Tag: Energy
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13 Arrested Blocking Highway at Site of Spectra Energy Pipeline
Thirteen people were arrested yesterday for blocking the West Side Highway adjacent to the site where Spectra Energy has completed a natural gas pipeline entering Manhattan, NY from New Jersey. Thanks to the Environment TV crew for capturing this direct action on video. According to the Sane Energy Project, the “New Jersey-New York Expansion Project”…
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Videos Feature Wes Wilson and Tony Ingraffea to Combat Fracking Industry’s Misinformation Campaign
Colorado is the midst of a David vs. Goliath fight, in which four municipalities will be voting this Tuesday on ballot initiatives to protect their communities from fracking. The gas and oil industry has already spent $600,000 on misleading ads and mailers to fight local residents’ rights to home rule. By next week it may well be more…
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Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Application Suspended for Insufficient Information
The U.S. Coast Guard just announced a 90-day hold on processing the proposed Liberty LNG Port Ambrose offshore deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility due to a lack of critically important information, several major application deficiencies and many unaddressed federal requirements. [caption id="attachment_310171" align="alignnone" width="500"] The U.S. Coast Guard cited more than 100 new “data…
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U.S. Signals End of Public Money for Coal-Fired Power
U.S. public financing for overseas coal-fired power is likely coming to an end. That’s the clear signal from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s announcement on Tuesday. The Treasury Department provided new guidance for multi-lateral development banks’ (MDBs) financing of coal-fired power. These investments will now need to meet the same greenhouse gas requirements as the U.S.…
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Groups Combat Misleading Fracking Ads on NPR
When members of Environmental Action became fed up with pro-fracking spots aired by the America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) on National Public Radio (NPR), they set up a mock website NPR-Dont-Even-Thinkaboutit.org to collect their own messages highlighting the dangers of fracking. Dozens of comments and voices were then edited into a segment intended to serve…