Michael Giberson The study referred to in the above headline, “Study finds no groundwater issues from gas well fracking,” is the same PNAS study I mentioned last week under the headline, “Study finds methane in Pennsylvania, NY groundwater associated with gas well fracking.” I’m not now suggesting that methane in groundwater isn’t a problem, rather I’m …
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Lynne Kiesling I’ll be interested to see how the political, economic, and environmental consequences of this weekend’s new carbon approach in the UK unfolds; according to the Guardian (and the too-much BBC that I listen to): Cabinet ministers have agreed a far-reaching, legally binding “green deal” that will commit the UK to two decades of …
Michael Giberson NYU journalism students produced “My water’s on fire tonight (The Fracking Song)” as part of a collaboration with ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news program that has been examining natural gas drilling and the environment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=timfvNgr_Q4?hd=1] ProPublica says a bit about the music video here. Explainer.net, another part of the NYU journalism collaboration with ProPublica, …
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Michael Giberson An article to appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing,” reports finding methane in Pennsylvania and New York groundwater that can be attributed to nearby natural gas resource production. In brief, the study finds that substantially higher dissolved methane …
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Michael Giberson Matt Ridley, esteemed science writer (The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, Nature via Nurture, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code, and most recently The Rational Optimist), turns his prodigious writing talent to a short booklet on the prospects for shale gas to remake the energy landscape: …
Michael Giberson At the Freakonomics blog, guest Charles Fishman explains “Why water will never be the next oil.” A sample: If you leave aside the somewhat silly world of bottled water, there has been almost no innovation in the industry of water for decades. A water facility today uses the exact same technology it did in 1973. In what …
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Michael Giberson Casually scanning a solar resource map wouldn’t naturally lead you to think that New Jersey would be a good candidate for solar power, but state government policies have resulted in it leaping into second place in PV installations (after California) in 2010. More PV was installed in New Jersey last year than in …
Michael Giberson The Montana-Alberta Tie Line, a transmission project linking Alberta and Western U.S. power markets, has stalled over the resistance of one landowner, who has claimed the proposed line would cross wetlands and native American heritage sites on her land. MATL tried exercising eminent domain last July to take the easement it wants, but …
Michael Giberson Tuesday night a Cheasapeake Energy fracking operation in Pennsylvania suffered a breakdown resulting in the spill of thousands of gallons of fracking fluids at the drilling site and into a local stream. The news reports so far are kind of sketchy on the scope of the potential damages. They report “thousands of gallons” …
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Michael Giberson From The Oregonian, “BPA, wind developers argue over looming problem of too much power from renewables.” In sum: “The BPA has backed away from formally implementing the wind-curtailment plan, a move that renewables advocates applauded. But it hasn’t come up with an alternative. ” The looming problem involves moments on the Bonneville Power …
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