So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells that it's a fire hazard! Local campaigners blame the coal seam gas industry for the gas releases which are spreading along Queensland's river Condamine and gaining in intensity.
… Australian river on fire with fracked coal seam gas The … Gas Climate Change Energy jeremy buckingham river fire and boat-cut.jpg So much methane is bubbling into a river surrounded by hundreds of fracking wells …
On January 9 thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical used to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. Trish Kahle asks - how could this happen?
… They poisoned the river for a 'clean coal' lie Trish Kahle | … to produce “clean coal”, spilled into Elk River, leaving 300,000 with no water supply. … plants. The chemical spilled into the Elk River from a 48,000-gallon tank owned by …
Campaigners are celebrating after defeating plans to build America’s largest open pit coal mine, writes Nick Engelfriend. In an epic 'David and Goliath' battle, Montana activists challenged the project, and all the politicians and businessmen that supported it, with fierce opposition, protests and demonstrations. The outcome spells hope for all in the fight against dirty energy.
… is known for its arid climate, but the Tongue River Valley just north of the Wyoming border … pines, sagebrush and grassy pastures. The river and underground aquifers make the valley … for agriculture. On the east side of the river, where the Otter Creek tracts are …
In the face of environmental atrocities like the recent spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, writes Grant Mincy, quiescence be damned! To stop more of the same, we must reclaim from the corporate-captured state the rights of commons and community to decide on how local resources are used.
… After the oil spill: ode to the Yellowstone River Grant Mincy | 1st February 2015 Comment … spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River, writes Grant Mincy, quiescence be … On Saturday, January 17, the Yellowstone River, perhaps the most celebrated aquatic …
America's expanding oil production threatens the pristine Pacific Northwest region of the country with a rash of new oil terminals along the coast, writes Valerie Brown, and hugely expanded traffic of freight trains loaded with hundreds of cars of crude oil heading for California refineries.
… Washington, just across the Columbia River from Portland. Unique ecosystem at risk … such terminal in the region. The Columbia River is the lifeblood of the Pacific … coal trains must pass through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area , a protected …
A report by Alberta's energy regulator links emissions from tar sands oil production with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee their homes, reports Carol Linnitt. The findings reveal 'a huge information gap'.
… with serious health impacts in the Peace River region that have forced families to flee … forced to evacuate their homes in Peace River, Alberta due to toxic fumes from bitumen … hot plumes Tar sands deposits in the Peace River region are extracted using a relatively …
A deal to give up 500,000 acres of public lands in Utah to the tar sands industry in return for 1.5 million acres of industry is a sacrifice too far, writes Alexander Reid Ross, as it disclaims the wider costs of massive water use and contamination in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought.
… in the headwaters of the Colorado River, already seriously stressed by drought. … is located at the headwaters of the Colorado River. Lying 8,000 feet elevation, where the Green River and White River feed into the Colorado, …
The impact of fracking on communities and ecosystems demands a complete rethink of the human relationship with nature, writes Shannon Biggs. Nature has rights - and this must be reflected in our laws.
… Welcome to 'frackland': does a river have the right not to be polluted? … How else could we legalize the damming of rivers, the removal of whole mountaintops for … with 63% of the votes cast. Should trees and rivers have 'standing'? Crucially, it …
A trip to the Achuar Indians of the Ecuadorian Amazon proved life-changing for Stephen Wallace. Their only desire is to enjoy what they have, and ensure that their children can do the same. But the threat of oil is casting a dark shadow of fear over their lives.
… fear over their lives. The Pastaza and Kawapi Rivers in Ecuador come together near the … live there in harmony and in reverence of the rivers, trees, and animals that inhabit their … I visited sat high on elevated banks above rivers. The scenery was breath-taking. My …
A 62-year old pipeline across New England could be used to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But communities across Vermont are campaigning to block the project that imperils waters, people and wildlife ...
… - and spill oil into the state's wetlands, rivers and streams, along with the chemicals … Also at risk will be the St Lawrence river, Quebec's largest and most important … 2010 such a spill fell upon the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, providing an example of the …
How fossil fuels are destroying biodiversity and Indigenous people’s rights.
… it cannot regenerate itself. There are many drivers to deforestation in the Amazon - we can … They are located close to the Athabasca River - one of Canada’s major rivers that flows through Alberta and the …
The Indigenous Peoples of Standing Rock are by no means alone in their struggle for the recognition and preservation of their native lands: a very similar story of resistance against oil extraction is taking place further south, and has been going on for almost half a century, namely the fight of the Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon against oil pollution and oppression, writes biologist ARTHUR WYNS
… people protesting at the banks of the tigre river, peruvian amazon, 2015. c.chaikuni.jpg … (IIAAP) declared all water from the Tigre River undrinkable due to oil pollution, and … by the Kichwa people at the base of the Tigre River - the most polluted river in the area. …
America's coal-fired power plants produce 140 million tons of ash a year, reports Ben Whitford, most of it dumped in open storage ponds that contaminate drinking water with arsenic and heavy metals. And now Presidential candidate Jeb Bush is promising to scrap 'new and costly' (actually feeble) EPA regulations before they have even been implemented.
… Energy Coal Waste Regulation Politics coal-river-ash-cut.jpg America's coal-fired power … spilled 39,000 tons into North Carolina's Dan River, just 35 miles downstream from Belews … says. "There are hundreds of slow-motion Dan River spills happening all around the country, …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… and farming activities. With increased river erosion, noise pollution, health hazards … plants and land. The plant will contaminate rivers by discharging used, warm water into the River Passur daily, for at least 25 years. …
After over a decade of fracking, oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. Over half of the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams.
… waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams. It has been roughly twelve … dumped radium-laced waste water into rivers. State regulators in Pennsylvania and … sent to treatment plants that discharge into rivers and streams. However, in order to truly …
Coal leases on public lands operated by the US Bureau of Land Management are responsible for 40% of US coal production and 14% of total US CO2 emissions, writes Mike Gaworecki - yet their environmental impacts have not been reviewed in 35 years.
… Change Law USA Coal Fossil Fuels powder-river-trains-cut.jpg Coal leases on public … 40% of coal extraction in the US. The Powder River Basin, which extends from central … aquifers "People living in the Powder River Basin have endured many hardships not …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
… now threatened include Upper Missouri River Breaks in Montana and Carrizo Plain - … of Utah senator Orrin Hatch as the main driver behind the executive order - handing him … trails" , she said. Montana: Upper Missouri River Also under threat is Upper Missouri …
The US is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, write Colin Samson & Øyvind Ravna. Both require free, prior and informed consent for any intrusions on indigenous lands and stipulate that indigenous peoples shall own and control their traditional lands. The US is violating both at Standing Rock.
… have deep historical and sacred meanings. The rivers and lakes under which the pipeline was … Lake Oahe which flows into the Missouri River. This project carries grave health and … from the Missouri to the North Platte River in Wyoming, was marked out for "absolute …
Brazil is about to auction hundreds of fracking blocks across the country - extending deep into the Amazon forest including the territories of remote and vulnerable indigenous peoples. Registered bidders include BP, Shell and ExxonMobil.
… for over ten hours on a boat in the Moa River that cuts through the Serra do Divisor … Residing mostly on the right bank of the Moa river, their territory is currently in process … Luiz Puyanawa said: "We know that these rivers that flow beneath us, those where we …
When Mike Roselle tried to give his State Governor a sample of Mountain Top Removal dust for analysis, he was not expecting to be arrested at gunpoint and banged in jail for a week on suicide watch - all without charge.
… onto the ground and into the nearby Elk River and downstream directly into American … to stem the flow of the chemical into the Elk River. In that time, more than 125 people were … the spill that had fouled the Elk and Kanawa Rivers had absolutely nothing to do with the …
Despite all the hype that fracking the UK will mean cheaper energy bills, it is increasingly clear that the opposite is the case, writes Lesley Docksey. And who will pay the cost? Taxpayers, energy users, and the environment ...
… and will overflow and poison the streams and rivers - as has happened more than once in the … Agency (responsible for the health of all our rivers and streams). A major part of the EA's …
The Guardian Media Group is to divest its £800m fund from fossil fuels over five years. The terms of its promise appeared to leave the door open to natural gas and fracking, But GMG now insists that it aims to ditch all fossil fuels within five years.
… fuels. What was a trickle is becoming a river and will, I suspect, become a flood. I'm … years." What was a trickle is becoming a river and will, I suspect, become a flood. I'm …
The mighty Asian Development Bank is celebrating its 50th birthday this week in Yokohama, Japan, writes Hemantha Withanage. But the victims of ADB's $3 billion coal funding have little to be glad of - whether local communities impacted by mines and power stations, or people everywhere suffering climate change. ADB must stop financing coal now!
… and negative impacts on farming lands, rivers, forests and the climate. The bank …
UK-based oil and gas company Perenco is expanding its operations in the Peruvian Amazon - in a remote area known to be inhabited by highly vulnerable indigenous people living in 'voluntary isolation'. But as David Hill reports, Perenco denies their existence ...
… is due to expand - between the Napo and Tigre rivers and adjacent to the border with Ecuador …