SchwartzReport: Poisoning the Well – Federal Collusion with Industry to Pollute Natio’s Underground Water Supply

Injection Wells: The Hidden Risks of Pumping Waste Underground Poisoning the Well: How the Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half …

SchwartzReport: Regulators Keep Fracking Pollution Test Results From Public — Betrayal of the Public Trust!

Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wraps Mike Ludwig truthout.org, 11 December 2012 Residents living in the shadow of fracking rigs say they’ve suffered from headaches, nosebleeds and other health effects since drilling began in their communities. Meanwhile, state agencies refuse to release the results of air and water pollution tests. …

2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

NOTE:  This is the final report with new comments.  Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago.  Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …

Michel Bauwens: Michael Klare on False Oil Boom and True Water Cost

THE BOOK:  Michael Klare, The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources (Metropolitan Books, 2012) THE ARTICLE:  The new “Golden Age of Oil” that wasn’t by Michael T. Klare Forecasts of Abundance Collide with Planetary Realities Last winter, fossil-fuel enthusiasts began trumpeting the dawn of a new “golden age of …

J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – Week to 9 Jul 2019

American Gray Swans – Week 27 – Shake, Rattle, and Roll! I guess by now everybody has heard about the 2 large earthquakes (6.4 and 7.1) that happened this week in southern California. What is it about our species that ignores very real and tangible threats thinking they won’t happen?