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We Are the Kalamazoo

We Are the Kalamazoo

By Michael Brune on July 24, 2012

Beginning this weekend, the Sierra Club and its allies will hold We Are the Kalamazoo events across North America to mark this two-year anniversary of the largest and most toxic inland oil spill in U.S. history

Category: Energy, Environment | Tags: Energy, energy industry, oil, oil spill | 0

George Shultz on Carbon Tax, Electric Cars: "Take that, Ahmadinejad"

George Shultz on Carbon Tax, Electric Cars: “Take that, Ahmadinejad”

By Timothy Hurst on July 14, 2012

“It’s not a matter of opinion, it’s a matter of fact that the globe is warming,” said the Republican statesman.

Category: Energy, Renewable energy, Transportation | Tags: carbon tax, electric cars, ev, george schultz, iran, nissan LEAF, oil, Renewable energy, solar | 0

North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Both Prosperity and Damage

North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Both Prosperity and Damage

By ProPublica on June 11, 2012

North Dakota is pumping more than 575,000 barrels of oil a day now, reinvigorating North Dakota’s once-stagnant economy and reversing a population decline. But growth has come at a cost.

Category: Energy | Tags: fracking, gas, hydraulic fracturing, natural gas, north dakota, oil, oil drilling | 1

New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

By ProPublica on May 5, 2012

A new study has raised fresh concerns about the safety of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

Category: Energy | Tags: fracking, gas, hydraulic fracturing, natural gas, oil | 0

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

By ProPublica on April 29, 2012

ALEC says the model disclosure legislation is designed to promote “responsible resource production” and “aims to preempt the promulgation of duplicative, burdensome federal regulations.”

Category: Energy, Politics | Tags: ALEC, exxonmobil, fracking, gas, hydraulic fracturing, natural gas, oil | 1

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