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Shale gas could be lower carbon than imported fuel, say climate advisers
Posted by Guardian: Fiona Harvey, on April 24th, 2013
Guardian: Shale gas extracted in the UK would be lower carbon than imported gas from countries such as Qatar, and help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if well regulated, the government's chief climate change advisers have said.
But in a report published on Wednesday, the Committee on Climate Change also sounded caution on the prospects for widespread development of shale in the UK. It said that relying heavily on gas would scupper the UK's chances of meeting emissions targets in the longer term, and...
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Comments Off on Shale gas could be lower carbon than imported fuel, say climate advisersViews Differ on Fracking’s Impact
Posted by PBS: Chris Remington on April 24th, 2013
PBS: The practice of hydraulic fracturing is under debate across the country in areas impacted by America`s ongoing natural gas boom. In the town of Findlay, Ohio, an increase in manufacturing in recent years has been accompanied by expanded natural gas drilling. That has Greg Auburn, professor of International Business at the University of Findlay feeling optimistic about Ohio’s future employment prospects. “The estimates (for jobs in the natural gas industry) range anywhere from 20,000 to 200,000 over...
Former Obama Staffer Leads White House Protests Against Pipeline
Posted by on April 24th, 2013
Yahoo: Environmental activists are turning up the heat on President Obama as he faces what could be the trickiest decision of his second term: whether or not to approve the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which could reach his desk this summer.
The project, which would transport oil from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, promises jobs and energy. But critics say it will ravage the environment and send oil overseas.
“We put him in the White House because we thought he was...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Former Obama Staffer Leads White House Protests Against PipelineAthabaskan Council: Arctic Warming Violates Our Human Rights
Posted by Environment News Service: None Given on April 24th, 2013
Environment News Service: The Arctic Athabaskan Council today filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, requesting a declaration that Canada is undermining the human rights of Athabaskan peoples by allowing emissions of black carbon to warm the Arctic.
The Arctic Athabaskan Council is an international treaty organization established to defend the rights and further the interests of American and Canadian Athabaskan First Nation governments in the eight-nation Arctic Council, of which it is an authorized...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Athabaskan Council: Arctic Warming Violates Our Human Rights20 Pounds? Not Too Bad, for an Extinct Fish
Posted by New York Times: Nate Schweber on April 24th, 2013
New York Times: For most fishermen a 20-pound trout is a trophy, but for Paiute tribe members and fish biologists here the one Matt Ceccarelli caught was a victory. That Lahontan cutthroat trout he caught last year, a remnant of a strain that is possibly the largest native trout in North America, is the first confirmed catch of a fish that was once believed to have gone extinct. The fish has been the focus of an intense and improbable federal and tribal effort to restore it to its home waters. “I was in awe,”...
EPA on Keystone XL: Significant Climate Impacts from Tar Sands Pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 24th, 2013
Scientific American: In a draft assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, consultants for the U.S. State Department judged that building it would have no significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Why? Because the analysts assumed the tar sands oil would find a way out with or without the new pipeline. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not agree. Keystone XL's ability to carry an additional 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day is vital to expanded production of the tarry crude in Alberta....
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