http://www.energytrendsinsider.com/2014/12/30/my-top-10-energy-stories-of-2014/
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Fracking: New York bans fracking in 2015, insights and coverage from DeSmog Blog
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/12/17/new-york-governor-cuomo-ban-fracking-state-citing-health-threats
It's pretty simple: think about your children.
"The primary reason cited by the Cuomo administration is health concerns related to the extremely controversial, water- and chemical-intensive fracking process. According to The New York Times, the acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker, said, “I cannot support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York.”
It's pretty simple: think about your children.
"The primary reason cited by the Cuomo administration is health concerns related to the extremely controversial, water- and chemical-intensive fracking process. According to The New York Times, the acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker, said, “I cannot support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York.”
Zucker then made a simple argument in support of the decision.
“Would I live in a community with [fracking] based on the facts that I have now? Would I let my child play in a school field nearby? After looking at the plethora of reports behind me … my answer is no.”
“Would I live in a community with [fracking] based on the facts that I have now? Would I let my child play in a school field nearby? After looking at the plethora of reports behind me … my answer is no.”
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Industrial Homicide, again? Patriot Coal mine kills another one, slated to be laid off.
Remember, (St. Louis-based) Patriot Coal is the Peabody spin-off that is scraping out what is left of American coal as the market for coal declines, tried to shrug off pensions, cutting corners on safety, breaking the laws on worker safety (cited for destruction of evidence, etc.), ignoring violations warnings, etc. At what point do we deem this type of business "criminal"? Ken Ward update Dec. 17.
Updated by BG, Dec18. I've added a question mark to the industrial homicide? Give Patriot a chance to say it was an accident without fault.
Updated by BG, Dec18. I've added a question mark to the industrial homicide? Give Patriot a chance to say it was an accident without fault.
34-year old #coal miner killed at Patriot Coal mine in western Kentucky had just been informed he could be laid off http://t.co/hNKO3WPLmO
— Dan Lowrey (@dlowreysnl) December 16, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
Carbon Corruption, American Style: NYT investigation illustrates concept of "regulatory capture" at work, also: bad news for the climate
POLITICS | COURTING FAVOR: A HIDDEN COALITION
Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General
Excerpt below, read the whole story here.
Addendum (left): December 10, 2014: See This Changes Everything's take on this new "oil-state" merger, Shell, COP-20, ALEC and the corruption of the regulatory system.And, look who made the New York Times (background):
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| SCOTT PRUITT The Oklahoma attorney general, second from right, in Dallas in July, and his Republican counterparts have formed alliances to oppose federal regulations.Dylan Hollingsworth for The New York Times |
"Attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests, which in turn are providing them with record amounts of money for their political campaigns, including at least $16 million this year.
They share a common philosophy about the reach of the federal government, but the companies also have billions of dollars at stake. And the collaboration is likely to grow: For the first time in modern American history, Republicans in January will control a majority — 27 — of attorneys general’s offices.
The Times reported previously how individual attorneys general have shut down investigations, changed policies or agreed to more corporate-friendly settlement terms after intervention by lobbyists and lawyers, many of whom are also campaign benefactors.
But the attorneys general are also working collectively. Democrats for more than a decade have teamed up with environmental groups such as the Sierra Club to use the court system to impose stricter regulation. But never before have attorneys general joined on this scale with corporate interests to challenge Washington and file lawsuits in federal court."
Monday, December 1, 2014
The Fall of Big Don, King Coal’s Brutal Baron » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Good news, finally, out of coal country. At least the justice system creaked along in the case of this indictment.
The Fall of Big Don, King Coal’s Brutal Baron » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
The Fall of Big Don, King Coal’s Brutal Baron » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
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