Thirsty Mexico City Sends a Message: “America is poisoning wells it might...
As this article clearly demonstrates, the idea that some water supplies are simply too deep to ever be of any use to humans, so there’s no harm in contaminating it – with fracking fluids or whatever –...
View ArticlePennsylvania Being “Transparent” Enough on Water Contamination from Oil and...
According to this story by the New York Times, about the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s “cancellation of a meeting on the state’s testing of water from water wells near...
View ArticleShould the Oil and Gas Industry Be Allowed to Intentionally Contaminate...
According to this story, even Wyoming’s state government, which frequently acts like a wholly-owned subsidiary of extractive industries, doesn’t think it’s a good idea to intentionally contaminate...
View ArticleFracking Sucks Up Huge Volumes of Scarce Water: “We just can’t sustain it”
There are numerous reasons why we should proceed with caution when it comes to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), ranging from potential contamination of aquifers to questionable economics. Now, a new...
View ArticleYet Another Reason Clean Energy Will Dominate the Future: Water Scarcity
Stories like this one are why water-conserving, clean energy technologies need to – and hopefully will – dominate the future. Climate change could put millions more people at risk of water scarcity, a...
View ArticleWV Chemical Spill Wasn’t an Aberration; It Was Business as Usual for Dirty Coal
For anyone who believes that the recent chemical spill in West Virginia was an aberration, this article demonstrates that it’s actually just the latest example of how the coal industry’s been...
View ArticleVideo: DC Water Says Fracking in GW National Forest Could Threaten D.C....
On Monday night, I attended a program in Arlington, Virginia about an impending U.S. Forest Service decision on whether to allow fracking and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George...
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Map: 47% of Fracking Occurs in Areas with High or Extremely High Drought Stress
From Earth Justice (note: click on the map above to enlarge), we learn that ” 47% of all fracking in the US happens in areas with high or extremely high drought stress,” which is “mind-boggling” given...
View ArticleAlpha Natural Resources Slapped with $27.5 Million Fine
Good news, albeit just the tip of the iceberg. One of the nation’s largest coal producers [Alpha Natural Resources] will pay a $27.5 million fine and is set to spend $200 million to reduce illegal...
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Turning Sunshine Into Fresh Water Sounds Like a Good Idea to Us
Using sunlight to produce clean water? Sounds like a great idea to us. …in order to counter California’s drought, the push must be toward renewable desalination plants rather than fossil-fuel dependent...
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“Smiley Faces” for Energy Conservation, “Frowny Faces” for Water Conservation?
A year ago, we wrote about Opower’s finding that peer pressure was highly effective in persuading people to use energy more efficiently. ….the real key is one last box: a grade assessing your energy...
View ArticleIn a Time of Severe Drought, It Shouldn’t Come Down to “One Man” to Protect...
Let’s get this straight: currently, 25% of the country is under severe, extreme or exceptional drought, with 18% of normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Clearly, it’s time to be conserving...
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