Tag: Energy
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CSP Floating Labs Under Construction in Switzerland
Each floating laboratory is 25 metres in diameter and will carry 100 PV panels. Each panel will be back-to-back on a 45° incline. The islands can rotate 220° in the direction of the sun tracking it throughout the day. Their location on the water lowers its resistance, therefore increasing its effectiveness.
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Millions of Acres of Land—Larger Than California and Florida Combined—Already Leased to Oil and Gas Industry
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Since it has been reported that more than ninety percent of oil and gas wells are fracked, there is a lot of new fracking slated for our future—tens of millions of acres of new fracking. Clean air, clean water, healthy communities, wildlands and wildlife habitat are …
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Groups Find Flaws in Fracked Gas Export Plan
SIERRA CLUB — The increased demand for natural gas in the domestic and global markets would mean more fracking by oil and gas companies, which already exploit exemptions from …
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Gulf Residents Ask DOJ to Hold BP Fully Accountable
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — One of the main issues at hand is whether or not BP is guilty of “gross negligence.” With everything the public knows about the failed tests, the intentional misrepresentations about the size of the spill …
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Have Shale Plays Hijacked Our Energy Future?
“Ten percent of the Lower 48 has been leased by oil companies. That’s more acreage than we plant in corn and wheat. Oil and gas extraction is now the dominant land use on the continent. “In short, shale plays are a peculiar sort of blessing. For sure, they’ve given us a staggering amount of…