BC: a few new #wind projects in December.
What social attitudes must we create to stop the #pipelines, #fracking, #LNG, etc.?
We have the awareness, through society, but the desire isn't there. It's opposed by status quo convenience & #BigCarbon & weak politicians.
We also have the knowledge & ability to address #climatechange in BC, but without leadership, and STARTing, we can't reinforce positive change!
"For the first time, #fracking operations in the US have been linked to ethane exports to Europe through major petrochemical companies and on to globally recognised brands.
#Plastic is a supply-driven issue, the campaigners emphasise.
Despite consumers being guilt tripped over their plastic use, it’s this influx of cheap ethane that spurs on the industry to produce more, she says, and to create new markets when some close."
10,000+ dead in #Myanmar earthquake.
#Fracking has caused thousands of earthquakes in Oklahoma, other states.
https://ww2.aip.org/inside-science/2019-the-year-fracking-earthquakes-turned-deadly#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20a%20magnitude%204.7,fracking%2C%20according%20to%20published%20research.
And then there's Elon Musk & his effing Boring Co., drilling even more into #Earth's fragile crust, all so he can ferry ppl arnd in #Teslas.
What a stupid & dangerous idea.
#Koalitionsverhandlungen so far:
- #Wehrpflicht
- kein #Kohleausstieg 2030
- #Atomkraft
- #Fracking in Deutschland
- Abschaffung #Gebäudeenergiegesetz
- #CCS
usw.
Konservative, alte weiße Männer wollen zurück in die Sechziger und die #Klimakatastrophe ist völlig egal
Zeit, dass die Jugend laut wird!
Before a packed crowd of #oil & #gas executives on Monday, Chris Wright, the new US energy secy, delivered a scathing critique of the #Biden admin’s #energy policies & efforts to fight #ClimateChange & promised a “180° pivot.”
Wright, a former #fracking exec, has emerged as the most forceful promoter of #Trump’s plans to expand American oil & gas production & dismantle virtually every federal policy aimed at curbing #GlobalWarming.
The U.S. energy market has its troubles, though it may not be the “national emergency” Trump says it is. An economics professor explains: https://buff.ly/Ai7yijZ
By Seth Blumsack, Penn State #fracking #naturalgas #crudeoil
~~ TWO DAYS LATER ~~
"Fifteen recent earthquakes in five days, linked to fracking, are having serious implications for ranchers — including livestock stress, premature births and water shortages" https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-ranchers-fracking-earthquakes-water/
"Modern high-volume hydraulic fracturing is a technique used to enable the extraction of natural gas or oil from shale and other forms of “tight” rock (in other words, impermeable rock formations that lock in oil and gas and make fossil fuel production difficult). Large quantities of water, chemicals, and sand are blasted into these formations at pressures high enough to crack the rock": https://www.oklahomaminerals.com/fracking-101
cool, cool.. just what i am gonna guess is the consequences of fracking shaking the hell out of Texas.
"Friday's earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in Texas history, according to the website Earthquake Track. Texas has also experienced two magnitude 5.1 earthquakes in the past six months, both tying for the fifth strongest in state history."
https://abc13.com/post/west-texas-earthquake-ranks-among-strongest-state-history/15922928/
4 earthquakes in 5 days near Fort St. John, B.C., linked to fracking: seismologist
The Earthquake Canada website lists all of the recent quakes as “suspected industry-related” events — in other words, related to fracking in the area, Natural Resources Canada earthquake seismologist John Cassidy says.
#earthquake #fracking #industry #FortStJohn #BC #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquakes-fort-st-john-fracking-1.7458780?cmp=rss
US Senate confirms #fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright-confirmed "Liberty Energy executive, who has called climate change activists alarmist, confirmed in vote of 59-38" #trump
The #Senate confirmed #ChrisWright to lead the US Department of #Energy on Monday, putting the former #oil executive in a key position to help shape #Trump’s energy policies.
Wright, the founder & chief executive of Liberty Energy, a #fracking firm, was confirmed by a vote of 59 to 38, with support from all #Republicans present & a smaller number of #Democrats. He would be the 17th secretary of energy, a position that was created in 1977.
#ChrisWright Is Confirmed to Be
Secretary of #Energy
The former #fracking executive said in confirmation hearings that his top priority would be to “unleash” American energy production.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #oil #FossilFuels #Trump #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/climate/chris-wright-energy-secretary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
US Senate confirms fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright-confirmed #Trumpadministration #Californiawildfires #Oilandgascompanies #Climatecrisis #DonaldTrump #Environment #Republicans #Fossilfuels #USpolitics #Fracking #Energy #USnews
The #fracking #frenzy in #BC and #Texas is leading to record-breaking #earthquakes https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/fracking-bc-texas-earthquakes-1.7447400?cmp=rss
Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight to stop fracking wells near his home in Farmington, B.C.
#EnvironmentDestruction #BeetalooBasin #Australia #Fracking
Contaminated water pumped onto vegetation at Beetaloo Basin fracking site - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/nt-beetaloo-basin-incident-experts-concerned/104816526
in #resource news:
"The American shale boom may be in its final act.
Crude production peaked in November 2023, down 2% (200,000 bpd) since, while gas dropped 1% (1 bcf/d). Models predict a steeper decline ahead." ~@aeberman
Gute Nachrichten: "Drilling and fracking with carbon dioxide is now permanently banned". Dazu: Sandra Steingraber, PhD, co-founder, Concerned Health Professionals of New York, said, “Fracking New York’s bedrock with liquid CO2 poses the same climate public health harms as fracking with liquid water—and adds a few more. It’s great news, on the 10th anniversary of our state’s original ban on #fracking that our governor has closed this cynical loophole and protected us from a profoundly dangerous idea.”
"Support for a transition away from fossil fuels reflects concerns about the actual and predicted costs of climate change and the evidence linking the warming of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans with the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (especially methane) emitted by burning coal, oil, and natural gas. The goal of the transition is to achieve “net zero” emissions (ideally by 2050) by phasing out fossil fuels and replacing them with renewables, including solar, wind, and nuclear power.
This is not occurring. Nor is “de-fossilization.” Fossil fuels – oil, gas, and coal – still supply over 80% of global energy. Since 2013, global oil and gas consumption has risen by 14%, owing to a 25% increase in developing economies. Coal consumption remains indispensable in powering China, India, and other developing countries, and reached record highs in 2023. Renewables, while growing rapidly, are not displacing hydrocarbons, at least for now.
The reason is straightforward: energy demand is increasing at an annual rate of 2-3%, and technological advances like hydraulic fracturing (fracking) have made hydrocarbons cheaper and more abundant."
