Last week I reported that I had gotten an email from Lisa Hoyos, who was quite ticked off with Disney, as news had recently broken to the effect that Radio Disney was promoting fracking and pipelines to kids in a …
Category: Fossil Fuels
China To Increase Coal Capacity
As I told the people who interviewed me on yesterday’s “This Green Earth” radio show, “Any energy solution that doesn’t have a positive effect on the emissions being created in China and India isn’t really a solution at all. We …
Activism, Disney and Fracking
Apparently, Lisa Hoyos is a bit cheesed off with Disney. She sent me an email to the effect that she is “disturbed” that Disney would help dirty-energy companies promote fracking and oil drilling to our nation’s children. “Disturbed,” perhaps, but …
Push-back from Big Energy on State and Federal Government’s Protection of New Jersey’s Forests
A friend in Philadelphia sent me this newspaper article and blog post on the efforts of the oil and gas companies to put a pipeline through a very tranquil section of New Jersey’s forestland. Because this region has special meaning …
Coal Water Slurry Fuel
A reader asked my opinion of Coal Water Slurry Fuel (CWSF) as an alternative to conventional coal power generation and the greatly reduced or limited emissions. I responded that I actually don’t know much about it. From a quick read …
The Migration Away From Fossil Fuels
Here’s an article from some contributors to GreenTechMedia that argues for a “new” way to look at energy. The authors write, for example: “Much of that “plentiful” natural gas is being extracted from deep underground pockets through hydraulic “fracking,” a …
Shanghai Suffers Record-high Levels of Air Pollution
This chilling article on the record-high air pollution levels in Shanghai reminds me of the conversation I had yesterday with agriculture maven Mary Blackmon about the rising rates of cancer, and the fact that there must be a cause based …
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The Coal Industry’s New-Found Aggression
The tobacco industry sells the only legal product that, when used as directed, causes death — and for that, they have rightfully earned the highest level of our contempt. I suppose one could argue that agribusiness, Monsanto in particular, has …
Oil Seeps and How To Stop Them
I freely admit that I don’t do as much as I should to stay in shape, but about once a week I take a modest run on the beach in Santa Barbara (picture here from my phone last evening). There …
Photo of Natural Gas Exploration – “Shocking”
In a state of utter exasperation, guest blogger Brian McGowan sent me this report on oil and gas exploration in the Bakkan, suggesting that 29% of the natural gas that comes to the surface of the Earth through oil drilling …
