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Mining The Earth & Fracking The World: That Dirty F-Word

February 4, 2015 By Kate Lanier 1 Comment

Every week, Kate Lanier assembles the most important global energy and climate news. This week includes:

England: No shale gas fracking for two-fifths of England? Seems likely.

Bolivia: President Evo Morales “renationalized Bolivia’s oil and gas industries” and invested in the public sector. Poverty is down by 25% (extreme poverty by 43%), and the rich-poor gap “has been hugely narrowed.” Morales’ third inauguration was held in Tiwanaku, a pre-colonial city, with full participation by indigenous people. Don’t miss the portrait of 18th century rebel Bartolina Sisa, made from “local potatoes, carrots, corn and other vegetables” — and don’t miss the story of Bartolina Sisa.

Oklahoma: Daily earthquakes have people so rattled they’re discussing public protection vs private profit. Scientists point to “the deep wastewater disposal wells … [but] officials have been reluctant to crack down on an industry that accounts for a third of the economy and one in five jobs.” A case pending before the OK Supreme Court could have potential big impact.

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, National News Tagged With: agriculture, Alberta Tar Sands, Amazon, Amazon River, anti-nuclear, Apache, Arizona, Australia, Bolivia, BP, Bridger Pipeline, Britain, british petroleum, California, Canada, Clean Water Act, Climate change, coal, Copper, Eagle Ford Shale, Ecuador, energy, England, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Evo Morales, Exelon, fracking, gas, Georgia, GMO Food, GMOs, Greenpeace, Gulf of Mexico, hydraulic fracturing, Illinois, India, indigenous, John Thune, Kichwa, Koch Brothers, labor, London, Maria Cantwell, Mexico, mining, Mitch McConnell, Montana, NASA, Native Americans, Navajo, North Dakota, Oak Flat, oil, oil prices, oil trains, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Peru, Peter DeFazios, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, pipelines, renewable energy, solar, steel, Tar sands, tarsands, Ted Cruz, Texas, unions, United Kingdom, United Steelworkers, uranium, US Dept of Transportation, Utah, West Virginia, wind

Mining The Earth & Fracking The World: Hallelujah, Save The Planet!

December 24, 2014 By Kate Lanier 2 Comments

Kate Lanier offers selections from global mining, fracking and energy-related news including:

Chile: “Chile is now emerging as the southern hemisphere’s renewable energy giant, particularly in the mining sector.” They’re “building independent solar, solar thermal, wind and geothermal power plants” which are producing power at prices “competitive with or lower” than conventional producers. Chile’s latest renewable power costs are $80/megawatt hour—compared to $95 for coal.

Russia: Rosneft tried to buy “a Morgan Stanley oil-trading firm,” but the deal went poof! thanks to US authorities whose sanctions “have hurt Rosneft’s ability to finance the operations.” Those sanctions also mean ExxonMobil and other Rosneft partners won’t be developing offshore oil in the Arctic.

Texas: Gas flaring at the Eagle Ford Shale “burned off more than 20 billion cubic feet of natural gas,” producing as many tons of pollution in seven months as were produced in all of 2012. Not all the flaring was state permitted, either. The TX Railroad Commission (I know, I know, but they’re in charge of these things) has sent lots and lots of letters to the companies involved, reminding them they shouldn’t flare without permits, but with the price of oil so low, what’s a company to do?

Filed Under: Environment, Foreign Affairs, National News Tagged With: Africa, Alaska, Anglo American, Antarctica, Arctic, Arizona, Australia, Barack Obama, Barrick Gold Corp, BG Group, BHP, Brazil, Buckeye Terminals, California, Canada, Chevon, Chile, China, Citigroup, coal ash, Colorado, ConocoPhillips, Copper, David Cameron, Eagle Ford Shale, energy, Eritrea, Exxon Mobile, fossil fuels, fracking, Freedom Industries, gas, Global Witness, Goldman Sachs, Guinea, hydraulic fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Imperial Oil, iron, JPMorgan Chase, Kevin de Leon, Keystone XL, Lincoln Electric System, liquefied natural gas, Maxima Acuna de Chaupe, mining, Nebraska, New York, Newmont Mining Corporation, Ohio, oil, OPEC, Peru, Rio Tinto, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senate, silver, Simandou, Southern Cal Edison, Tasmania, Texas, Texas Railroad Commission, Tony Abbott, TX Railroad Commission, United Kingdom, Uruguay, US Attorney General, Value, West Sacramento, West Virginia, Wildcat Silver, Zamin Ferrous Corp.

Why Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Wants High Oil Prices for Fracking

December 1, 2014 By Steve Horn 2 Comments

Outgoing Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) chairman Phil Bryant — Mississippi’s Republican Governor — started his farewell address with a college football joke at IOGCC’s recent annual conference in Columbus, Ohio. Seconds later, things got more serious, as Bryant spoke to an audience of oil and gas industry executives and lobbyists, as well as state-level regulators.

“I know it’s a mixed blessing, but if you look at some of the pumps in Mississippi, gasoline is about $2.68 and people are amazed that it’s below $3 per gallon,” he said. “And it’s a good thing for industry, it’s a good thing for truckers, it’s a good thing for those who move goods and services and products across the waters and across the lands and we’re excited about where that’s headed.”

Bryant then discussed the flip side of the “mixed blessing” coin. “Of course the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale has a little problem with that, so as with most things in life, it’s a give and take,” Bryant stated. “It’s very good at one point and it’s helping a lot of people, but on the other side there’s a part of me that goes, ‘Darn! I hate that oil’s dropping, I hate that it’s going down.’ I don’t say that out-loud, but just to those in this room.”

Filed Under: Environment, National News Tagged With: ALEC, Aubrey McClendon, Bakken Shale, bloomberg, Chesapeake Energy, Columbus, Dan Dicker, Drilling Deeper A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts for a Lasting Tight Oil & Shale Gas Boom, Eagle Ford Shale, enery, Floyd Wilson, fracked gas, Fracked Oil, fracking, Fraser Institute, gasoline, Halcón Resources Corp, hydraulic fracturing, Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, Jefferies LLC, MercBloc, Mississippi, Ohio, oil, oil and gas, oil prices, OPEC, Phil Bryant, Post Carbon Institute, Ralph Eads, Republican Party, Shale Bubble, State Policy Network, stink tanks, Texas, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co., Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, Utah, Wall Street Journal

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