Carbon dioxide removal: The right thing at the wrong time?
We can’t keep digging up and reburying carbon in the ground in a perpetual cycle. Carbon dioxide removal may someday be needed, but it shouldn't be a priority now.
Fossil fuel pollution
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“Certified natural gas” is not a source of clean energy
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Op-Ed: ‘Permitting reform’ can’t mean more fossil fuels
High gas prices are a symptom of our dependence on oil. It’s time to cure the disease.
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Energy Efficiency for Everyone
New U.S. fossil fuel projects are ticking carbon bombs
Building fossil fuel infrastructure locks us into a higher-carbon future
Fossil fuels outnumber clean energy projects in NEPA environmental review
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An estimated three million abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S. threaten water quality and are worsening global warming.
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Fracking with Diesel Fuel and No Permits
A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project provides further confirmation of both the hazards of fracking for oil and gas and how little the public is allowed to know about it.
More Evidence That Natural Gas Is Bad for the Climate
Evidence of how bad natural gas is for the climate has been growing and a study released earlier this month adds to the evidence.
Pipelines Leak
Last week, the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released a new map of leaks from natural gas pipelines in the Boston area. Working with researchers at Boston University, CLF calculated that leaking natural gas pipelines in Massachusetts release 8 to 12 billion cubic feet of methane every year, accounting for as much as 4 percent of Massachusetts’ annual global warming pollution. In Massachusetts, the source of these leaks is old, failing infrastructure that too often isn’t adequately maintained. Unfortunately, old pipes aren’t the only ones that fail. Experience across in the U.S. with pipelines carrying every kind of liquid shows that pipelines leak, and for that reason transporting volatile and dangerous products through pipelines will have negative consequences for the environment.
Ending Our Reliance on Natural Gas Needs to Start Now
Fracking has caused extensive environmental and public health damage. The solution is to end fracking, move away from dirty fuels, and instead prepare for a future that uses cleaner sources of energy. Several recent news items about growing investments in natural gas infrastructure have reminded me of the urgency of committing to a cleaner path—because the more we invest in natural gas-related infrastructure, the harder it will be to end fracking and other destructive methods of obtaining natural gas.
Tectonic Shift
Major manufacturers are acknowledging that the era of “cheap oil” is over. The shift from an underlying paradigm of material abundance (“use it up, we’ll get/make more”) to one of resource scarcity is long overdue.