Overall production is booming thanks to private and state land activity. Continue reading Report: Oil production on federal lands falls again in 2012
WSJ: Celebrity ‘fractivists’: True advocates or NIMBYs?
“The main celebrity anti-fracking campaign took off last summer when Ono and Lennon, her son, founded Artists Against Fracking. Their family farm sits near gas reserves in New York, and they fear fracking might be allowed in the area.” Continue reading WSJ: Celebrity ‘fractivists’: True advocates or NIMBYs?
Marc Gunther: If electric cars are the answer, what’s the question?
“What problem to do they solve for electric-car owners?” Continue reading Marc Gunther: If electric cars are the answer, what’s the question?
Jaguar Chief: Electric cars not mass-market solution
“Ralf Speth criticizes UK government subsidy of ‘poor electric vehicles’ and nationwide charging stations.” Continue reading Jaguar Chief: Electric cars not mass-market solution
Exxon: Pipelines preferred, but railroads viable for oil sands
“There will be sufficient rail car capacity in 2015 to transport as much oil as the Keystone XL pipeline is projected to carry.” Continue reading Exxon: Pipelines preferred, but railroads viable for oil sands
NOAA: Atmospheric CO2 hits new record
Michelle Obama: Let’s Move — to the pizzeria?
“Every now and then, even Michelle Obama deserves a big slice of pizza.” Continue reading Michelle Obama: Let’s Move — to the pizzeria?
Magical Food: Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
“Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain.” Continue reading Magical Food: Green tea extract interferes with the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease
EPA helped make anti-fracking movie ‘Gasland’
FOIA helps expose EPA again. Continue reading EPA helped make anti-fracking movie ‘Gasland’
U.S. utilities seen burning more coal as prices decline
“A recent increase in U.S. natural gas prices and a decline in coal is set to dent demand for gas as utilities use more coal to generate power, electricity traders said on Tuesday.” Continue reading U.S. utilities seen burning more coal as prices decline
Ropeik: The Messy (and Risky) Ways That Governments Try to Manage Risks
“Now, what does this look like in the real world? BPA is a great example.” Continue reading Ropeik: The Messy (and Risky) Ways That Governments Try to Manage Risks
Study: Climate Change To Open Arctic Sea Routes By 2050
“Commercial shipping will be possible from North America to Russia or Asia over the North Pole by the middle of the century, thanks to climate change, a new study says.” Continue reading Study: Climate Change To Open Arctic Sea Routes By 2050