Author Archives: hrcadmin

‘Licence to Drill?  Is Australia’s present Britain’s future?’ [podcast]

On Monday, May 20th 2013, the Extreme Energy Initiative invited Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith, a Senior Advisor to the National Toxics Network (NTN) based in Australia and the Pacific and also an advisor to IPEN, an international public interest network representing … Continue reading

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Shell’s London shareholder meeting: ‘I appreciate your answer, but I still disagree’

By Emily Coats, UK Tar Sands Network Last week I had the joy of attending Shell’s London shareholder meeting. It’s always a bizarre experience, where the board, shareholders, NGOs and members of frontline communities hurl polite comments back and forth, … Continue reading

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Dr James Hansen: ‘leave unconventionals in the ground’

By Helle Abelvik-Lawson Dr James Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and currently Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, stated during his lecture at the London School of Economics on Thursday … Continue reading

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Shale Gas in Algeria: Perpetuating a rentier state

The (Geo-) Politics of Energy and their Human Rights Counterpart By Colombe Vergès, MA Student in Human Rights at the School of Advanced Study (University of London) The recent amendment of the Algerian law on hydrocarbons, which came into force without … Continue reading

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Creating a future we want: How Europe can stop tar sands expansion

By Emily Coats, UK Tar Sands Network The tar sands megaproject is a striking example of what happens when money, greed and die-hard adherence to the status quo dominate our idea of ‘progress’: It results in the destruction of entire … Continue reading

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Professor Tony Ingraffea: Myths and realities related to human health impacts of fracking [video]

This program is part of a public education series on unconventional gas drilling sponsored by the town of Enfield, New York State. For several years Dr. Ingraffea has been speaking all over the world about the process and impacts of … Continue reading

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Oil sands development contributes polycyclic aromatic compounds to the Athabasca River and its tributaries

Authors:  Erin N. Kelly, Jeffrey W. Short, David W. Schindler, Peter V. Hodson, Mingsheng Ma, Alvin K. Kwan, and Barbra L. Forton Abstract: For over a decade, the contribution of oil sands mining and processing to the pollution of the … Continue reading

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The Tar Sands Catastrophe

“I look at what is happening to our traditional hunting lands, and I lie awake at night. I worry that this is not just the end of our way of life, but the end of all of our lives.”  – … Continue reading

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An Exploratory Study of Air Quality near Natural Gas Operations

Authors: Theo Colborn, Kim Schultz, Lucille Herrick & Carol Kwiatkowski Abstract: This exploratory study was designed to assess air quality in a rural western Colorado area where residences and gas wells co-exist. Sampling was conducted before, during, and after drilling … Continue reading

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Environmental implications of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas drilling in the United States [VIDEO]

A presentation by Prof. Avner Vengosh, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University at Gisborne District Council, 27 February 2012. Presentation (Video 1) Presentation (Video 2)

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