Tag: Energy
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Breaking: 5,250 Gallons of Oil Spill into Colorado’s South Platte River
A damaged oil tank has dumped 5,250 gallons of oil into the S. Platte River south of Milliken, CO, yesterday …
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Delaying Climate Action Would Triple Future Costs
Putting off global efforts to fight climate change until 2030 could increase the costs of short-term mitigation by more than three times, according to new research …
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Pennsylvania State Senator Announces Fracking Moratorium Legislation
EcoWatch By Laura Beans At a press event today, State Senator Jim Ferlo (D-Pittsburgh) announced the introduction of the Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium Act, Senate Bill 1100, that would place a moratorium on issuing new permits for fracking in Pennsylvania. He was joined by PennEnvironment, Food & Water Watch, other community and environmental advocacy groups,…
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Two Arrested During Arctic Drilling Protest After Scaling Oil Platform
Two Greenpeace International activists have been arrested after climbing a Gazprom oil platform in the Russian Arctic, during a peaceful protest that has prompted a disproportionate use of force …
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Fracking and Colorado Flooding Don’t Mix
In time, the corporate press may turn to measuring the environmental damage these floods have caused wildlife and land, both public and private. But it’s doubtful, given the ruling elite’s bias toward oil and gas development everywhere in the state, th…