Tag: fracking
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Four Lessons From the U.S. for Countries About to be Fracked
Methane, like carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. But methane is 105 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, making even modest leaks of methane dangerous to the stability of the climate.
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How the Fracking Industry Avoids Paying Royalties to Landowners
“They said you’re going to be a millionaire in a couple of years, but none of that has happened …”
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Fracking the Ocean and California’s San Andreas Fault
The marquis concern plaguing Californians about fracking in their state has to do with another notable geologic feature: the San Andreas Fault and its cousins. The main fault line lies …
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Greenwashing Fracking’s Devastating Climate Impact
This methane has climate change impacts that, on a pound-for-pound basis, will be far more powerful over the next two decades than the carbon dioxide emissions that have been the focus of most climate change discussions.
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The Climate Justice Movement: Diverse, Joyful and Unyielding
For a few weeks we took the hottest stretch of the summer and turned it politically hot as well. A lot of people felt the pinch of handcuffs—myself included—but they felt the embrace of …