Tag: Energy
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Recent Rail Explosions Prompt City Review of Proposed Crude Oil Transport
Last week, city officials in Benicia, CA, required a detailed investigation into Valero’s proposed crude-by-rail terminal. The decision is a setback for Valero, which had hoped to begin construction …
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Coal Ash Bill Would Prohibit EPA from Protecting Americans
There’s a move afoot in Congress to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from passing the first-ever national rule for power plants to properly dispose of coal ash—all 125 million tons of it produced every single year …
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Fracking the Ocean and California’s San Andreas Fault
The marquis concern plaguing Californians about fracking in their state has to do with another notable geologic feature: the San Andreas Fault and its cousins. The main fault line lies …
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Greenwashing Fracking’s Devastating Climate Impact
This methane has climate change impacts that, on a pound-for-pound basis, will be far more powerful over the next two decades than the carbon dioxide emissions that have been the focus of most climate change discussions.
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The Climate Justice Movement: Diverse, Joyful and Unyielding
For a few weeks we took the hottest stretch of the summer and turned it politically hot as well. A lot of people felt the pinch of handcuffs—myself included—but they felt the embrace of …