Tag: Energy
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How Fracking Decreases Property Value
A Duke University and Resources for the Future study found that the most significant factor in the impact of oil and gas development near residential property is whether water is piped in or sourced on-site from a well …
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ExxonMobil Fined for Fracking Wastewater Spill into Pennsylvania River
The U.S Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency handed the fine down to XTO Energy, which Exxon bought out in 2010, based on an alleged violation of the federal Clean Water Act …
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New Report Reveals Additional Fossil Fuel Subsidies Equaling $4 Billion Each Year
Though eliminated for most U.S. industries more than a quarter century ago, special rules protected eligibility for fossil fuels, and have allowed a growing range of oil and gas activities to escape corporate income taxes entirely …
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FBI Investigates Tar Sands Activists as Eco-Terrorists
Continuing its longstanding tradition of disrupting political dissent in the U.S., the FBI is reported to have visited multiple climate activists in the Seattle area who have participated in anti-tar sands protests …
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Hydrogen Cars Quickened by Copenhagen Chemists
Climate friendly fuel cells for hydrogen cars have come one step closer. Researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, have shown how to build fuel cells that produce as much electricity as current models, but require markedly less of the rare and valuable precious metal platinum. Their discovery was published in the highly…