Risk Management

proposed Spectra natural gas pipeline

A new pipeline promises new natural gas supplies for New York City. Some tout the economic and environmental benefits that will come from it. Others decry the potential problems it brings.[read more]

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The data are being requested to shine a light on how oil and gas companies are managing environmental risks and community impacts in their fracking operations.[read more]

Kewaunee nuclear power station

Shortly after 11 AM on Tuesday, May 8, 2013, the operators at Dominion Resources’ Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station opened the plant’s output breaker, disconnecting the turbine generator from the grid for the last time.[read more]

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Carbon dioxide concentrations have hit 400 parts per million for the first time in at least three million years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced yesterday.[read more]

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400ppm is of extreme interest for two reasons: First, it’s too bloody high. Second, the CO2 level isn’t just rising, it’s doing so at a high rate.[read more]

electricity prices

The US shale gas boom has increased the supply of natural gas, which in turn has brought gas prices way down. Since gas is a fuel that runs power plants, its price affects your electric bill – depending on your utility.[read more]

fracking

It seems that everyone has an opinion on fracking, and so we should, because, unless you live completely and utterly off the grid, how the nation uses energy does and will affect you.[read more]

Not only is there increasing demand for energy in the world, there is also increasing awareness as to the importance of renewable energy development for a better world. Funding for such development, however, is becoming more difficult to come by. Can in-house financing provide a solution?[read more]

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Our financial system has been built assuming that economic growth will continue indefinitely. There is significant risk that the recessionary influences of high oil costs will bring down the current economy.[read more]

Spectra Pipeline campaign

From a public relations point of view, nuclear energy has disadvantages that are actually important advantages from the point of view of ensuring real human safety.[read more]

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As a Wyoming study shows, real people are currently paying the price of lax regulations. It’s time to improve the regulation and monitoring of ozone forming pollutants and close the oil and gas loopholes in our environmental laws.[read more]

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Industry’s commitment to continually improving safety in deep-water operations is a moral obligation – to our workers, to the American people and to the environment. It’s also sound business.[read more]

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The Keystone XL pipeline is the most scrutinized infrastructure project ever. Indeed, safety and protecting the environment are key industry priorities. So let’s move on.[read more]

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It's important we learn the "right" lessons from Fukushima. This will lead to improving the response following accidents, and then ultimately starting a meaningful dialogue to reduce the public fear of nuclear energy.[read more]

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Mora County, New Mexico is the first county in the country to ban drilling and fracking. They did it to protect their groundwater. The ordinance also established a local Bill of Rights that confirms the county's right to clean air and water.[read more]