The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem
Methane is shorter-lived in the atmosphere but 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period.
Justin Mikulka
Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels
New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewables by 2022, according to a review of the data by the SUN DAY Campaign, a pro-renewables research and education nonprofit.
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Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?
This post originally appeared on DeSmog.
Two years ago, the U.S. fracking industry was trying to recover from the crash in the price of oil. Shale companies were promoting the idea that fracking was viable even at low oil prices (despite losing money when oil prices were high). At
The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’
But signs are emerging that, despite oil and gas industry efforts to shirk blame for the climate crisis and promote gas as part of a “lower-carbon fuel mix,” the illusion of natural gas as a bridge fuel is starting to crumble.
Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money
2018 was the year the oil and gas industry promised that its darling, the shale fracking revolution, would stop focusing on endless production and instead turn a profit for its investors. But as the year winds to a close, it’s clear that hasn’t happened.
Yet Another Benefit of Renewable Energy: It Uses Practically No Water Compared to Fossil Fuels
This post originally appeared on DeSmog
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently highlighted a little-discussed benefit of using renewableslike wind and solar to produce electricity: Unlike most power sources, they require “almost no water.”
This is remarkable because thermoelectric power generation is the leading use of water in America. (That