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Coalition energy policy came under fire from an unusual source this week – former energy secretary and noted fracking enthusiast Lord Howell. …he now claims the government’s view of shale gas “is much too optimistic…
Chris Nelder discusses the story of peak oil and whether it has any validity.
We spoke with Chris Nelder in Extraenvironmentalist episde #76. This is the first part of a transcript prepared by EE listener Scott.
A small-town fracking ban took place nearly three years ago in upstate New York, but that doesn’t make it any less monumental.
I find it interesting that many of the individuals expressing the greatest concerns about oil and natural gas supplies are petroleum geologists.
According to a spate of recent scientific studies from the United States and Australia, the shale gas industry has generated another formidable challenge: methane and radon leakage three times greater than expected.
Public Health England’s report on shale gas amounts to scientific misconduct according to Paul Mobbs.
Despite all the hype about our supposed 100-year reserve of natural gas our natural gas industry has not been doing very well of late.
One of Canada’s premier scientific bodies has issued a critical report on the state of hydraulic fracturing in the nation, saying the industry has outpaced credible baseline data, scientific knowledge and necessary monitoring.
There isn’t a lot of good news about fracking lately.
The Tories’ announcement last week that a future Conservative government would cut off all further funding for onshore wind was a sure sign of low politics undermining sensible energy policy.
The purported benefits of energy independence are simple: an improved economy due to the reduced outflow of dollars, improved national security, and more flexibility on foreign policy, particularly with regards to the Middle East and now Russia. Those objectives are substantial, if they can be achieved.
