Amid Quakes, New Mexico Cancels Dozens of Planned Wastewater Injection Sites
"Study uncovers thousands of undocumented quakes, underscoring the link between injection sites and seismic activity."
Source: Capital & Main, 09/11/2024
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"Thirsty Data Centres Spring Up In Water-Poor Mexican Town"
"A two-year long drought in the semi-desert municipality of Colón, in the central Mexican state of Querétaro, has left many struggling with dead crops and water rationing. But at the same time, the local government in Querétaro is giving incentives to companies to build data centres that generally use large amounts of water to cool their servers."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/11/2024
Pa. Fracking Company With 2,000 Environmental Violations Gets EJ Funds
"A Pennsylvania-based fracking company is the subject of controversy after one of its projects was listed as an environmental justice initiative under a federal government program by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)."
Source: EHN, 09/11/2024
"The Huge US Toxic Fire Shrouded In Secrecy: ‘I Taste Oil In My Mouth’"
"Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’"
Source: Guardian, 09/11/2024
"US Gulf Coast Residents Flee, Oil Production Shut As Francine Intensifies"
"Tropical Storm Francine was on track on Tuesday to become a hurricane overnight, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut in Gulf of Mexico production."
Source: Reuters, 09/11/2024
"Biden To Dish Out $7.3 Billion For Clean Rural Power"
"The administration called it the “largest investment in rural electrification” since the New Deal."
Source: HuffPost, 09/10/2024
"TVA Helped Electrify The South — But Now Its Plans Are Sparking Backlash"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority is coming under fire from energy experts and environmentalists for building gas plants instead of renewables."
Source: Washington Post, 09/10/2024
"What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?"
"The island is struggling to build a more stable electrical grid. What’s taking so long?"
Source: Sierra, 09/09/2024
"Massive CP2 LNG Export Facility Faces New Legal Hurdle Over FERC Approval"
"Environmental advocates, landowners, and fishers filed two petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) recent authorization for the construction of a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. FERC approved the Calcasieu Pass (CP2) LNG terminal proposed by Venture Global in a 2-1 vote in late June."
Source: DeSmog, 09/09/2024
"Pipeline Won’t Capture All Carbon Emitted By Ethanol Plants"
"A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern South Dakota says the project would be good for the environment. ... While that’s true, participating ethanol plants could still emit about 7 million metric tons of additional carbon dioxide annually. That’s because the pipeline would only capture some — not all — of the CO2 emitted by the plants."
Source: States Newsroom, 09/09/2024
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