Posted on May 26, 2022
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Have you fallen victim to the oil and gas industry’s disinformation campaign? Have a listen to this new Podcast, or read the transcript, to find out for yourself: New Research: Big Fossil’s Disaster Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine“In the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,… Continue Reading “Oil and Gas Industry’s “Disaster Capitalism””
Category: climate change, fossil fuels, PennsylvaniaTags: API, climate policy, drilling, EarthWorks, frac sand, fracking, global warming, hydraulic fracturing, LNG, Marcellus Shale, methane, natural gas, Ohio, oil and gas, renewable energy, shale gas, Sharon Wilson, solar energy, Texas, Ukraine, US Chamber of Commerce, Utica Shale, West Virginia
Posted on May 5, 2022
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In addition to a tornado warning —that had us eating supper in our basement at 6:00PM Tuesday evening— the third segment of this PBS Frontline documentary aired later that same evening. I recognized a couple powerful allies in the oil & gas air pollution… Continue Reading “‘The Power of Big Oil: Part 3 – Delay’”
Category: climate change, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, water pollutionTags: acrylonitrile, air pollution, brominated trihalomethanes, BTEX, chloroform, drilling, drilling waste, FLIR, fracking, global warming, Hickory Pa, Marcellus Shale, methane, Monongahela River, Mt Pleasant Township, natural gas, NORM, NOx, oil and gas, Pennsylvania renewables, radioactive shale, radioactive waste, shale gas, tapwater, TENORM, trihalomethanes, VOC, water buffalo, water wells
Posted on May 1, 2022
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On April 28, the Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Concerned Health Professionals of New York released their Eighth Compendium of Scientific, Medical and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure. The Compendium is a collection of… Continue Reading “Risks and Harms of Fracking and Oil and Gas Infrastructure”
Category: Fracking Health Risks, PennsylvaniaTags: air pollution, drilling, ethane, frac, hydraulic fracturing, LNG, Marcellus Shale, methane, methane gas, natural gas, Ohio, radioactive shale, radioactive waste, Radium 226, Radium 228, Utica Shale, wastewater, water pollution, well pad, West Virginia
Posted on April 24, 2022
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Two things recently caught my attention, the first being a 3-part series airing on PBS stations. The Power of Big Oil (Part One: Denial) “FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part One of this… Continue Reading “Big Oil”
Category: Oil and GasTags: Big Oil, California, coal, Congress, excess profits tax, FTC, gas pump, gasoline prices, lobbying, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, subsidies
Posted on March 27, 2022
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Now that more of our home electricity requirements are provided by solar energy, it was time to upgrade our HVAC system to a heat pump, instead of just replacing the old central air conditioning unit. A far more efficient gas furnace was also installed… Continue Reading “HVAC Update with Heat Pump”