by Guest Contributor | Jun 6, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy, Government, Law & Policy, Pollution
By Charles Komanoff We again welcome Charles Komanoff to EarthDesk, and his examination of President Obama’s recently released climate action plan. Charlie’s analysis is unlike most you will read. The majority of environmentalists have heaped praise on the...
by John Cronin | Apr 4, 2014 | Corporate Responsibility, Energy, Pollution
Kerr-McGee, the energy company that for forty years has famously lingered in the shadow of suspicion for the killing of worker Karen Silkwood, engaged in a massive fraud to avoid culpability for contaminating hundreds of sites across the nation with radioactive and...
by John Cronin | Feb 15, 2014 | International, Pollution, Water
The image on the left of bad hotel water, tweeted from the Sochi Olympics by Stacy St. Clair of the Chicago Tribune, has been retweeted 3,822 times and favorited 1,395 times, as of this writing. It was reposted in countless blogs and Facebook pages, and reprinted in...
by Frances Delahanty | Feb 9, 2014 | Energy, Health, Pollution, Water
Among the many good reasons to not endorse fracking is its depletion of water needed for drinking. Marcellus shale fracking uses 4.5 to 5.6 gallons of fresh water per well — water lost for drinking. (Grist.org) And there are approximately 82,000 wells operating...
by Guest Contributor | Feb 1, 2014 | Climate Change, Energy, Law & Policy, Pollution
By Scott Dodd Editor, OnEarth Natural Resources Defense Council Scott Dodd is editor of OnEarth, the excellent print and online magazine of the Natural Resources Defense Council. EarthDesk heartily recommends you follow OnEarth for top-notch analysis of breaking...
by John Cronin | Jan 31, 2014 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Technology, Water
All water is local. For that reason, we do not see the hundreds of headlines about shortages, contamination and related issues that are daily spread across news sites such as The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, Ohio, the Times News of Twins Falls Idaho, the Cape Coral...