by EarthDesk | Aug 20, 2013 | Ecology, Energy, Fracking, Pollution, Water
By Frances Beinecke President, Natural Resources Defense Council Editor’s Note: The Arctic is in the crosshairs as never before (EarthDesk, August 8). Its melting ice is yielding to new sea lanes, the Obama administration is asserting America’s right to...
by John Cronin | Jun 26, 2013 | Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Fracking, Law & Policy, Pollution, Technology
President Obama’s climate change speech at Georgetown University is being widely characterized as historic. And that is certainly so, looking backward from the moment the address was delivered. But will its historic quality stand the test of time? There is...
by EarthDesk | May 24, 2013 | Energy, Fracking, Law & Policy, Technology, Water
By Monika Freyman EarthDesk welcomes guest blogger Monika Freyman who analyzes for us the adequacy of the fracking standards recently proposed by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Monika is a water program manager at Ceres, and...
by EarthDesk | May 23, 2013 | Corporate Responsibility, Economics, Energy, Fracking, Pollution, Technology, Water
The Department of Interior’s latest proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands could set a precedent for how fracking is regulated on private lands nationally and by individual states. Judging from online reactions, the agency may well believe...