Tag: Energy
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Largest Unified Protest in Northeast Against Tar Sands Begins Today
350.ORG — Thousands of people from across Ontario, Quebec and New England will assemble in dozens of cities and towns across the region from Jan. 23 to Jan. 26 for the biggest cross-border tar sands protests the region has ever seen …
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Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Likely to Overwhelm Ohio Injection Wells
ECOWATCH — The total amount of fracking wastewater from natural gas production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale region has increased by about 570 percent since …
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Just Add Water: Scientists Using Silicon to Produce Hydrogen on Demand
Super-small particles of silicon react with water to produce hydrogen almost instantaneously, according to University at Buffalo researchers. In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical silicon particles about 10 nanometers in diameter. When combined with water, these particles reacted to form silicic acid (a nontoxic byproduct) and hydrogen — a potential source of…
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Coal Exports Would Lock in Catastrophic Climate Change
GREENPEACE AUSTRALIA — A new global study has named Australia’s export coal proposals as the world’s second largest fossil fuel expansion, threatening to lock in worst-case projections of global warming …
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Sierra Club to Engage in Civil Disobedience for First Time in Organization’s History to Stop Tar Sands
MICHAEL BRUNE — For 120 years, we have remained committed to using every “lawful means” to achieve our objectives. Now, for the first time in our history, we are prepared to go further …