-06 in The GuardianVast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Tipping Points
Fueling Resistance
2022-12-14 (or before) in MITIn Fueling Resistance, Kate Neville dissects the processes, and political economy framework, of resistance to two different alternative fuel projects in two distinct and disparate locations. The comparison centers on resistance to a biofuel project in Kenya and a fracking project in the Yukon territory of Canada. The unwritten premise is that these two energy projects, and the subsequent resistance to them, may not have obvious similarities given their distinct characteristics and locations but in fact have several elements in common. Neville outlines how these cases can be viewed as similar and concludes that understanding the ...
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Climate Change | Colonialism | Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Wind Power | Health | Climate Justice | Food Production and Consumption | Finance
Fracking Firm Agrees to Pay a Small Town’s Water Bills for 75 Years
2022-12-01 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismA fracking company has been convicted 14 years after polluting water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania.
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Environmentalists Fear a Massive New Plastics Plant Near Pittsburgh Will Worsen Pollution and Stimulate Fracking - Inside Climate News
2022-10-16 by in Inside Climate NewsFifteen years after Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry began to raise worries about air and water pollution, the industry’s critics now fear a new source of harmful emissions from the fledgling petrochemical industry, which is poised to become a major customer for the state’s abundant gas reserves. In a state that has long nurtured the extraction […]
Tagged under: Fracking
RSPB ‘not ruling out’ direct action to defend nature from government policy
2022-10-10 in The GuardianBeccy Speight says charity coalition plans to step up campaign against changes posing threat to wildlife
Tagged under: Farming | Coal | Wildlife | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Rees-Mogg seeking to evade scrutiny of new fracking projects, email shows
2022-10-04 in The GuardianExclusive: Note setting out business secretary’s views looks for ways to accelerate schemes, including streamlining HSE requirements
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Fracking Minister Funded by Fossil Fuel Investor – Byline Times
2022-09-22 by in Byline TimesNafeez Ahmed investigates Jacob Rees-Mogg's relationship with his former hedge-fund mentor and political donor Robin Crispin Odey
Tagged under: Fracking
Earthquake levels set for review to allow fracking - BBC News
2022-09-22 (or before) in The BBCA report on the risk of fracking-linked earthquakes is due as ministers seek to boost energy supplies.
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Fracking won’t work in UK says founder of fracking company Cuadrilla
2022-09-21 in The GuardianChris Cornelius says geology is too challenging and government’s support is merely ‘soundbites’
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
By reversing the fracking ban, Liz Truss turns the clock back on climate policy – Olivia Blake PM
2022-09-21 in Labour Outlook"Reversing the fracking ban will not even lower our energy bills or increase our energy security, as Truss and her cheerleaders in the Net Zero Scrutiny group suggest."
Tagged under: Fracking | Net Zero
Factcheck: Why fracking is not the answer to the UK’s energy crisis - Carbon Brief
2022-09-09 by in Carbon BriefThe UK’s new prime minister Liz Truss has used her first major policy address to announce an end to the moratorium on fracking in England.
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Fracking: Deadlock over plan to seal up wells - BBC News
2022-03-15 (or before) in The BBCThe UK's only two shale gas wells are set to be put permanently out of use at the end of June.
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'We've been dudded': Oil and gas leases granted in Channel Country without consulting traditional owners
2021-12-16 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)Traditional owners in Queensland's Channel Country say they feel "dudded" after the government has quietly paved the way for gas fracking on their land, despite promises to consult them.
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Surface Water Vulnerable to Widespread Pollution From Fracking, a New Study Finds - Inside Climate News
2021-08-20 in Inside Climate NewsFossil fuels don’t just damage the planet by emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases when they are burned. Extracting coal, oil and gas has a huge impact on the surface of the earth, including strip mines the size of cities and offshore oil spills that pollute country-sized swaths of ocean. Years of research has shown how the […]
Tagged under: Oceans | Greenhouse Gases | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
The U.S. Shale Revolution Has Surrendered to Reality
2021-07-16 by in DeSmog“Drill, baby, drill is gone forever.” That was the recent assessment of Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman of the American oil industry’s future potential. As Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz is one of the most influential voices in the global oil markets. Fortune termed it a “bold taunt,” and a warning to U.S. frackers […]
Tagged under: Fracking | Saudi Arabia
Fracking 101: What You Should Know - EcoWatch
2021-05-11 in EcoWatch - For a Healthier Planet and LifeFracking involves blasting water, chemicals and frac sand deep into the earth to break up rock formations and extract natural gas and crude oil. It's one of the most important environmental issues today, and a case study in how a new technology that offers immediate economic and political advantages can overpower environmental and health concerns.
Tagged under: Environmental Protection Agency USA | Water Resources | Fracking | Health | Economics
Evidence of Fracking Chemicals Found in Bodies of Pennsylvania Children
2021-03-23 by in Truthout - Fearless Independent JournalismOne 9-year-old had 91 times the average level of biomarkers for toluene, a chemical that can damage livers and kidneys.
Tagged under: Children | Fracking | Women and Children
Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive
2020-10-22 (or before) in In These TimesAided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government.
Tagged under: Exxon | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
New Study Casts Doubt On The Climate Benefits Of Natural Gas Power Plants
2020-10-09 in HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPostThe emissions and methane leaks from new gas plants zero out the CO2 cuts achieved from closing coal plants, a peer-reviewed analysis found.
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Coal | Climate Change | Fracking
The Energy 202: The U.S. just hit a major milestone as a petroleum exporter - The Washington Post
2020-07-17 in The Washington PostProduction from fracking is the major reason why.
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Methane rises to highest level on record
2020-07-14 in The GuardianLivestock farming and fossil fuels are main causes of rise in gas, which is 28 times more powerful than CO2 at trapping heat
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
House Democrats’ Climate Plan Embraces Much of Green New Deal, but Not a Ban on Fracking - Inside Climate News
2020-07-01 in Inside Climate NewsHouse Democrats unveiled a sweeping plan for climate action Tuesday that embraces much of the ambition of the Green New Deal, while avoiding the use of the name and steering clear of calls for abrupt bans on fossil fuel development. Instead, the package of more than 120 pieces of legislation seeks to drive a transition […]
Tagged under: Fracking | Legislation
US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
2020-05-12 in The GuardianExclusive: oil, coal and fracking companies in line to benefit from $750bn bond scheme
Tagged under: Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Scientific advice recommending ban on fracking in Lake Eyre basin kept secret and ignored
2020-04-29 in The GuardianExclusive: Queensland government blocked report’s public release after granting gas companies new exploration rights
Tagged under: Rivers | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
'Black wall' of redacted pages as UK fracking report finally released
2019-12-02 in The GuardianPeople will wonder why there is so much the government wants to conceal, says Greenpeace
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Newsom halts new dangerous steam injection, oil fracking in California
2019-11-19 (or before) in Desert SunDozens of illegal spills have occurred since new law took effect. Industry study says gas prices could rise sharply with permanent drilling ban.
Tagged under: Fracking | California
Why the UK government finally gave up on fracking. And why American shale drilling will crash. – Jeremy Leggett
2019-11-03 (or before) in Jeremy Leggett - Climate, energy, tech, and the future of civilisationTagged under: Fracking
More methane in atmosphere linked to more fracking
2019-10-29 (or before) in National GeographicThe chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit.
Tagged under: Methane | Fracking
Plan for fracking 'years behind schedule' and has cost taxpayer £32m
2019-10-23 in The GuardianSpending watchdog finds that only three wells have been dug, despite aim to have 20 by 2020
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
UK to use finance meant for green energy to support fracking in Argentina
2019-10-22 in The GuardianDocuments show government’s £1bn commitment in 2017 later prioritised support of major oil companies
Tagged under: Argentina | Renewable Energy | BP | Shell | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Finance
Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry
2019-10-13 in The GuardianExclusive: analysis reveals lenders provided $700bn to expand sector since Paris climate pact
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Oil firms to pour extra 7m barrels per day into markets, data shows
2019-10-10 in The GuardianProjected production surge in next 12 years to be led by Shell despite climate crisis
Tagged under: BP | Shell | Chevron | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Saudi Arabia | Aramco
Government's shift to relax shale gas fracking safeguards condemned
2019-08-15 in The GuardianEnvironment groups fear possibly ‘weakened’ earthquake risk rules after report on Cuadrilla drilling
Tagged under: Activism | Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace
Ex-BP boss John Browne: ‘It’s going to take a long time to take oil and coal out of the energy system’
2019-06-08 in The GuardianThe energy executive talks about fracking, Huawei and Greta Thunberg
Tagged under: BP | Greta Thunberg | Coal | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Fracking tsar quits after six months and blames eco activists
2019-04-27 in The GuardianNatascha Engel says developing the industry would be ‘an impossible task’
Tagged under: Activism | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
NASA just made a stunning discovery about how fracking fuels global warming
2019-04-21 (or before) in ThinkProgressTagged under: Fracking
Climate activists glue hands to UK government building in new protest
2018-11-12 in The GuardianTwenty-two held over protests at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Tagged under: Activism | Fracking
Top climate scientist blasts UK’s fracking plans as 'aping Trump’
2018-10-13 in The GuardianJames Hansen, ‘father of climate science’, accuses Britain of ignoring evidence
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels
France bans fracking and oil extraction in all of its territories
2017-12-20 in The GuardianFrench parliamentarians have passed a law banning fossil fuel extraction. President Macron says he wants France to lead the world with switch to renewables
Tagged under: Renewable Energy | France | Fracking | Fossil Fuels
Water shortages may make fracking impractical, industry says
2013-11-27 in The GuardianQuantities required for the fracking process may make it problematic in areas of the UK where resources are scarce
Tagged under: Fracking | Fossil Fuels | Water Resources
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