New York Times: “Get It Right on Gas”

August 5, 2012

Tom Friedman, NYT “Get It Right on Gas” Thomas Friedman,  New York Times, August 5, 2012     >  WE are in the midst of a natural gas revolution in America that is a potential game changer for the economy, environment and our national security — if we do it right. The enormous stores of natural gas that have [...]

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Climate Change is Here — and Worse than Predicted

August 4, 2012

Dr. James Hansen  Climate Change is Already Here By James E. Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. When I testified before the Senate in the hot summer of 1988 , I warned of the kind of future that climate change would bring to us and our planet. I painted a grim [...]

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US Shale Gas Boom Drives Cracker Plants & Process Improvements

August 3, 2012

Chevron Phillips Chemical Plant US Shale Gas Boom Drives Cracker Plants & Process Improvements LONDON (ICIS) — The US shale gas boom is helping to drive new developments in technology, Dennis Holtermann, vice president for research and technology at Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem), said late on Monday. New petrochemical projects based on ethane derived from US [...]

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Climate Research Project Convinces Scientist of Global Warming

August 2, 2012

New York Times OP-ED: The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic By RICHARD A. MULLER,  July 28, 2012. CALL me a converted skeptic. Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists, I [...]

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Commentary: Environmental Uprisings Abound

August 1, 2012

Environmental Uprisings Abound S. Tom Bond, July 31, 2012 Largely unnoticed by the mainstream media (MSM), a whole series of strong environmental reactions are taking place over the country. They are seldom connected in the MSM, but they arise from the same cause. Since this is being published in the Marcellus shale area, I would [...]

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The Story behind Greenland’s Record Ice Loss

July 31, 2012

Greenland’s July Ice Melt The Story behind Greenland’s Record Ice Loss  From: Climate Central By Andrew Freedman The news that an unusually widespread melt occurred in Greenland during mid-July, when 97 percent of the Greenland ice sheet—including normally frigid high-elevation areas—experienced some degree of melting, has made international headlines, and for good reason. Such a [...]

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Research Initiatives on Unconventional Natural Gas from Shale

July 30, 2012

Upshur County Drill Site Federal Cooperation Among DOE, EPA, and Interior Recently, three federal agencies announced a formal partnership to coordinate and align all research associated with development of our nation’s abundant unconventional natural gas and oil resources. The partnership exemplifies the cross-government coordination required under President Obama’s Executive Order released earlier, which created a [...]

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Over 5,000 People March in DC to Protest Fracking

July 29, 2012

“Stop the Frack Attack” Rally in D.C. Over 5,000 People Unite in DC to Protest Fracking  Stefanie Spear, www.ecowatch.org             Date: July 28, 2012 More than 5,000 people from all over the nation, and various parts of the world including Australia, united today on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol demanding Congress take immediate action [...]

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Whoops.. Trouble in Truthland!

July 28, 2012

—– Original Message —– From: Robert Donnan Sent:  July 24, 2012 Subject: Whoops.. Trouble in Truthland! Whoops!  Let’s see how Energy in Depth spins this one.  Shelly Depue, star of the new movie TRUTHLAND, just made her rounds here and got VERY quiet when an audience member in Uniontown questioned her on what she knew [...]

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Op-Ed Commentary: Pattern of Complaints Arises near Fracking

July 27, 2012

Halliburton regulations “loopholes” Pattern of complaints arises near fracking, by S. Thomas Bond Charleston Gazette,  Op-Ed, July 24, 2012: One of the most remarkable features of today’s news is the disparity between the shale gas drilling industry claims and the claims of people and organizations where they drill. Drillers say no harm is done and [...]

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