Apparently, we’ve been “dead wrong.” “Those behind the [peak oil] theory appear to have been dead wrong, at least in terms of when the peak would hit, having not anticipated the rapid shift in...
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There was some good news Friday. The Energy Information Agency (BIA) reported that energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States last year were the lowest since 1994. Power plants released 5.3 billion metric tons of...
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NON HORROR REVIEW-This movie had a complete hold on me for an hour and half. No way was I leaving the screen for a second. Alas, out of nowhere the 2012 Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) directed...
Read more Here's a way to resolve a major environmental controversy in Colorado and elsewhere — “fracking.”Fracking is a successful, but controversial, method of extracting natural gas, and sometimes oil, that is confined underground beneath layers of...
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In 1989, Dusty and Tamera Hagy bought 81 rural acres in Jackson County, West Virginia. Twenty-one years later, the Hagys sued 4 natural gas drilling firms alleging the natural gas wells drilled on their property in 2008 contaminated...
Read more Americans For Prosperity is sponsoring a free screening of “FrackNation: A Journalists Search for the Fracking Truth” on Sunday, April 7 in Longmont, CO. The event is also sponsored by Longmont Republican Women and Boulder Republican Women.The...
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The Independent Oil & Gas Association, (an industry group that supports gas drilling) has filed a complaint with New York state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics, asking that it investigate whether Artists Against Fracking (a group that includes...
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A study released Tuesday confirms that the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Prague, Oklahoma November 6, 2011 was caused by fracking. Two people were injured in the quake, 14 homes were destroyed, and pavement was buckled. It was felt...
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California has been a conventional petroleum producer since 1865, and remains the third-largest U.S. producer. However, California production has been declining by 2-3% per year, according to the state’s Energy Commission. In 2011 the Federal...
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The Center for International Environmental Law, Clean Water Action, Earthjustice, Earthworks, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, and The Wilderness Society have sent a letter to President Obama strongly pushing for a timeout on...
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