If you have solar or wind energy and are off the grid, you don't need to read this. Everyone else... The U.S. Drought and Electricity Generation By John Daly | Mon, 03 September 2012 Oil Price.com ...virtually all power plants, whether they are … [Read more...]
Fracking: Privatizing profits and socializing damage
Here is a good example of how the fracking industry privatizes profits while passing the costs on to us. Frackers in the Eagle Ford Shale are causing major damage to roads. Some are impassable in regular vehicles. Eagle Ford Shale gas, oil … [Read more...]
New emergency with Louisiana sinkhole
"The situation is degrading." Wilma Subra who lives near the sinkhole area has been working night and day. They are finding shallow pockets of gas, seismic activity is increasing and new bubbling areas are appearing. Sinkhole emergency … [Read more...]
Wind energy development increases personal income and employment In rural areas
A new study by five researchers, published in the current issue of Energy Economics, found "that for each megawatt of wind capacity,a county gains half a job and just over $11,000 in total personal income." The Economic Impact of Wind … [Read more...]
Fish Creek fish kill in Barnett Shale
Reported on Fish Creek blog. Do creeks outside the gas patch foam like creeks in the gas patch? Here are some short videos. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 Video 6 Video 7 … [Read more...]
Natural gas compressor fire in Colorado
From Ghost Blogger Another one of those oh so safe gas compressors caught fire in Colorado recently: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/kindermorgan-cig-fire-idINL1E8KC7PZ20120912 Colorado Interstate Gas sets force majeure after … [Read more...]
Clean Energy Works for Texas kickoff meeting
As you read this, Texas is at an energy crossroads. During past summers there have been rolling blackouts throughout Dallas; Energy providers are warning our legislators of looming blackouts in the coming summers due to high demand and low energy … [Read more...]
Frackers lose radioactive device in Texas
Well, this is too bad since the Kilgore RRC office said they lost their Geiger counter a few years ago. From Bloomberg: FBI Clears Halliburton Crew in Loss of Radioactive Tool By Kathy Warbelow and Brian Wingfield - Sep 14, 2012 The … [Read more...]
EOG dozes historical building next to frack sand mine
EOG, aka Enron Oil & Gas Co. strikes again. The Fort Spunky house is next to the EOG Resources Inc. sand pit. EOG Resources, one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the United States, is a major player in the Barnett … [Read more...]
Dallas set to make fracking history
The fracking rumor mill says that Dallas is considering a 300 foot setback for their drilling ordinance. Despite all the information presented to the Dallas Drilling Task Force and all the emerging science, Dallas seems to be in a race for the … [Read more...]
USGS Report: Fracking causes “potentially serious patterns of disturbance on the landscape”
Landscape Consequences of Natural Gas Extraction in Bradford and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, 2004–2010 When I look at the aerial photos in this study I ask: Where will we grow food? These landscape effects have consequences for the … [Read more...]
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