Tag: Energy
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Study Finds Proximity to Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Rigs Threaten Humpback Whales
By Rob Jordan When you are 50 feet long and weigh more than 40 tons—the maximum allowed weight on most U.S. highways—you need a lot of space to move around. Humpback whales, still recovering from whaling that wiped out as much as 90 percent of their global population, are confronted with new challenges caused by…
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New Evidence Submitted in State Department Hiring of Oil Industry Consultant to Write Keystone XL Environmental Review
Today Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth submitted evidence to the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General to support the ongoing inquiry into conflicts of interest and mismanagement in the environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The groups request that the Inspector General takes steps to ensure that the tainted Final…
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Will Thorium Save Us From Climate Change?
As knowledge about climate change increases, so does demand for clean energy. Technologies like solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, tidal and biofuels, along with energy-grid designs that will help us take advantage of renewables, are part of the equation, as is conservation. But many argue that, despite Fukushima and other disasters, nuclear is the best option…
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Why Environmental Justice Needs More Attention 20 Years After President Clinton’s Monumental Executive Order
Twenty years ago today, the U.S. government acknowledged the need for environmental justice for the first time in our nation’s history. President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, “Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations.” From that moment on, federal agencies were charged with “identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and…
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Breaking: Third Coal-Related Spill in the Last Month Contaminates West Virginia Waterway
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is investigating a coal slurry spill, reported to be of “significant” size, from a pipe that ruptured early this morning at the Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant in Kanawha County, WV. The slurry spilled into Fields Creek and has apparently begun to reach the Kanawha River, about 3.5 miles away. [caption id=”attachment_321038″…