Tag: Energy
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Fracking and Flooding in Colorado: The More We Know the Worse It Gets
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reported three new spills today from damaged oil and gas wells caused by the torrential rains and subsequent flooding …
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Coalition Forms to Solve World’s Most Urgent Conservation Challenges
The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis today announced the launch of Science for Nature and People, a groundbreaking …
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The Future of Offshore Wind in the U.S.
Offshore wind power in the U.S. has struggled mightily to rise from the waves, even as other renewable energy industries have steadily grown. The country now has more than 60,000 megawatts of onshore wind …
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Colorado Flooding Triggers More Oil and Gas Spills
Cliff Willmeng The crisis for the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) that last week’s floods created is now, thanks to community members and their cameras, set firmly onto the world stage. For the last seven days international media attention saw the immensity of the Weld County disaster, and those terrifying images of flood water…
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How Does Your City Rank in Efforts to Save Energy?
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released the 2013 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard this week, a report that ranks 34 of the most populous U.S. cities on policies to advance energy efficiency …