Here’s an article from some contributors to GreenTechMedia that argues for a “new” way to look at energy. The authors write, for example: “Much of that “plentiful” natural gas is being extracted from deep underground pockets through hydraulic “fracking,” a …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Shanghai Suffers Record-high Levels of Air Pollution
This chilling article on the record-high air pollution levels in Shanghai reminds me of the conversation I had yesterday with agriculture maven Mary Blackmon about the rising rates of cancer, and the fact that there must be a cause based …
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The Coal Industry’s New-Found Aggression
The tobacco industry sells the only legal product that, when used as directed, causes death — and for that, they have rightfully earned the highest level of our contempt. I suppose one could argue that agribusiness, Monsanto in particular, has …
Oil Seeps and How To Stop Them
I freely admit that I don’t do as much as I should to stay in shape, but about once a week I take a modest run on the beach in Santa Barbara (picture here from my phone last evening). There …
Photo of Natural Gas Exploration – “Shocking”
In a state of utter exasperation, guest blogger Brian McGowan sent me this report on oil and gas exploration in the Bakkan, suggesting that 29% of the natural gas that comes to the surface of the Earth through oil drilling …
Coal-Fired Power Plants – Some Good News
The Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility, is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky, and more reductions could be in store over the next few years. At issue, apparently, is the high cost of …
Canada’s Use of Renewables Belies Underlying Eco-Devastation
UK journalist Emma Websdale notes on my piece on Canada’s use of renewables: “Thanks for sharing this Craig, I had no idea that Canada was so ‘emissions friendly!’” Thanks for writing, Emma. It’s ironic. Canada has renewable resources coming out …
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Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Public Education Campaign Is Just the Start
What the Sierra Club has done with its “Beyond Coal” campaign is pretty impressive, making a huge swath of the American public aware of the health and environmental issues associated with coal-fired power plants – not only their CO2 emissions, …
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Tagged with: Bernie Sanders, coal-fired power plants, Mitch McConnell, Shaun McCutcheon, Supreme Court
New Wrinkle in Chevron/Ecuador Case
I know many readers are following the Chevron/Ecuador case, in which the oil giant has been ordered to pay $18 billion to clean up the environmental catastrophe they deliberately caused while operating as Texaco in the 1960s – 1990s, and …
Shell Oil, the Future of Transportation, and Coal in the Grid-Mix
I’ve mentioned a few times that even Shell Oil believes the market for oil (gasoline and diesel – liquid hydrocarbons) is going away, and will be very small by the year 2060 – almost entirely replaced by electric vehicles – …
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