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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Fracking and Earthquakes
| Energy and Earthquakes: A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On Huffington Post (blog) Could it be that the increase in earthquakes is specifically tied to the growing practice of using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to release oil and gas from shale and other tight formations? And what about the high-pressure injection of wastewater .. | |||||
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| DOI: 'No evidence' fracking causes earthquakes NewsOK.com President Obama's Interior Department (DOI) today contradicted media reports on a government study that supposedly tied natural gas drilling and fracking to a rise in earthquakes. "There is no evidence to suggest that hydraulic fracturing itself is the ... | |||||
| Four big takeaways from ProPublica's fracking talk Syracuse.com He cites the Midwest quakes as a perfect example of the public's misunderstanding of the subtleties of fracking. 2. Some say the media's fracking coverage is biased, but Abrahm Lustgarten thinks it emphasizes the real concerns. |
Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4: An earthquake before spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage would be “the end”
Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4: An earthquake before spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage would be “the end”
Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4: An earthquake before spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage would be “the end”
By lambert strether, who blogs at Corrente.
This clip from TV Asahi is a lucid explanation of the biggest ongoing news story in the world today: The catastrophic consequences if an earthquake strikes the Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4 power plant before its spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage place, a process that will not even begin until December 2013, and could take years. It aired March 8, 2012 on “Morning Bird,” a mainstream Japanese news and information TV program.
NOTE Click the CC button at bottom right to show English subtitles!
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29
This clip from TV Asahi is a lucid explanation of the biggest ongoing news story in the world today: The catastrophic consequences if an earthquake strikes the Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 4 power plant before its spent fuel rods are moved to safe storage place, a process that will not even begin until December 2013, and could take years. It aired March 8, 2012 on “Morning Bird,” a mainstream Japanese news and information TV program.
NOTE Click the CC button at bottom right to show English subtitles!
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/04/fukushima-dai-ichi-no-4-an-earthquake-before-spent-fuel-rods-are-moved-to-safe-storage-would-be-the-end.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29
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Friday, April 13, 2012
Confirming carbon's climate effects
Confirming carbon's climate effects
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 13, 2012
Harvard scientists are helping to paint the fullest picture yet of how a
handful of factors, particularly world-wide increases in atmospheric
carbon dioxide, combined to end the last ice age approximately 20,000 to
10,000 years ago.
As described in a paper published in Nature, researchers compiled ice
and sedimentary core samples collected from dozens of locations around
the world, and
Has the Dead Sea Used Up its Nine Lives?
Has the Dead Sea Used Up its Nine Lives?
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 13, 2012
Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the
earth's surface heralded for its medicinal properties, has been a source
of ecological concern for years.
Now a drilling project led by researchers from Tel Aviv University and
Hebrew University reveals that water levels have risen and fallen by
hundreds of meters over the last 200,000 years
What Triggers a Mass Extinction?
What Triggers a Mass Extinction?
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2012
The second-largest mass extinction in Earth's history coincided with a
short but intense ice age during which enormous glaciers grew and sea
levels dropped. Although it has long been agreed that the so-called Late
Ordovician mass extinction-which occurred about 450 million years
ago-was related to climate change, exactly how the climate change
produced the extinction has not been known
Rising Pacific seas linked to climate change: study
Rising Pacific seas linked to climate change: study
Sydney (AFP) April 13, 2012
Sea levels in the southwest Pacific started rising drastically in the
1880s, with a notable peak in the 1990s thought to be linked to
human-induced climate change, according to a new study.
The research, which examined sediment core samples taken from salt
marshes in southern Australia's Tasmania island, used geochemistry to
establish a chronology of sea level changes over the past 200 years
Sea levels in the southwest Pacific started rising drastically in the
1880s, with a notable peak in the 1990s thought to be linked to
human-induced climate change, according to a new study.
The research, which examined sediment core samples taken from salt
marshes in southern Australia's Tasmania island, used geochemistry to
establish a chronology of sea level changes over the past 200 yearsWednesday, April 11, 2012
AUTEC: The Undersea Area-51
AUTEC: The Undersea Area-51
http://documentary.
Everyone's heard of Area 51--Groom Lake, Nevada. However, 2,500 miles away
there's an underwater facility that's also highly secretive.
Perched on the cusp of The Bermuda Triangle, it's called AUTEC. The Atlantic
Undersea Test and Evaluation Center is a laboratory said to be used by the U.S.
Navy for weapons testing and underwater research. UFO [...]
http://documentary.
Everyone's heard of Area 51--Groom Lake, Nevada. However, 2,500 miles away
there's an underwater facility that's also highly secretive.
Perched on the cusp of The Bermuda Triangle, it's called AUTEC. The Atlantic
Undersea Test and Evaluation Center is a laboratory said to be used by the U.S.
Navy for weapons testing and underwater research. UFO [...]
Tsunami warning issued after Indonesia quake
Tsunami warning issued after Indonesia quake
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a 8.7 magnitude earthquake
struck off the coast of Sumatra, causing panic in the western region of
Aceh.
The US government’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said an Indian Ocean wide tsunami alert was in effect after a quake that the US Geological Survey said was 308 miles south-west of the province’s capital Banda Aceh. The quake was felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand and India.
http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/
The US government’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said an Indian Ocean wide tsunami alert was in effect after a quake that the US Geological Survey said was 308 miles south-west of the province’s capital Banda Aceh. The quake was felt as far away as Singapore, Thailand and India.
http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Dangerous Radioactive 'Wave' to Hit Entire US Food Supply
Dangerous Radioactive 'Wave' To Hit Entire US Food Supply By ...The dangerous radioactive wave from the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan will hit the US ...
blog.alexanderhiggins.com/.../
Unelected EPA Bureaucrats Approve E15 Ethanol
Unelected EPA Bureaucrats Approve E15 Ethanol
Believe it or not, Obama administration energy policy got even worse last week.
Is the EPA Just Sloppy, or Cooking the Books?
Is the EPA Just Sloppy, or Cooking the Books?
After
issuing a hastily compiled report last year claiming a direct link
between groundwater contamination and hydraulic fracturing at Pavillion,
Wyoming, the EPA now admits that it may be wrong.
What If We Stopped Freaking Out About Climate Change?
What If We Stopped Freaking Out About Climate Change?
Fear is paralyzing us. How do we get over it, and find our way back to courage, power and joy?
Matt Damon to Film "Anti-Fracking Blockbuster"
Matt Damon to Film "Anti-Fracking Blockbuster"
The superstar is pairing with director Gus Van Sant for a critical look at hydraulic fracturing.
Obama's Biggest Environmental 'Victory' Was Really a Big Win for Gas Drillers
Obama's Biggest Environmental 'Victory' Was Really a Big Win for Gas Drillers
While new regulations on power plants are a hit to Big Coal, they are a boon to the gas industry.
NASA views our perpetual ocean
NASA views our perpetual ocean
The
swirling flows of tens of thousands of ocean currents were captured in a
scientific visualization created by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Fukushima leak may have flowed into Pacific: TEPCO
Fukushima leak may have flowed into Pacific: TEPCO
Tokyo (AFP) April 5, 2012
About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan's crippled
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility's operator
saying Thursday that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the leak was found early Thursday from a
pipe attached to a temporary decontamination system, and the water had
already gone through some of the cleansing process
About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan's crippled
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility's operator
saying Thursday that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the leak was found early Thursday from a
pipe attached to a temporary decontamination system, and the water had
already gone through some of the cleansing process
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