Tag: Energy
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Why Energy Companies’ Predictions on Carbon Limits Shouldn’t Be Trusted
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has about 40 years worth of evidence to prove why coal and utility companies’ predictions on carbon limits should be taken with a grain of salt. To analysts there, energy companies and their advocates have engaged in their own version of Groundhog’s Day for decades. [caption id="attachment_327546" align="alignnone" width="500"]…
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The Legacy of Mercury Pollution in California’s Bay Area
Sigi Ocker is a senior at The Urban School of San Francisco and is attending Whittier College in the Fall. Sigi finds interest in Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Science and will likely pursue a degree in one of these areas. California Bay Area fishermen are losing business due to increased awareness of mercury contamination in…
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Koch Brothers Are Largest Lease Holders in Alberta Tar Sands
The largest lease holder in Canada’s oil sands is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, the conglomerate that is the source of the fortune owned by the controversial conservative political donors, Charles and David Koch. [caption id="attachment_327488" align="alignnone" width="500"] The Alberta, Canada, tar sands operations. Photo credit: Occupy.com[/caption] The Koch’s holdings in the tar sands were disclosed…
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Residents Take Stand Against World’s Largest Coal Company in Southern Illinois
On March 13, a handful of local residents blocked a road through the forest in southern Illinois and attempted to prevent a contractor for Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, from bringing in logging equipment to clear the area for a new 1,000-acre mine. [caption id="attachment_327402" align="alignnone" width="500"] Opponents of the Rocky Branch strip mine in…
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Oil and Gas Giant Exxon Agrees to Its First Carbon Risk Disclosure
Shareholders of the nation’s largest oil and gas company are beginning to have concerns about the long-term environmental impact of the corporation’s operations. As a result, Exxon has agreed to disclose carbon emissions estimates and details on how it plans on operating under the risk of potential climate regulations. Social responsibility investment firm Arjuna Capital filed…