Tag: Energy
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Groundbreaking Reports Show Fracking is a Risky Short-Term Bubble
ECOWATCH — Hughes and Rogers suggest the fracking boom may be a costly, risky, short-term “fix” for America’s long-term dependency on depleting oil and gas. Rather than offering the nation a century of cheap energy and economic prosperity, fracking may instead …
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BREAKING: Ohioans Shut Down Fracking Wastewater Storage Facility
APPALACHIA RESIST! — Ohio residents and environmental groups including Earth First! have disrupted operations at Greenhunter Water’s hydraulic fracturing or fracking wastewater storage site along the Ohio River in Washington County, Ohio. Nate Ebert, a 33-year-old Athens County resident and member of Appalachia Resist!, ascended a 30 foot pole …
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Radical Shifts in Energy Policies Ignite Global Green Economy
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME — Germany, Kenya and the Republic of Korea, among other states, have set out radical changes in their energy policies to harness the power of renewables, and reinvest in their natural capital …
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Ban Fracking Campaign, from Ireland to New Mexico
DRILLING MORA COUNTY — Joining in solidarity with the work of citizens in Ireland, people in New Mexico are getting the message out that they do indeed have the rights to protect their communities from industry’s assaults against their pristine …
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Confirmed: Tar Sands Toxic Liquid Waste Contaminating Local Waterways
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE — “For years, we’ve been concerned that toxic chemicals are leaking from the massive tailings lakes into the surrounding water. Governments repeatedly denied this. Now, federal research shows we were right …