Tag: Energy
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Renowned Experts Address Health and Economic Impacts at Ohio Fracking Conference April 5 – 6
FRESHWATER ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT — Organizers believe that the serious concerns of water usage, wastewater disposal, air and water pollution, as well as documented detrimental effects on human and animal health, have often been downplayed or …
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Coal Transporters Held Accountable for Contamination of Local Waterways
SIERRA CLUB — BNSF Railway, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the largest coal transporters in the U.S. It is responsible for hauling an average of 480 open-top rail cars carrying coal through Washington daily. Each rail car loses an average of 500 pounds …
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Why Keystone XL Matters
WENDY ABRAMS — If we listen to the top climate scientists, we should leave the tar sands where they are, underground. But others will still insist we are going to keep burning oil for years to come, so aren’t we better off using Canadian oil rather than …
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World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013, After Record 2012
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. With total capacity exceeding 280,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 80 countries, 24 of which have …