Tag: Keep it in the ground
Quebec shale development latest blow to Keep-It-In-The-Ground movement
After years of delay, leaders in Quebec have adopted the more pragmatic view of their prime minister by Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth A recent trend of pragmatism trumping “Keep it in the Ground” extremism seems to have spread north of the border. The Canadian province of Quebec announced last year that it would lift its longtime […]
Bitter cold freezes out Colorado anti-fossil fuel protest
By Randy Hildreth, EnergyInDepth While many Coloradans were likely enjoying the warmth provided by fossil fuels after a night that saw temps drop “as low as minus-11 degrees,” a small group of “Keep It In The Ground” (KIITG)protestors stood in the extreme cold last week to once-again protest energy development on public lands. Carrying signs demanding […]
Democratic senator says “Keep It In The Ground” extremists to blame for election losses
Both US and Canadian politicians understand communities rely on natural resources to create jobs and income By Lily Emamian, EnergyInDepth Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) blamed the “Keep It In The Ground” (KIITG) movement for Democrats’ devastating losses in the November election. When asked by CNBC “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernan if […]
3 important facts missing from StateImpact’s article on fracking, health
Background of researchers conducting or analyzing studies equally as important as what they claim to find By Nicole Jacobs, EnergyInDepth StateImpact recently published an article announcing an update to a compendium of anti-fracking health studies put out by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and Concerned Health Professionals of New York (CHPNY). There were a few […]
Labor union calls out “Bottom-Feeding Organizations” supporting Keep-It-In-The-Ground
Leaked emails from Clinton campaign showed her camp telling Keep It in the Ground campaign to “get a life” by Jackie Stewart, EnergyInDepth The chief of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) blasted “Keep-It-In-The-Ground” activists who have been protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline and the unions who support them, explaining how they are […]
Former Greenpeace boss rebukes “Keep-It-In-The-Ground”
Tindale’s background as a Greenpeace leader shows just how extreme anti-fracking groups like Greenpeace actually are by Lily Emamian, EnergyInDepth A former head of Greenpeace made headlines this week when he rebuked his former colleagues’ “Keep-It-In-The-Ground” platform by noting that hydraulic fracturing was “part of the answer” for climate change. Stephen Tindale, a former Greenpeace […]
Obama schools Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘Natural gas means less greenhouse gases’
This must have been uncomfortable for DiCaprio, having burned thousands of gallons of jet fuel expecting to be feted as a hero By Dave Quast, EnergyInDepth Obama tells Anti-Fracking Celebrity: “Natural gas means less greenhouse gases” and “We’ve got to live in the real world” The wide gap between national Democratic leaders and extremist anti-fracking […]
There’s no debate fracking brings down greenhouse gas emissions
Obama has pointed out that natural gas “not only can provide safe, cheap power, it can also help reduce our carbon emissions” by Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth Tonight vice presidential candidates, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Governor Mike Pence (R-IN), will square off in their first debate, and we’re willing to bet they’ll be in disagreement […]
Report warns banning oil, gas production on federal lands comes with high cost
Since 2010, share of energy production on federal lands dipped because of regulatory hurdles from the Obama administration DENVER—The first report in the Energy Institute’s Energy Accountability Series finds that proposals from Hillary Clinton and other politicians to ban oil, gas, and coal production on federal lands and waters would cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs […]
Unions, landowners speak out against extreme Keep-It-In-The-Ground movement
All of construction jobs associated with $4 billion invested in natural gas fired power plants, have gone to local union workers By Jackie Stewart, EnergyInDepth Earlier this week, EID published the testimony of a landowner who attended a meeting with the US Forest Service regarding oil and gas leasing in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest, which […]
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