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Scientific Report: Keystone XL and Arctic Drilling Must Be Stopped
By Andy Rowell This is the scientific paper that should stop all Arctic drilling now. It should also stop the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It is yet another warning that business as usual for the oil industry is just not acceptable. And it once again reiterates a simple truth so, so unpalatable to the Canadians:…
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Protests Stop Chevron Fracking Operations in Romania
U.S. oil company Chevron were forced to halt exploratory drilling for shale gas at their drill site in eastern Romania for the second time in as many months, following mass anti-fracking protests. Around 300 local people turned out for the protest—while an equal number of riot police were called in to restrain activists. [caption id=”attachment_314780″…
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Whales Desert Historic Feeding Grounds—Is Climate Change to Blame?
By Kieran Cooke A mystery is unfolding in the waters of the North Atlantic. Every summer and autumn, numbers of North Atlantic right whales gather in the waters between the eastern Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to feed on massive amounts of zooplankton. But this year the right whales—one of the rarest…
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10 Most Toxic Ingredients Used In Coal, Oil and Gas Production
By Don Lieber There are many reasons to reject fossil fuels now, after 200 years of their reign as society’s primary energy source. History will articulate both the benefits provided to human society derived from fossil fuel energy technologies from 1750 to the present—and the extensive costs. In addition to transportation, electricity, industrial power, military…
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Mining and Fracking Public Lands Creates 4.5 Times More Carbon Than They Can Absorb
Public lands generate about 4.5 times more atmospheric carbon than they are currently able to absorb, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress. In short, oil and gas drilling is outpacing the capacity of our forests and grasslands to capture the carbon that is being emitted. [caption id="attachment_314679" align="alignnone" width="500"] Strip mine in…