Tag: Energy
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Citing ‘High Risk of Rupture,’ Groups Call for Rejection of Enbridge Pipeline
Evidence submitted last week to the National Energy Board regarding Enbridge’s application to reverse its Line 9 oil pipeline through Quebec and Ontario raised new concerns about the safety …
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Undercover Agents Infiltrate Tar Sands Action Training
After a week of careful planning, environmentalists attending a tar sands resistance action camp in Oklahoma thought they had the element of surprise—but they would soon learn that their moves were being closely watched by …
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Prime Minster Cameron: UK Cannot Afford to Miss Out On Fracking
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, David Cameron is optimistic that exploiting shale gas can bring energy prices down, create jobs and help communities. He says that for those reasons, the UK “cannot afford to miss out on fracking …
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President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Not Even Close
Simply put, President Obama’s climate action plan is not even close. We need to get real. Humanity just reached the grim milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and is now speeding …
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High Levels of Arsenic Found in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites
A recently published study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas’ Barnett Shale.