Tag: Energy
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100+ Scientists and Economists Urge President Obama and Secretary Kerry to Reject Keystone XL
More than 100 leading scientists and economists are calling on the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline because it will trigger massive development of the world’s dirtiest oil, and escalate climate change. They include Nobel Prize winners in physics and economics, and lead authors of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel…
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Keystone XL’s Environmental Impact an Afterthought on ‘Meet the Press’
President Barack Obama’s impending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline earned significant airtime Sunday on NBC’s popular Meet the Press program, but little thought was given to the environmental impact of as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day being carried from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. First, the network examined the…
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Can Fracking Solve the Nuclear Waste Problem?
U.S. scientists are proposing that the source of one controversial energy program could provide a solution to the problems of another. Nuclear waste—that embarrassing by-product of two generations of uranium-fueled power stations—could be stored indefinitely in the shale rock that right now provides a highly contentious source of natural gas for utility companies. [caption id=”attachment_329564″…
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Group Launches TV Ad Promoting Ballot Measure for Local Control Over Fracking
Local Control Colorado launched a 30 second TV ad today promoting the proposed ballot measure that would give citizens the ability to ban fracking in their communities. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEYdySnfbNk[/embed] The TV ad asks, “Would you want to live here? Want your kids to play here? Next to a fracking rig? Fracking can occur just 501 feet from…
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EcoWatch CEO Featured on National Google+ Hangout April 15 on Keystone XL
Join the People’s World for a Google+ Hangout. Stefanie Spear, founder and CEO of EcoWatch, and Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen Climate and Energy will be featured participants. Spear has been publishing environmental news for more than two decades, and works to educate and motivate people to protect human health and the environment. Slocum is an advocate of…