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Fracking Damaging Our Food Suppliers And Health
Fracking for natural gas is damaging livestock farms across the country, and contaminating air and water supplies as well, reports Elizabeth Royte at the Nation. Pollution in the form of volatile organic chemicals has killed cows and caused human respiratory … Continue reading
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Religious Leaders Oppose Fracking – Rally
Thousands of protestors gathered in the muggy heat of Washington, DC for the first-ever nationwide anti-fracking demonstration recently, held by coalition group Stop the Frack Attack, reports Catherine Woodiwiss at ClimateProgress. Leaders from Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist traditions, demonstrated … Continue reading
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Massive Heat Wave Moves Across the US
An historic heat wave that has helped create tinderbox conditions in Colorado and other Western states moved east last week, with record-breaking temperatures from Oklahoma to Ohio, reports Andrew Freedman. Previous to that week, over 1,700 warm temperature records had … Continue reading
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Tagged clean energy, climate change, environment, extreme weather, global warming, heat waves, natural gas, rising sea levels
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US Coal Replaced By Clean Energy and Methane
US coal use is falling fast, and predicted to go below 40 percent this year, as electric utilities switch to cheaper natural gas and clean energy, reports Jonathan Fahey at the Associated Press. New Environmental Protection Agency pollution standards mean … Continue reading
Global Warming Close to Irreversible – Scientific Conference
The world is close to reaching tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, making this decade critical in efforts to contain global warming, scientists warned at the “Planet Under Pressure” conference in London, reports Nina Chestney at Reuters. Scientific … Continue reading
Climate Change Price of Mining US Gas and Oil Rises – 3 Studies
Recent studies indicate that mining for oil and gas will create more greenhouse gas emissions than previously indicated, as well as pollute drinking water. A recent federal Environmental Protection Agency report illustrates how fracking for natural gas likely contaminated a … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon emissions, climate change, fossil fuels, fracking, global warming, greenhouse gases, natural gas, ozone, water supplies
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Solar Panels Competing with Dirty Natural Gas
Renewable energy is growing rapidly in the U.S., with wind and solar industries enjoying double-digit growth each year. Partly, it comes from more homeowners choosing to install solar panels economically with government subsidies. But the price of one fossil fuel … Continue reading
US Top Export Is Chief Cause of Climate Change
For the first time, the top export of the United States is fuel, such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, reports Chris Kahn of Associated Press. A decade ago, fuel wasn’t even among the top 25 exports. And for the … Continue reading
