Global temperatures and greenhouses have hit new highs according to "the latest analysis of observations from the WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)." 2014 averaged mole fractions and percent increase of pre-industrial levels of long-lived … [Read more...]
Bottom Line from PBS NewsHour Methane Story
The big excuse I use for my blogging absence these days is: I'm gone a lot. I was gone on my son's 21st birthday because I was in the San Juan Basin under the mysterious cloud of methane with my boss, Bruce Baizel, and Kathleen McCleery, Special … [Read more...]
Report from the EPA methane hearing in Dallas
It's 6:50 PM and the EPA methane hearing panel is taking a break because the speakers are winding down. So far there have been (I think) 114 speakers and all but 8 support the rules. That makes 106:8 people speaking at the EPA methane hearing who … [Read more...]
Another worker death: Fracking fatal vapors
Another worker death from fracking fatal vapors David Simpson died in Oklahoma where the medical examiner listed Simpson's cause of death as unknown but failed to do an autopsy that could have discovered the cause. Simpson was found slumped … [Read more...]
ICYMI: Proof EPA methane rules needed
EPA methane rules needed ICYMI: I was in the Eagle Ford Shale most of August. The first 11 days, I visited some oil and gas facilities and recorded, with Earthworks' FLIR camera, huge, uncontrolled methane and volatile organic compound releases that … [Read more...]
Sign up: EPA public hearing for proposed methane rule
Tell the EPA to Protect Our Air from Fracking Pollution Sign up to speak at EPA's Dallas public hearing on Sep 23rd Dear Readers, Last month the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new rules to cut air pollution from oil and gas … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Uncontrolled methane releases from fracking accelerate climate change
Natural gas is methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that sticks around in our atmosphere for 100 years. Methane's global warming potential GWP is 86 times more than CO2 for the first 20 years it is in our atmosphere, then its GWP is about 25 … [Read more...]
I’m back from fracking hell
I've spent most of this month in fracking hell in the Eagle Ford Shale. Most of the time, I was without an Internet connection and only had spotty cell reception so I'm out of it on several levels. It's hard to get back in stride again when there's … [Read more...]
Fracking bankruptcies, blowouts, corruption and more news
The picture doesn't much relate to the post but I just like it. I had a guy make it for me years ago. This is a compilation of some news I didn't want you to miss. Fracking bankruptcies. Fracking companies are going bankrupt but it shouldn't be … [Read more...]
Methane blasts into the air while crude oil spills on coastline. Thanks fracking.
Methane blasting into the air while crude oil covers Santa Barbara coastline. This disgusts me. Natural gas is methane. In Karnes County, 15 to 20 homes were evacuated due to what was, at first, thought to be a deadly hydrogen sulfide leak. But as … [Read more...]
EPA in Arlington during massive air pollution event in Mansfield, Texas
Thursday, January 29, 2015, the EPA held a hearing in Arlington, Texas, on the proposed ozone standard. Here are my video comments: Wednesday night I heard there was a complaint made to the TCEQ due to a horrible odor in Mansfield's Woodland … [Read more...]
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