Tag Archives: hydraulic fracturing
CO2 Emissions Drop to 20 Year Low
Did you hear about the drop in CO2 emissions this year? I didn’t think so. It seems to have been kept pretty quiet. But here it is. According to an Energy Department report, in the first 4 months of 2012, U.S. CO2 emissions dropped to roughly 1992 levels. That’s as low as they’ve been inContinue Reading
The Anti-Energy President vs. the Poor
“The policy of the Obama administration has been not to increase the energy supplies that are so critical to our nation’s economic health, but to limit them, to increase energy prices, and to make energy more expensive,” Pete DuPont writes today in The Wall Street Journal. DuPont lists several examples of this policy at work,Continue Reading
DENR draft report: fracking can be done safely in NC
WRAL has the story: After an extensive study of energy exploration in North Carolina, state environmental officials said Friday that a controversial method of natural gas drilling can be done safely if regulations are put in place first. Much of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ study focused on the practice of hydraulic fracturing,Continue Reading