Tag: fracking

Explosion Rocks Fracking Well in West Virginia

An explosion at a nearby gas drilling well pad jostled John Pitcock awake around 4 a.m. Sunday morning. The Pitcocks have been plagued by noise, lights, dust, emissions and truck traffic after a neighbor leased his land to a drilling company …

July 9, 2013
Fossil Fuel Chemical Supplier Shut Down By Fracking Protesters

Momentive is one of the largest worldwide distributors of “resin coated proppants,” a necessary component for high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. These chemicals are …

July 8, 2013
Obama Administration to Rely on ‘Clean Coal’ and Unproven Sequestration to Combat Climate Change

Ernest J. Moniz has a long history of supporting coal-powered electricity, staking his arguments in favor of coal on a technology that remains entirely unproven: carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).

July 5, 2013
Major Fossil Fuel Divestments Strengthen Renewable Energy Movement Worldwide

“As the stated climate goals become reality, these resources are worthless financially, but it is also true that they do not contribute to sustainable development in the extent and the pace we want. Exposure to fossil fuels is …”

July 5, 2013
Fracking Industry’s Faulty Claims Cast Doubt on Shale Investments

The way that oil and gas companies describe their prospects in their financial statements matters because investors—and not just the uber-wealthy ones but also pension funds, university endowments, average folks with retirement savings …

July 5, 2013