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Peak oil and climate change
New Hansen paper |
John McGrath |
22 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Today the Oil Drum linked to a James Hansen released paper analyzing the impact of peak oil, peak gas, and peak coal on the likely emissions of carbon. Hansen notes that most of our emissions scenarios have thus far failed to account for whether the carbon will even be there to burn. Plenty of graphy goodness, but what I took away was this: There's just enough oil and gas left in the ground to take us up to, or maybe a bit over, the 450 parts per million of CO2 that ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, James Hansen, natural gas, oil (all these topics) |
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The Fightin' Irish
Willie Corduff has taken arms against a sea of Shell troubles |
Michelle Nijhuis |
24 Apr 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Willie Corduff. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. "We'd never objected to anything in our whole lives," says Irish farmer Willie Corduff. But when Shell Oil proposed to put a high-pressure gas pipeline through his family farm, Corduff changed his quiet ways. He and a handful of his neighbors refused to allow Shell on their property -- a stance that landed them in jail, and ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, heroes, Ireland, natural gas (all these topics) |
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Psst, LNG, We Hear Florida's Easy
Natural-gas projects denied in California, let pass in Maryland |
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11 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Psst, LNG, We Hear Florida's Easy Natural-gas projects denied in California, let pass in Maryland If liquefied natural gas is the beleaguered suitor, California is the popular girl who keeps turning down earnest proposals. Yet another LNG terminal, this one off the coast of Ventura County, is off to the bar to drown its sorrows after a state commission voted Monday to reject its environmental impact report ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, Maryland, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Maybe They Should Just Call It LNG Beach
Natural-gas terminals canceled, pursued, and potentially dangerous |
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15 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Maybe They Should Just Call It LNG Beach Natural-gas terminals canceled, pursued, and potentially dangerous In a great victory for greens (we love saying that!), Chevron Corp. has announced that it will not build a $650 million liquefied-natural-gas terminal off of Mexico's Coronado Islands, rewarding years of protests about the risks to marine life. But farther north, the seas aren't so smooth. Even though ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, Mexico, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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The LNG Kiss Goodnight
Controversial natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., gets the boot |
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24 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The LNG Kiss Goodnight Controversial natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., gets the boot Friends, we are gathered here today to wo0t the death of a planned liquefied-natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif. Citing a city attorney's conclusion that the environmental review of the project "is and in all likelihood will remain legally inadequate," Long Beach officials yesterday unanimously voted to pul ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Terminal Killness
City officials' reluctance may halt LNG terminal in Long Beach, Calif. |
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13 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Terminal Killness City officials' reluctance may halt LNG terminal in Long Beach, Calif. The debate over a $700 million liquefied-natural-gas terminal in Long Beach, Calif., may be coming to an end. City officials have long been squeamish about the proposed facility due to its proximity to the urban center. "It's a risk for accident and terrorist attack, and it's not a good business deal for the city," says ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Gas Money
Besieged by natural-gas exploration, a Wyoming town draws the line |
Brian Calvert |
30 Nov 2006 |
Main Dish |
| On a summer weekend in the high country, I talked my grandmother into taking a drive into the Wyoming Range, where she'd worked with my grandfather as a hunting guide more than 20 years earlier. We wanted to have a look at a certain 44,600 acres of forest that had been leased by companies in search of natural gas. Can the Wyoming Range be protected from drilling? Photo: JessLeePhotos.com Hea ... |
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| Topics: energy, natural gas, Wyoming (all these topics) |
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The Revolution Will Be Solarized
An interview with Travis Bradford, author of Solar Revolution |
David Roberts |
30 Nov 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Solar power has been the Next Big Thing for decades now, yet it remains a niche player in the energy world. The problem of intermittency is unsolved, up-front capital costs remain high, and surging demand for polysilicon, a key component of solar panels, has recently outstripped supply, stifling production. Travis Bradford. So when someone claims that within decades solar ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, coal, energy, interview, natural gas, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Crazed, Greedy Drilling in Texas? You Don't Say
Natural-gas drilling booms in Fort Worth |
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27 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Crazed, Greedy Drilling in Texas? You Don't Say Natural-gas drilling booms in Fort Worth Forth Worth, Texas, lies atop a huge natural-gas field, and thus is at the center of the biggest urban drilling boom in the U.S. today. The city has leased more than 2,400 acres of public land for natural-gas development; over 600 wells have cropped up in the last year alone, and, says Mayor Mike Moncrief, "we've only just starte ... |
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| Topics: energy, natural gas, news, Texas (all these topics) |
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Prancing With the Stars
Celebs gather in Malibu to protest plans for offshore natural-gas facility |
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23 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Prancing With the Stars Celebs gather in Malibu to protest plans for offshore natural-gas facility Famous beautiful people and other denizens of Malibu, Calif., gathered on a beach yesterday to protest a proposal by energy company BHP Billiton to build a liquefied-natural-gas facility 14 miles off the coast. "We have to use our voices and band together and stop this," said Halle Berry, who was joined by a m ... |
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| Topics: California, energy, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Well's Hells
Faulty natural-gas well drowns Indonesian villages in mud and water |
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06 Oct 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Well's Hells Faulty natural-gas well drowns Indonesian villages in mud and water An Indonesian natural-gas well drilled using faulty practices has become a huge human-made disaster. In May, mud began seeping through the unprotected walls of the well at a depth of about 6,000 feet; drillers plugged the well hole, but the pressure of the mud eventually broke through the earth. Geysers of mud and wa ... |
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| Topics: energy, Indonesia, mining and drilling, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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Take Backs
Russia sues to overturn approval for giant Shell energy project |
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06 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Take Backs Russia sues to overturn approval for giant Shell energy project Russia is suing to overturn its initial approval of a $20 billion Royal Dutch Shell oil and gas project, citing alleged environmental violations. (As Shell is locked in an ownership dispute with state-run oil company Gazprom, some analysts suspect the litigation has more to do with control than with concern over ecosystems, but we'll take wh ... |
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| Topics: energy, natural gas, news, oil, Russia (all these topics) |
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Not Management Material
BLM slacks on environmental monitoring in Wyoming |
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01 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Not Management Material BLM slacks on environmental monitoring in Wyoming For the past six years, the Bureau of Land Management has been slacking on its commitment to assess and limit the impact of natural-gas drilling on wilderness in western Wyoming, says, um, the Bureau of Land Management. A leaked internal assessment for the BLM's Pinedale, Wyo., field office declare ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, Wyoming (all these topics) |
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Maybe Steps
Shell and ExxonMobil power gas platform with wind and solar |
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19 Apr 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Maybe Steps Shell and ExxonMobil power gas platform with wind and solar The cognitive dissonance! It hurts! A new gas platform in the North Sea will be run entirely on wind and solar power. The tiny (26 by 26 feet) platform, co-owned by Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil, cost about $143 million to develop and was built f ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, commercial and industry organizations, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, natural gas, news, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics) |
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Florida, Come and Rock the Offshore Shot
Congress and Bush admin push to open offshore areas to drilling |
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03 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: California, energy, Florida, mining and drilling, natural gas, oceans, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Natural gas
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David Roberts |
07 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I missed this when it came out, but Michael T. Klare has a great piece in The Nation about "The Geopolitics of Natural Gas." It's short -- I recommend reading the whole thing. A few tidbits: [The U.S.] now relies on natural gas for approximately one-fourth of its total energy supply, more than from any source except oil. ... Natural gas provides approximately 14 percent of the energy used to generate electricity in this country, 45 percent of home ... |
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Flare and Balanced
Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring |
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15 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Flare and Balanced Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring In a surprising victory for activists, a judge in Nigeria has ruled that the practice of gas flaring, wherein oil companies burn off the natural gas produced in oil drilling, violates the human rights of surrounding residents and must be halted immediately. Nigerian activists say the flaring causes respiratory ill ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, natural gas, news, Nigeria (all these topics) |
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Terminal Billness
Senate quashes emissions caps and state authority over LNG terminals |
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23 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Terminal Billness Senate quashes emissions caps and state authority over LNG terminals The Senate voted yesterday to reject a measure that would have given governors more power over the siting of terminals for tankers carrying liquefied natural gas. The Bush administration has pushed for total federal control over LNG terminal sites, while many state officials -- including Califo ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer, energy, natural gas, news, politics (all these topics) |
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I'm LNG, I'm Dynamite
Bush admin hawks liquefied natural gas as energy answer |
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15 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| I'm LNG, I'm Dynamite Bush admin hawks liquefied natural gas as energy answer The Bush administration is championing natural gas as the answer to America's domestic energy needs, despite reservations from the usual batch of freedom-haters about its cost, reliability, and safety. Proponents point out that natural gas is cheaper, less polluting, and more abundant than oil -- and, oh yeah, a huge business oppor ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, natural gas, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The LNG-est Yard
Activists fight new round of proposed LNG terminals |
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09 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The LNG-est Yard Activists fight new round of proposed LNG terminals While President Bush extols the virtues of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in speeches, energy companies have been at work, planning some 50 new LNG import terminals across North America, most slated for U.S. ports. Meanwhile, citizens and officials in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Rhode Island, where new terminals are proposed ... |
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| Topics: energy, Mexico, natural gas, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?!
Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado |
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09 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?! Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado Some 36 years ago, the Atomic Energy Commission and a Texas oil company put a nuclear bomb in an 8,000-foot shaft on Colorado's energy-rich Western Slope and detonated it, hoping to reach a reserve of natural gas lying beneath the subterranean rock. T ... |
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| Topics: business, Colorado, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, nuclear power, oil (all these topics) |
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Access of Evil
Gas drilling limited by equipment, workers -- not access to federal land |
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28 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Access of Evil Gas drilling limited by equipment, workers -- not access to federal land To hear the Bush administration tell it, domestic energy production is limited by lack of access to federal lands. Vice President Dick Cheney is galled that "large parts of the Rocky Mountain West are off-limits." But according to government records, industry experts, and local offici ... |
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| Topics: Bureau of Land Management, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news (all these topics) |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Iran using oil, natural gas resources to find fast friends |
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20 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People Iran using oil, natural gas resources to find fast friends Much in the way the kid with the backyard swimming pool and the trampoline always manages to rustle up friends, Iran is turning to its oil and gas reserves to leverage alliances with influential Eastern nations -- and rather urgently, as it faces the threat of sanctions from the U.S. and Europe over its nuclear program. ... |
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| Topics: energy, Iran, natural gas, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Coast Busters
Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas |
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08 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Coast Busters Oil and gas drillers set their sights on U.S. coastal areas A federal moratorium on oil and gas drilling off U.S. coasts has been in place for 24 years, but there are signs -- the debate over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge being just one -- that it may be in danger. The oil and gas industry has been heavily lobbying state governments, where they believe the decis ... |
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| Topics: energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, oceans, oil (all these topics) |
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The LNG and Short of It
States express outrage at LNG provision hidden in omnibus spending bill |
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03 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| The LNG and Short of It States express outrage at LNG provision hidden in omnibus spending bill Deep in the 3,016-page, $388-billion omnibus spending bill recently approved by Congress, tucked away in a section on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses, is a provision stating that the feds -- not individual states -- get to decide where liquid natural gas facilities will be sited. Not surp ... |
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| Topics: energy, natural gas, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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