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Frack, Baby, Frack: The Insti-Environmental Nightmare

Posted on August 8, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

How scheme sold as pro-energy independence & climate-friendly unleashed environmental disaster in 5 years; From U.S. to Australia, Poland & India; Clean water as legal casualty; Green lesson from Bangladesh The devil really is in the details: Fine print can kill. In 2005, as part of Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, a then obscure natural gas mining [...]

Filed under: climate change, earthquake, energy, InSTEDD, natural gas, water, water pollution | Tagged: alternative energy, Bangladesh, Bush/Cheney Energy bill, cancer, carcinogens, Ed Jezierski, Eduardo Jezierski, flammable water, fracking, Gasland, Grameen Shakti, Halliburton loophole, Hydraulic fracturing, hydro-fracking, Josh Fox, natural gas, Safe Drinking Water Act, solar power, The Space Show, water pollution | 1 Comment »

TEDxOilSpill: Surface Slicks, Deep Water Despair, Galaxies of Oil Platforms and Why We Really, Truly Don’t Need Oil

Posted on July 2, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

The bottlenose dolphin swimming the Gulf of Mexico was “splattering oil out its blow hole.” The obscenity of such a thing was too much for marine conservationist, author and founder/director of the Blue Ocean Insitute, Carl Safina, whose voice broke as he told the story in the middle of a lecture at the TEDxOilSpill conference. [...]

Filed under: agriculture, energy, food, natural gas, oil, soil health, water | Tagged: Amory Lovins, Gulf coast oil spill, BP, Philippe Cousteau, bioremediation, Rocky Mountain Institute, TEDxOilSpill, Carl Safina, Duncan Davidson, Kris Krug, Pinar Ozger, Darron Collins, Talon Security, Dave Gallo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitution, Earth Echo International, John Wathen, Susan Shaw, Marine Environmental Research Institute, Ron Atlas, Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum, corexit, Sylvia Earle, TED Prize, Mission Blue, Mike Tidwell, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, oil derricks, Lisa Margonelli, New America Foundation, Christen Lien, @bpglobalpr, Ted Hardin, Elizabeth Coffman, Veins in the Gulf, Paul Salopek, Wendy Schmidt Oil Clean-up X Challenge, X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis | 1 Comment »

The Future? Fossil Fuels Are So…Yesterday: On Post-Oil Possiblities, TEDxOilSpill, Amory Lovins, Reinventing Fire & Small People Power

Posted on June 20, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

Despite my general rule that once a day is designated for a cause, the cause is likely lost (or at least in serious trouble), I found myself rooting mightily last Saturday for Solarday. Missed it? It is only in its second year, but with global aspirations and the power of the sun on its side. [...]

Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, climate change, energy, food, innovation, natural gas, oil, oil spill, solar, transportation, water | Tagged: Amory Lovins, Bill Gates, BP, Catalytix, contraception, Daniel Nocera, efficiency, Gulf coast oil spill, microwind, negawatts, Nigeria, nuclear, oil spill, Reinventing Fire, Rocky Mountain Institute, small people, Solarday, sugar palms, TEDxOilSpill, urban agriculture, wave power, Will Allen, Willie Smits, wind power | Leave a Comment »

When Tipping Points Collide: On Oil Spills, Dead Zones, Superweeds, Dead Birds, Dead Bees and Not-So-Funny Laughing Gas

Posted on June 8, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

If only there were a rewind button. From the first, almost cheerfully do-able estimate of 1,000 barrels of oil spewing daily into the Gulf of Mexico to a… jaw-dropping 5,000 barrel revision horrifying 19,000 barrel update are-you-kidding-me? 25,000 barrel recalculation and an it’s way-way-way-more-than-the-Exxon-Valdez admission …the bad news on the BP catastrophe has gone so [...]

Filed under: agriculture, climate change, energy, food, natural gas, oil, oil spill, soil health, water | Tagged: Avatar, bees, bioremediation, BP, CCD, climate change, colony collapse disorder, dead zones, greenhouse gases, Gulf coast oil spill, herbicides, honey bees, hypoxic, Michael Pollan, monsanto, N2O, oil spill, pesticides, Philippe Cousteau, Roundup Ready, underwater oil droplet plumes | 4 Comments »

Predicted, Not Prevented: Oil, Pirates and Power

Posted on November 23, 2008 by J.A. Ginsburg

When the Great Somali Pirate story broke into the headlines last week, the media’s first reaction was to make a joke of it. Pirates are Jack Sparrow, popcorn, a night on the couch for a cable-movie marathon and one of the best film scores ever. Piracy is a fake Fendi. Yes, buckles are swashed (if [...]

Filed under: energy, InSTEDD, maps, natural gas, oil, TrackerNews, Uncategorized | Tagged: Amory Lovins, InSTEDD, L.Hunter Lovins, oil, Pirates, Somalia, TrackerNews, UNOSAT | Leave a Comment »

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Frack, Baby, Frack: The Insti-Environmental Nightmare

TEDxOilSpill: Surface Slicks, Deep Water Despair, Galaxies of Oil Platforms and Why We Really, Truly Don’t Need Oil

The Future? Fossil Fuels Are So…Yesterday: On Post-Oil Possiblities, TEDxOilSpill, Amory Lovins, Reinventing Fire & Small People Power

When Tipping Points Collide: On Oil Spills, Dead Zones, Superweeds, Dead Birds, Dead Bees and Not-So-Funny Laughing Gas

Predicted, Not Prevented: Oil, Pirates and Power

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