Européennes : Didier Porte a regardé les clips de campagne | Chroniques. Si, comme beaucoup, vous ne faites plus que des cauchemars sans surprise, qui ne vous réveillent plus en hurlant, le dos glacé de peur, les dessins de Laurie Lipton vont repeupler vos nuits et vos jours. Je dis « repeupler » pour vous ménager, mais le vrai mot est « hanter ». Au bureau, en famille, en vacances, rien ne sera tout à fait comme avant, car Laurie Lipton a trouvé le moyen de fendre cette armure molle de banalité qui nous sert aujourd’hui d’uniforme.
Il y a vingt ans, Cornelius Castoriadis parlait d’une « montée de l’insignifiance » pour qualifier l’effet du grand bond en arrière néolibéral. Le temps lui donne raison, mais cette médiocratie ne se limite pas au champ politique et intello-médiatique. La loi du marché et de la com’ a réussi à domestiquer, à aseptiser, à rétrécir la moindre recherche, la moindre audace intellectuelle ou artistique, le moindre déraillement. What The Frack? UK May Water Down Seismic Activity Warnings | Care2 Causes. Reports say that the UK government may be considering changing the rating system that so far has been used to halt fracking activity if seismic disturbances are detected, effectively creating a higher threshold for what constitutes problematic ground movement — and environmental groups are not happy. Currently, the UK operates a traffic light system that allows fracking operations to continue only if there is zero seismic activity detected.
Between 0.0-0.5 seismic activity means fracking operations may continue only under close scrutiny. If at any point levels exceed 0.5, operations are immediately halted. Obviously, the fracking industry has not been happy about this, and now there are signs the Conservative government is considering making changes. Independent new outlets later confirmed the story. Be an informed activist. Get fact-based insights about newsworthy causes delivered daily to your inbox. Thanks for subscribing! Photo credit: Thinkstock. This new study explains why fracking won’t solve climate change.
For President Obama, fracking is a key weapon against global warming. Abundant natural gas, he said in his State of the Union address this year, is a “bridge fuel” to ubiquitous renewable energy — the key to securing economic growth “with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change.” Not everyone agrees. In fact, the debate over whether natural gas is the antidote to our deadly addiction to coal, or a faux climate change solution that will stall the clean energy revolution, is one of the most hotly contested environmental questions of the day.
It has produced a host of recent studies examining complex questions about global energy markets and the specific chemistry of various greenhouse gases. The latest volley in that debate is out today in a new paper in Nature. In other words, fracking alone won’t save us. The other key assumption that (fingers crossed!)
There are two reasons for that: First, cheap gas also takes market share away from clean energy. So what’s the upshot? Exxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His Property Values. By Rebecca Leber "Exxon CEO Comes Out Against Fracking Project Because It Will Affect His Property Values" CREDIT: AP/LM Otero As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job to promote the hydraulic fracturing enabling the recent oil and gas boom, and fight regulatory oversight. The oil company is the biggest natural gas producer in the U.S., relying on the controversial drilling technology to extract it.
The exception is when Tillerson’s $5 million property value might be harmed. Tillerson has joined a lawsuit that cites fracking’s consequences in order to block the construction of a 160-foot water tower next to his and his wife’s Texas home. The Wall Street Journal reports the tower would supply water to a nearby fracking site, and the plaintiffs argue the project would cause too much noise and traffic from hauling the water from the tower to the drilling site. When he is acting as Exxon CEO, not a homeowner, Tillerson has lashed out at fracking critics and proponents of regulation. Update. Will Obama allow fracking to endanger his own water supply? Could we soon be seeing flammable water coming out of the White House taps? The federal government is considering allowing hydraulic fracturing near the Potomac River’s headwaters, which could make the dark side of fracking all too real for an administration and Congress that have been gung-ho for natural gas exploration.
George Washington National Forest, straddling the border of Virginia and West Virginia, is home to the hills where the Potomac, Shenandoah, and James rivers start forming. This watershed is the source of drinking water for 4 million people in greater Washington, D.C. It also sits above part of the Marcellus Shale, a massive store of natural gas. In 2011, the U.S. Forest Service, which oversees GW National Forest, proposed banning fracking in it, as part of its next 15-year management plan. The fossil fuel industry and its flunkies in public office such as Virginia’s then-Gov. Natural gas fracking operations may contaminate nearby water sources with methane. Un champ devenu forage.
Oil and gas drilling waste is being spread over New York roads as de-icer. As snow and ice encrust wintertime roads in New York state, local and state transportation officials are turning to a questionable new source of salt to help them melt away the hazards of slippery roads: waste produced by the oil and gas industry.
That’s a dirty habit that environmentalists and some lawmakers hope to break. New York-based environmental group Riverkeeper discovered that officials were receiving state approval to use salty waste from drilling wells and gas storage facilities as a de-icer. The discovery came after the nonprofit made a public-records request to the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Riverkeeper’s Kate Hudson said the documents handed over after that request revealed that the agency had approved 30 requests to use tainted brine from the oil and gas industry as a de-icer — and that was prior to the recent return of Old Man Winter.
Two of those permitting requests came from state transportation offices that manage roads in multiple counties. Botswana faces questions over licences for fracking companies in Kalahari | Environment. Botswana has been accused of sacrificing the Kalahari, one of the world's most precious wildlife reserves, to commercial fracking while ignoring the concerns of environmentalists and communities who could lose access to scarce water. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, for the production of gas is the subject of fierce debate in America, Britain, South Africa and countries around the world, with green activists warning that it degrades land and pollutes air and water. Yet for more than a decade, Botswana, lauded as one of Africa's most stable democracies, has been quietly granting lucrative licences to international companies to carry out fracking in the fragile Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).
Some observers believe this is the most likely reason for President Ian Khama's government fighting court battles to prevent the Kalahari Bushmen, also known as the San, from returning to their ancestral land. Keikabile Mogodu, an advocate for San rights, said: "We have heard nothing. Gaz de schiste : Hollande cherche à démobiliser la population. Lors de l’ouverture de la conférence environnementale hier, Hollande annonce le rejet de 7 DEMANDES de permis.
La belle affaire ! Un bel effet d’annonce que voilà pour démobiliser la population ! Explications. Au 1er janvier 2012 [1] : 58 permis de recherche en cours de validité4 offshore en cours de validité82 demandes de permis de recherche (dont offshore) - dont 7 rejetées par Hollande ! 63 concession accordées3 demandes de concession Le Président de la République a annoncé lors de son discours d’ouverture de la conférence environnementale le rejet de 7 demandes de permis de recherche d’hydrocarbure. Et pour les permis en cours de validité ? Ainsi, il est écrit dans le rapport de Lundin Petroleum sur le Permis ” Plaines du Languedoc ” en septembre 2011 (conformément à la loi du 13 juillet 2011) : Autorisations de travaux délivrés par la Préfecture du Gard pour le Permis du Bassin d’Alès (actions de mobilisations : Vote du rapport Zanoni pour la révision de la Directive sur l’évaluation de l’impact environnemental (EIE).
Objet : Session plénière du Parlement du 11 Septembre 2013 – Vote du rapport Zanoni pour la révision de la Directive sur l’évaluation de l’impact environnemental (EIE). Mr (Mme) (Nom), membre du Parlement Européen, Le 11 septembre prochain, vous aurez à vous prononcer sur les propositions de modification de la directive « Etude d’impact environnemental » (EIE). J’espère (nous espérons) bien que vous adopterez les propositions de votre collègue-rapporteur de la Commission Environnement, Andrea Zanoni, adoptées le 11 juillet dernier par une grande majorité de vos collègues (49 – 13) de la Commission Environnement, Santé publique et Sécurité alimentaire (ENVI).
La Commission ENVI a notamment adopté des propositions pour adapter la directive EIE à l’émergence de nouvelles activités industrielles, notamment des projets d’exploration et d’extraction d’hydrocarbures non conventionnels en Europe : gaz et pétrole de schiste, gaz de houille. Avec mes (nos) sentiments respectueux.
(Signature). Fracking: RSPB objects to Cuadrilla plans for two sites. 17 August 2013Last updated at 01:58 ET By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst Singleton is an important site for whooper swans The RSPB has lodged objections to proposals to drill for shale gas and oil in Lancashire and West Sussex. The bird charity says regulations are inadequate to ensure water, landscapes and wildlife are protected. But Cuadrilla, which is exploring the sites, says its activities will not harm birds or other wildlife.
On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron urged the UK to back fracking, which involves shattering shales to release trapped gas. These are the first formal objections to fracking from the RSPB, and they concern a drilling proposal at Singleton in Lancashire, 0.8 miles (1.2km) from an internationally important area for pink-footed geese and whooper swans. Continue reading the main story Fracking fact check The prime minister says shale gas will reduce energy bills but his own energy department says that will only happen if we can exploit lots of gas. How Fracking Affects Your Farmer's Market. As we become more careful about what we put into our bodies, options and opportunities to be more health conscious abound: organic, non-GMO, gluten free…the list goes on.
Will we soon be adding frack-free to this growing list? And even if we wanted to, would we have enough information to be able to? As a quick reminder, fracking is a drilling technique that involves the fracturing of rock through the use of high-pressure, chemical-laced water that is pumped deep underground, releasing natural gas and oil that has been trapped in the rock for millennia. Some of the “treated” water stays underground, and some of it flows back and then needs to be “stored” or “cleaned.”
Currently there is no safe way to put this wastewater back into the water cycle. And it’s posing a highly underreported threat to our food supply and security and to our families’ health. This past fall on the way to an anti-fracking rally in Philadelphia I met an organic farmer who felt the same way. Peru: Don't Expose Indigenous Tribes to Amazon Oil Drilling. Ms. Ivanka Starostová, Czech Republic Apr 19, 07:30 připojuji se k petici ohledně zrušení povolení v hledání ropy v amazonském pralese . send a green star Name not displayed, ON Apr 12, 08:07 Name not displayed, Czech Republic Mar 04, 05:50 Feb 24, 08:55 Name not displayed, Russian Federation Feb 23, 14:24 Name not displayed, CT Feb 22, 20:39 Name not displayed, Poland Feb 22, 15:53 Ms.
Feb 21, 12:39 Peru: Keep Oil Drilling Out of the Amazon! Send a green star Name not displayed, Slovenia Feb 18, 08:23 Name not displayed, Peru Feb 14, 17:09 Mrs. Feb 05, 02:29 send a green star Name not displayed, Estonia Jan 19, 12:14 Mr. Jan 19, 09:37 stop Oil from czech republic send a green star Mr. Jan 17, 21:27 The indigenous tribes of Peru, like other indigenous tribes around the world, have an inherent GOD-given right to live happily, freely, and safely on their ancestral lands.
Send a green star Jan 16, 10:37 Please I love amazon forest we have to care about it Jan 07, 05:00 Name not displayed, Sweden Jan 06, 04:54 Mr. Gaz de schiste : «On est loin de la manne annoncée» Spécialiste de l’énergie, l’économiste Thomas Porcher démontre qu’exploiter les gaz de schiste en France n’entraînerait pas de gains économiques pour la population, notamment car l’expérience américaine n’est pas transposable.
Vous dites que le débat entre pro et anti gaz de schiste est mal posé. Pourquoi ? Il est réduit à une balance entre gains économiques et coût environnemental. Du coup, il laisse croire que si on trouvait une autre technique d’extraction que la polluante fracturation hydraulique, le problème serait résolu. Or il resterait l’impact sur le climat. Surtout, on serait loin de la manne annoncée. Personne n’a tenté de mesurer l’impact économique réel d’une exploitation du gaz de schiste en France. Et les 600 000 emplois créés aux Etats-Unis ? Comment les Etats-Unis créent autant d’emplois - directs et indirects - avec du gaz ?
Il y aurait de belles rentrées fiscales… Même pas. Les compagnies demandent juste le droit d’explorer pour évaluer les ressources… Oui. Un mythe. Chevron CEO admits fracking raises “legitimate” safety concerns. Fracking: How risky for us? Pump jacks dot oil fields between the California towns of Taft and Maricopa.… (Los Angeles Times ) California is believed to have more than 15 billion barrels of oil locked within the rocks under the Central Valley that might be used to feed the nation's energy hunger — if oil companies can free it with hydraulic fracturing. Fracking, as the practice is popularly called, has been going on in the state for years, but mostly in a remote oil field in Kern County. The prospect of extensive new fracking efforts in the 1,750-square-mile geological formation known as the Monterey Shale, which extends roughly from Modesto to Bakersfield, calls for long-overdue study and regulation of how this production method might affect air and water quality, as well as seismic safety.
The process involves injecting fluids, usually large amounts of water mixed with sand and/or chemicals, at high pressure to fracture the rock and release the fuel. Gaz de schiste : le débat fait rage aux USA. "La malédiction du gaz de schiste", nouveau documentaire choc sur ARTE > Gaz. En Pologne, un village se mobilise contre le gaz de schiste jusqu'à faire vaciller sur son socle un géant américain de l'énergie ; Le réalisateur Lech Kowalski revient sur son documentaire qui fait entendre la voix des petits agriculteurs, premières victimes.
Pourquoi vous intéressez-vous au gaz de schiste ? Lech Kowalski : "Depuis deux ans, je m'intéresse aux problèmes rencontrés par les petits agriculteurs, notamment dans la partie orientale de la Pologne, à la frontière avec l'Ukraine. Dans cette zone envahie par l'agriculture intensive, ces petits fermiers pratiquent une agriculture traditionnelle. Ce ne sont pas pour autant des paysans d'un autre temps. Ils sont très bien éduqués, certains sont allés à l'université. Pendant que je les filmais, nous avons découvert que des opérations d'exploration de gaz de schiste allaient commencer dans leurs champs, sous l'égide du géant américain Chevron. Ils gagnent même des batailles... "Tout à fait. MAJ : 29/01/2013 - 12h00 Combat inégal. Une récente étude sur la fracturation hydraulique était fausse | Colombie‑Britannique–Yukon. GAZ DE SCHISTE, LA GRANDE ESCROQUERIE : Le MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE, mars 2013 | Collectif du Haut Bugey.
Gaz de schiste, Histoire d'une imposture. Why these local communities are worried about fracking (and you should be too) Gaz de schiste: mensonge de laisser croire qu'on peut prospecter sans fracturation hydraulique. La fracturation hydraulique poserait un risque pour les sources d'eau. Une nouvelle arme contre le gaz de schiste dans le Var | Var. West Virginia caught unprepared for contamination of water supply, despite warnings. Demand Justice For West Virginians whose water was poisoned. Les risques de la fracturation hydraulique se précisent | Grands Titres. Le gaz de schiste et les incendies du Colorado - carnet du désert. Dr. Ingraffea Facts on Fracking. Fracking: Coming to a City or Suburb Near You. Jason: Que va-t-il arriver si les bouchons de ciment se mettent à craquer?
Pierre-Philippe: Quels sont les plans B en cas de problème avec mon eau potable? Cécile : Pourquoi l'industrie s'entête à développer des énergies sales? Denis: Qui va profiter du gaz pas cher? Gaz de schiste : Un carburant très controversé.