Tag: Energy
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Hundreds Protest Tar Sands Pipeline as Expert Warns of 90 Percent Probability of Line 9 Rupture
By Derek Leahy The international pipeline safety expert who last August described Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline as “high risk for a rupture” now says the probability of Line 9 rupturing is “over 90 percent.” “I do not make the statement ‘high risk for a rupture’ lightly or often,” said Richard Kuprewicz in an interview with DeSmog Canada. “There are…
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2500+ Youth Rally in Pittsburgh for a Green Economy
More than 2,500 youth activists at Power Shift 2013 marched through the streets of Pittsburgh today to confront corporate polluters and demand they join the fight for a clean and just economy. [caption id="attachment_308706" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Heather Craig/ Project Survival Media[/caption] Thousands of people rallied in Allegheny Landing Park, alongside the Allegheny River, then…
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First Nuclear Power Plant Approved Since Fukushima Disaster
The first new nuclear plant in 20 years will be built at Hinkley Point in Somerset, England. The much-anticipated announcement marks the end of months of negotiations between ministers and French energy company EDF Group. Energy Secretary Ed Davey told the BBC last week the deal represented “extremely good value for money for consumers.” The government…
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Thousands Worldwide Urge Leaders to Ban Fracking
On Saturday, Oct. 19, thousands of people joined together in an international day of action, with more than 250 events on six continents, calling for a ban on fracking. The second annual Global Frackdown 2, a project of Food & Water Watch, challenged policy makers to oppose fracking and support investment in renewable energy. [caption id="attachment_308628" align="alignnone" width="500"] Global Frackdown 2…
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New Report Reveals Koch Brothers Could Make $100B Profit if Keystone XL Pipeline is Built
The progressive think tank International Forum on Globalization (IFG) released a report today investigating how Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the Keystone XL pipeline is built. The report, Billionaires’ Carbon Bomb: The Koch Keystone XL Pipeline, finds that the Kochs hold up to 2…