Category: California
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Fracking: What’s That Smell?
MICHAEL BRUNE — Natural gas boosters like to claim that it is a climate-friendly energy source, supposedly because it’s not as dirty as other fossil fuels. That’s like saying it’s safer to be attacked with a knife than a gun …
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A Must Read Account of Fracking Colorado
BE THE CHANGE — Surely, someone, maybe even the governor, should want to know how this staggering transfer of ownership, for that is effectively what an oil lease is, will impact the state’s land, water, wildlife and recreation base. This knowledge is particularly important …
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Will Newest National Park Be Marred by Oil Drilling?
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — As the dignitaries were celebrating Pinnacles’ elevation from a national monument to a national park, the staff at the local San Benito County Planning Department were preparing the paperwork for an application for exploratory oil wells just seven miles (as the condor flies) from the southern border of the park …
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Will Newest National Park Be Marred by Oil Drilling?
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — As the dignitaries were celebrating Pinnacles’ elevation from a national monument to a national park, the staff at the local San Benito County Planning Department were preparing the paperwork for an application for exploratory oil wells just seven miles (as the condor flies) from the southern border of the park …
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Atomic Dominoes Fall While Tanks Leak at Hanford
HARVEY WASSERMAN — This may yet become the first year in decades that the U.S. has fewer than 100 operating commercial reactors. It will also be the biggest year worldwide for the booming Solartopian industries that are transforming …