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Mountaintop removal on the Colbert Report
"That's why when I go to the dentist, I have him remove my teeth through the top of my head."
(video after the jump)
Tagged with: coal, mountaintop removal
Gwen Lachelt talks fracking on NPR's Science Friday
Today on NPR's Science Friday our Gwen Lachelt and industry's Kathleen Sgamma discussed hydraulic fracturing with Ira Flatow.
You can download the audio file here.
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, ira flatow, science friday
New Interior oil & gas drilling policy is encouraging
By Cathy Carlson
January 7, 2010
EARTHWORKS applauds the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey for their initiative to bring balance to the Nation s oil and gas program . For the past decade, there was an unprecedented run on the federal lands by big energy companies, securing oil and gas leases at bargain basement prices and speculating on the federal estate at the expense of the taxpayer and other resources.
Tagged with: drilling, interior department, blm, ken salazar, bob abbey
Exxon's XTO merger proposal isn't killing the FRAC Act.
Exxon, America's biggest oil company, is planning on merging with XTO, a $25 billion oil and gas drilling company heavily invested in hydraulic fracturing of shale gas deposits.
Whether or not you think that's a good thing, it's causing a bit of furor in part because Exxon has included some language pertaining to fracking's regulatory landscape.
Tagged with: fracking, frac act, exxon, xto
An Alaskan fisherman thanks jewelers for speaking out on Bristol Bay
In the November 19th Anchorage Daily News, Alaskan fisherman Ben Blakey congratulated jewelers who have signed the Bristol Bay Protection pledge.
Tagged with: bristol bay, jewelry retailers, pebble, anchorage daily news, ben bakey
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