WATCH
"FRACKING HELL: THE UNTOLD STORY"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEB_Wwe-uBM
-▶ WHAT'S THE FRACKING PROBLEM WITH NATURAL GAS - David Suzuki http://ecowatch.org/2012/whats-the-fracking-problem-with-natural-gas/
METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE
- ▶ HOW METHANE WRECKED OBAMA'S FRACKING GAMBIT. New science shows that thanks to methane leaks, gas won't work as a "bridge fuel." http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben
Grist, September 03, 2014
WATCH THE WORLD GO UP IN FRACKING FLARES http://grist.org/list/watch-the-world-go-up-in-fracking-flares/
ClimateProgress, July 26, 2014
-▶ EPA IS FAILING TO STOP METHANE LEAKS FROM PIPELINES, INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/26/3464570/epa-inspector-general-methane-report/
Living on Earth, June 13, 2014
- ▶ NEW EPA RULES IGNORE METHANE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00024&segmentID=1
HuffPost Green, April 15, 2014
-▶ METHANE EMISSIONS FROM GAS WELLS UP TO 1,000 TIMES HIGHER THAN FEDERAL ESTIMATE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/15/methane-natural-gas-epa_n_5153205.html
June 5, 2013 RTCC Climate Change News -
-▶ METHANE LEAKS COULD SERIOUSLY REDUCE CLIMATE BENEFITS OF U.S. SHALE GAS http://www.rtcc.org/methane-leaks-could-reduce-climate-benefits-of-us-shale-gas/
▶ HOW A NEW STUDY SERIOUSLY CHALLENGES NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL - METHANE GREENHOUSE GAS RISES http://sco.lt/7Ftflp
31 March 2013 Global Possibilities
-▶ LEAKAGES OF GAS IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS CAN LEAD TO HIGHER GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS THAN BURNING OTHER FOSSIL FUEL LIKE COAL AND OIL http://www.globalpossibilities.org/new-study-exposes-how-natural-gas-isnt-the-clean-fossil-fuel-its-hyped-up-to-be-2/
Pro Publica, March 13, 2014
▶ CHESAPEAKE ENERGY'S $5 BILLION RIP-OFF SHUFFLE
Chesapeake executed an adroit escape, raising nearly $5 billion with a previously undisclosed twist: By gouging many rural landowners out of royalty payments they were supposed to receive in exchange for allowing the company to drill for natural gas on their property. http://www.propublica.org/article/chesapeake-energys-5-billion-shuffle
Dec 31, 2012 The Guardian UK
▶ NO RULES, FEW REGULATIONS - THE FRACKING LAND GRAB - WHEN FRACKING CAME TO SUBURBAN TEXAS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/31/fracking-in-towns-texas-oil
EcoWatch, October 3, 2013
▶ GROUNDBREAKING REPORT CALCULATES DAMAGE DONE BY FRACKING http://trap.it/main/#!discover/id/2399fb0a-659a-40de-af1e-d952661feff9/articles/6K6FH01Nx002q6RDiaWt
Guardian, Damian Carrington
▶ THIS FRACKING FANTASY IS THE DELUSION OF FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/dec/13/shale-gas-fracking-davey
March 6, 2013
-▶ USA CLIMATE BOMB IS TICKING: WHAT THE GAS INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW http://truth-out.org/news/item/14958-us-climate-bomb-is-ticking-what-the-gas-industry-doesnt-want-you-to-know
Midwest Energy News, July 09, 2014
-▶ OHIO STUDY FINDS MORE COSTS THAN BENEFITS IN SHALE GAS DRILLING http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/07/09/ohio-study-finds-more-costs-than-benefits-in-shale-gas-drilling/
22 March 2013 Grist
-▶ OHIO FRACKING BOOM HAS NOT BROUGHT JOBS http://grist.org/news/ohio-fracking-boom-has-not-brought-jobs/
ProPublica
FRACKING - GAS DRILLING'S ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT
http://www.propublica.org/series/fracking
USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS LEAVE A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN-UP
Methane Global Warming
Grist, Jan 7, 2013
-▶ NATURAL GAS WON'T SAVE US: IT'S A HEDGE, NOT A BRIDGE http://grist.org/climate-energy/natural-gas-its-a-hedge-not-a-bridge/#038;utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=headline
WATCH
DEEP INSIDE THE WILD WORLD OF CHINA'S FRACKING BOOM
HOW USA ENCOURAGED CHINA INTO FRACKING
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/china-us-fracking-shale-gas
ClimateProgress, July 08, 2014
- ▶ CHEVRON ADMITS THE TRUTH: OIL SHALE WILL USE HUGE AMOUNTS OF WESTERN WATER : WATER RIGHTS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/08/3457738/chevron-oil-shale-water/
May 18, 2013 EurActive - Special Report
-▶ EU: FORGET US-STYLE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION
http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/cooperation-shale-answer-europe-news-519803
EurActiv, Jan 23, 2013:
-▶ US ‘SHALE BOOST' PROVOKES EU FEARS AND INDECISION http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-europe-industry-ha/us-industry-shale-boost-provokes-news-517266
May 16, 2013 Common Dreams
-▶ NEW FRACKING RULES SHOW U.S. BOWING TO OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-7
Midland Reporter-Telegram
- ▶ REMAINING POOR IN TEXAS WHILE LIVING ATOP A VAST FIELD OF WEALTH : FRACKING, NATURAL GAS & SHALE OIL http://www.mrt.com/business/article_191392cc-0593-11e4-b0d0-0019bb2963f4.html
Reuters, May 20, 2014
-▶ SANTA CRUZ BECOMES FIRST CALIFORNIA COUNTY TO BAN FRACKING http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/21/california-fracking-idUSL1N0O700J20140521
May 13, 2013 Global Possibilities
-▶ PENNSYLVANIA'S AG-GAG LAW COULD PROTECT FRACKERS http://www.globalpossibilities.org/pennsylvanias-ag-gag-law-could-protect-frackers/
THE HIGH COST OF CHEAP GAS
http://www.osisa.org/economic-justice/south-africa/high-cost-cheap-gas-0
EcoWatch, February 28, 2014
-▶ LOS ANGELES PASSES FRACKING MORATORIUM http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/28/breaking-los-angeles-passes-fracking-moratorium/
-▶ USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS LEAVE A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN-UP - METHANE GLOBAL WARMING http://sco.lt/6f9msr
25 March 2013 - The Guardian Environment
-▶ THE DEAL IS DONE: US SHALE GAS TO BE EXPORTED TO HEAT BRITISH HOMES WITHIN FIVE YEARS - LEAVING TOXIC POLLUTION ON US SOIL http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/25/us-shale-gas-british-homes-five-years
FRACKING AMERICA:
MAKING DEALS FOR PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT GAS DRILLING ON OUR PRISTINE PUBLIC LANDS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3506892077/fracking-america-making-deals-for-private-for-profit-gas-drilling-on-our-pristine-public-land
FRACKING AWAY OUR WATER
▶ Report warns of dwindling water supply reaching crisis point in USA Western States http://sco.lt/59iE3l
August 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ FRACKING - A TEXAN TRAGEDY: AMPLE OIL, GAS, BUT NO WATER
Fracking Boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
======================
THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION:
AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE
OnEarth Magazine, November 30, 2012
-▶ FRACKING OUR FOOD SUPPLY http://www.onearth.org/blog/fracking-our-food-supply
July 23, 2013 Transition Voice
-▶ COULD FRACKING FINALLY KILL OF RURAL AMERICA? http://transitionvoice.com/2013/07/could-fracking-finally-kill-off-rural-america/
-▶ FRACKING THE FUTURE - HOW UNCONVENTIONAL GAS THREATENS OUR WATER, HEALTH AND CLIMATE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/962737700/fracking-the-future-how-unconventional-gas-threatens-our-water-health-and-climate
FOR WHAT, WHEN MOST WILL BE EXPORTED TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, NOT FOR CHEAPER GAS IN THE USA
USA LNG EXPORTS - FRIEND OR FOE?
NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL?
-▶ EXPORTING NATURAL GAS WILL INCREASE FRACKING, RAISE U.S. PRICES AND POLLUTION FOR TAX PAYERS TO CLEAN UP http://newyork2.sierraclub.org/content/club-report-exporting-gas-will-increase-fracking-raise-us-prices
Guardian Environment, December 11, 2013
-▶ TAXPAYERS TO PAY FOR FRACKING POLLUTION IF COMPANIES GO BUST http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/11/taxpayers-fracking-pollution-companies
-----------------------------------WATCH-----------------------------------
-▶ >>>>>"GASLAND" - PART 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phCibwj396I
-▶ >>>>>"GASLAND" - PART 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_uNx2fXlfE
-▶ >>>>>>60 MINUTE AUSTRALIA - FRACKING - THE COAL SEAM GAS LAND GRAB YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PELxZ3K2o0c
-▶ >>>>>VIDEO NEWS INTERVIEW: FRACKING "FLOWING BACK" CHEMICALS! - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQMtxcKfQc
-▶ >>>>WATER - IS THERE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND?
"BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS (1:29:42) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKcf-RBHirw
Climate Progress, September 17, 2013
-▶ COLORADO FLOODWATERS COVER FRACKING AND OIL PROJECTS
'We Have No Idea What Those Wells Are Leaking' http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/17/2630131/oil-fracking-colorado-flooding/
Nation of Change, November 9, 2013
-▶ FRACKING VICTIM SUED FOR DEFAMATION AFTER PROVING DRINKING WATER FLAMMABLE http://www.nationofchange.org/fracking-victim-sued-defamation-after-proving-drinking-water-flammable-1383926472
August 22, 2013 High Country News
-▶ NEW TECH TO TRACE FRACKING FLUID COULD MEAN MORE ACCOUNTABILITY http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/fracking-technology-oil-and-gas-drilling-regulation
August 20, 2013 Bloomberg
-▶ THE FRACKING CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST: Natural Gas Fracking Industry Under Strain As Prices, Land Values Fall http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/20/the-fracking-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roost/
-▶ >>FRACKING AND FARMING DON'T MIX: KILLING OUR ANIMALS http://www.timesonline.com/news/local_news/organic-message-fracking-and-farming-don-t-mix/article_7973b6e6-6199-5617-b156-85de787d8c56.html
Nov. 28, 2012 - The Nation:
-▶ ARE DYING CATTLE THE CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE FOR FRACKING? Farmers and ranchers are sounding alarms about the risks to human health of hydraulic
fracturing.... http://www.thenation.com/article/171504/fracking-our-food-supply#
August 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ FRACKING - A TEXAN TRAGEDY: AMPLE OIL, GAS, BUT NO WATER
Fracking Boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
-▶ NEW STUDY SERIOUSLY CHALLENGES NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL - METHANE GREENHOUSE GAS RISES http://sco.lt/7Ftflp
July 23, 2013 Transition Voice
-▶ COULD FRACKING FINALLY KILL OF RURAL AMERICA? http://transitionvoice.com/2013/07/could-fracking-finally-kill-off-rural-america/
May 28, 2013 Common Dreams
-▶ THINK FRACKING IS BAD? WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GAS INDUSTRY' "ACID JOBS" https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/28-3
-▶ CORPORATE CREEP: THE AMISH ARE GETTING FRACKED. THEIR RELIGION PROHIBITS LAWSUITS - AND THE ENERGY COMPANIES KNOW IT http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113354/energy-companies-take-advantage-amish-prohibition-lawsuits
February 12, 2013 - Energy Wire:
-▶ NATURAL GAS: BEYOND THE BOOM, UNANSWERED QUESTION ABOUT THE LIFE OF NEW WELLS http://www.eenews.net/public/energywire/2013/02/12/1
FRACKING HELL:
THE UNTOLD STORY
http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/1480465029/fracking-hell-the-untold-story
May 23, 2013 EurActive
-▶ CHEAP SHALE GAS BUBBLE 'WILL BURST WITHIN 2-3 YEARS' : EXPERT (Leaving an environmental nightmare in its wake...pdjmoo)
http://www.euractiv.com/energy/expert-cheap-shale-gas-bubble-bu-news-519931
May 15, 2013 Wake Up World
-▶ FRACKING: A SILENT DEATH SWEEPS ACROSS THE WORLD http://wakeup-world.com/2013/05/15/fracking-a-silent-death-sweeps-across-the-world/
May 20, 2013 Desmogblog
-▶ OBAMA ADMIN APPROVES ALEC MODEL BILL FOR FRACKING CHEMICAL FLUID DISCLOSURE ON PUBLIC LANDS http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/05/20/obama-admin-approves-alec-model-bill-fracking-chemical-fluid-disclosure-public-lands
SEE: @ALEC @ALECexposed
Feb 22, 2013 DC Bureau
-▶ "FRACKADEMIA" - OBAMA'S TOP CANDIDATE FOR ENERGY SECRETARY, OVERSEES PRO-INDUSTRY-FUNDED RESEARCH http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6200a1195c3e730065fb8c3c7&id=5e8c9cae94&e=548a460b7e
May 19, 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
-▶ LEASE FLIPPING COMES TO PENNSYLVANIA NATURAL GAS FIELDS AS VULTURE INVESTORS MOVE IN http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/marcellusshale/pennsylvania-landowners-can-get-cash-on-spot-for-mineral-rights-688190/
May 5, 2013 Global Possibilities
-▶ FRACKING OURSELVES TO DEATH IN PENNSYLVANIA http://www.globalpossibilities.org/fracking-ourselves-to-death-in-pennsylvania-2/
WATCH:
May 6, 2013 PBS Newshour
VIDEO FEATURE:
IN POLAND THE LONG ARM OF MULTINATIONAL "FRACKING" COMPANIES FUELS DISSENT http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/jan-june13/poland_05-06.html
May 6, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory:
-▶ THE RIGHT TO SAY NO: EU-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT THREATENS FRACKING BANS http://corporateeurope.org/publications/right-say-no-eu-canada-trade-agreement-threatens-fracking-bans
25 March, 2013 - Huffington Post Green
-▶ JUDGE RULES AGAINST ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN FRACKING LAWSUIT - SIDING WITH STATE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Huffington Post, Jan 16, 2013
-▶ EPA's FRACKING WATER CONTAMINATION INVESTIGATION HALTED FOLLOWING PRESSURE FROM FRACKING OIL COMPANY http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/epa-water-contamination-investigation-fracking_n_2484568.html
eMagazine, January 01, 2013
NEW WORRIES FOR NEW YORKERS: THE SPECTRA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. Some of the most densely populated areas in America—including the Tribeca, Chelsea and Meatpacking neighborhoods of lower Manhattan—are in the proposed path of a massive new natural gas pipeline. http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/new-worries-for-new-yorkers/
FRACKING RESEARCH:
-▶ CORPORATE-SPONSORED RESEARCH: OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT FOR SALE. YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE FRACKING INDUSTRY – EcoWatch: http://ecowatch.org/2012/blow-to-fracking-industry/
-▶ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DEMONSTRATES WHAT A REALLY BAD ETHICS PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE http://www.star-telegram.com
Feb 4, 2013 Grist
-▶ LET'S FRACK THE HELL OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT: Frackers set their sights on the Golden State http://grist.org/news/frackers-set-their-sights-on-the-golden-state/
NY Times, Feb 2, 2013
-▶ A 90 YEAR-OLD-LAW ALLOWS FRACKING LAND GRABS: COLORADO COMMUNITIES TAKE ON FIGHT AGAINST ENERGY LAND LEASES http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/us/colorado-communities-take-on-fight-against-energy-land-leases.html?_r=0
Feb 11, 2013 - FORBES
-▶ ENERGY'S LATEST BATTLEGROUND: FRACKING FOR URANIUM IN TEXAS - Poisoning Water Table, Using Up Millions of Gallons of Water http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/01/23/fracking-for-uranium/
WATCH VIDEO
Feb 28, 2013- The Ecologist
HOW POLAND'S DASH FOR GAS TURNED SOUR - FRACKING HELL? SPECIAL REPORT http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1823244/fracking_hell_how_polands_dash_for_gas_turned_sour.html
Feb 28, 2013 - Huffington Post
-▶ FRACKING INDUSTRY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH REGULATORS? WATCHDOGS CONCERNED http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/27/fracking-conflicts-of-interest-regulators_n_2776498.html?ir=green&utm_campaign=022813&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-green&utm_content=Title
Feb 19, 2013
-▶ CORPORATE POWER REIGNS: How one fracking company bullies residents and elected officials alike http://grist.org/news/how-one-fracking-company-bullies-residents-and-elected-officials-alike/
Dec. 14, 2012 Ralph Nader: OpEd Eurasia Review
-▶ FRACKING'S LURE, TRAP AND ENDLESS DAMAGE http://www.eurasiareview.com/14122012-ralph-nader-frackings-lure-trap-and-endless-damage-oped/
Dec 13, 2012 Guardian Environment
-▶ THIS FRACKING FANTASY IS THE DELUSION OF FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION Damian Carrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2012/dec/13/shale-gas-fracking-davey
-▶ FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES FIVE TIMES GREATER THAN CLIMATE FINANCE http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3652782196/fossil-fuel-subsidies-five-times-greater-than-climate-finance
-▶ CHEAP OIL OR A STABLE CLIMATE? WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH, IEA Report Says http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3602210725/cheap-oil-or-a-stable-climate-we-can-t-have-both-iea-report-says
October 31, 2012 The European Magazine - The Debate Magazine
-▶ THE SHALE GAS REVOLUTION - FROM FRACK TO RICHES - AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE Stefano Casertano http://theeuropean-magazine.com/522-casertano-stefano/871-the-shale-gas-revolution
>>>>>
Ecowatch, Jan 21, 2013
-▶ DO YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE 32 USA STATES THAT HAS BEEN FRACKED? It may seem unbelievable, but because of exemptions in federal laws won by the oil and gas industry, there is no publicly available information that shows everywhere in the country where fracking is occurring http://ecowatch.org/2013/fracking-32-states/
guardian.co.uk, Jan 18, 2013
-▶ FRACKING DEBATE DRAWS YOKO, LENNON AND SARANDON TO RURAL BATTLEGROUNDS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/18/fracking-debate-ono-lennon-sarandon-tour
SF Gate, Jan 18, 2013 -
-▶ NEW YORK EMPLOYEES POUR OVER THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS ON FRACKING REGULATIONS http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Events-across-NY-generate-fracking-comments-4205555.php
Space Daily
-▶ FRACKING: A BOOM OR BUST DECISION FOR NEW YORK http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Fracking_A_Boom_or_Bust_Decision_for_New_York_999.html
eMagazine, Jan 14, 2013
-▶ The Spectra Pipeline Under Construction in New York City Poses Serious Dangers http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/new-worries-for-new-yorkers
-▶ >>LOOK CLOSE AT FRACKING AND YOU'LL SAY "NO WAY" Riverkeeper http://www.riverkeeper.org/blog/watchdog/look-close-at-fracking-and-youll-say-no-way/
-▶ >> BAYOU FRACK-OUT: THE MASSIVE OIL AND GAS DISASTER YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF http://truth-out.org/news/item/13136-bayou-frack-out-the-massive-oil-and-gas-disaster-youve-never-heard-of
-▶ >>20 IMPACTS OF UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION - FRACKING http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/2954277115/20-impacts-of-underground-coal-gasification-fracking
-▶ >>TOO LATE? WITH LARGE OIL RESERVE, CALIFORNIA FACES FRACKING DEBATE | KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/
Riverkeeper
-▶ WILL FRACKING WORSEN CLIMATE CHANGE
http://www.riverkeeper.org/blog/watchdog/will-fracking-worsen-climate-change/
-▶ >>>>>EPA's FIRST FRACKING REPORT - COMPLIMENTS OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY - SEE INTERACTIVE MAP Dec. 26, 2012 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/26/1173931/-EPA-s-CHRISTMAS-GIFT-FRACKING-REPORT-Interactive-Map-to-View-EACH-Fracking-Well-Info
-▶ >>FRACKING DISCLOSURES NEEDED http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/12/07/our-view-fracking-disclosure-needed
-▶ >>Editorial: RULES ON OIL AND GAS FRACKING ARE WAY OUT OF WHACK - The Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/07/5037556/rules-on-oil-and-gas-fracking.html
Dec 4, 2012 NYTimes
-▶ >>>MONEY OR YOUR LIFE? RACE IS ON TO CLEAN UP HYDRAULIC FRACTURING http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/energy-environment/race-is-on-to-clean-up-hydraulic-fracturing.html?_r=0
-▶ OLD STORY, NEW THREAT : FRACKING AND THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB - Transnational Institute - Cutting-edge global insights on what is fracking, why and where it is happening today, who is promoting it, how, and what is the state of resistance. http://www.tni.org/briefing/fracking-and-global-land-grab
-▶ MANKIND APPROACHING CARBON-CLIFF - PRICEWATERHOUSE REPORT WARNS
-▶ U.S. ENERGY INSECURITY: WHY FRACKING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS IS A FALSE SOLUTION - Download full report http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/tools-and-resources/u-s-energy-insecurity-why-fracking-for-oil-and-natural-gas-is-a-false-solution-2/
>>>>>> AND IT'S GLOBAL, POLITICAL & WALL STREET DRIVEN >>>>>>
Intercontinental Cry Magazine, December 5, 2013
▶ FRACKING THE KALAHARI http://intercontinentalcry.org/fracking-kalahari-21263/
VIDEO
Alliance Earth
-▶ THE HIGH COST TO AFRICA OF AMERICA'S CHEAP GAS
Largely uncontrolled gas companies in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve are already drilling and fracking in much of the park, endangering precious water and environmental resources.
In Botswana’s longest running court battle the San Bushmen finally won the right to access these water sources and remain in their ancestral land. If the gas industry operates like it does in the USA their victory and the survival of this ancient culture is in question.
http://allianceearth.org/the-high-cost-of-cheap-gas-fracking-in-the-karoo/#.UoqoC43piRQ
-▶ >>AUSTRALIA: FRACKING GREENWASH: DOUBTS RAISED ABOUT GREEN CREDENTIALS OF EXPANDING COAL SEAM GAS (CSG) INDUSTRY
-▶ >>FRACKING RATTLES RUSSIA Jan 13, 2013 The Advocate http://theadvocate.com/news/business/4030739-123/fracking-rattles-russia
-▶ >>RUSSIA; EXXON FRACKING SIBERIA TO HELP PUTIN MAINTAIN OIL CLOUT June 14, 2012 - Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/exxon-fracking-siberia-to-help-putin-maintain-oil-clout.html
-▶ >>CHINA PLANNING 'HUGE FRACKING INDUSTRY' Nov 27 1012 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/27/china-planning-huge-fracking-industry
March 26, 2013 - Bloomberg
-▶ CHINA: SHELL TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON CHINA SHALE GAS FRACKING DEVELOPMENT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/shell-plans-to-spend-1-billion-on-china-shale-gas-development.html
Feb 28, 2013 - EurActive
-▶ >>GERMANY MOVES TO ALLOW CONTROVERSIAL SHALE GAS DRILLING DESPITE OPPOSITION http://www.euractiv.com/energy/germany-tables-draft-law-allow-f-news-518131?utm_source=EurActiv%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=8a6f35218d-newsletter_daily_update&utm_medium=email
-▶ >>UK FRACKING LAWS NEEDED TO 'CONTROL UK'S DASH FOR GAS' says MEP Dec 8, 2012 - Guardian Environment http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/09/fracking-laws-dash-for-gas
-▶ >>UK THE FRACKING DREAM which is putting Britain's future at risk Dec 8, 2012 Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/09/shale-gas-frackheads-dubious-dream
-▶ >>ARAB STATE RUSHES TO JOIN THE SHALE BOOM: Jordan is pressing ahead with plans to develop its massive shale oil deposits, joining a growing push by Arab states to unlock shale reserves... http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/12/07/Arab-states-rush-to-join-the-shale-boom/UPI-62761354911251/
-▶ MORE ON FRACKING: http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet?page=1&q=FRACKING
FRACKING:
http://ecowatch.org/p/energy/fracking-2/
-▶ >>OPEC WARNS USA OVER BRAGGING ABOUT BECOMING #1 OIL PRODUCER - The National Nov. 14, 2012: http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/energy/warning-from-opec-over-us-oil-production
-▶ HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE:
PRICING CARBON:
A FAILED STRATEGY THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET
WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
-▶ >>THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL - An unprecedented power over world agriculture and human health http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-healt
May 23, 2013 Common Dreams
-▶ TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - Destroying Our Planet For Record Profits http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/23-4
VIDEO:
THE TRUE STORY OF CHEVRON'S ECUADOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER http://sco.lt/63ewyH
>>>>>>>>>>AND THEN THERE ARE THE "TAR OIL SANDS" >>>>>>>>>>
VIDEO:
TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH"
-▶ >>FIRST TAR SANDS MINE ON US SOIL (OFFICIALLY) APPROVED IN UTAH Nov 7, 2012 http://www.care2.com/causes/first-tar-sands-mine-on-u-s-soil-approved-in-utah.html