Fracking – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:22:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Riding the Dead Cow: exploiting Argentina’s oil and gas reserves risks climate efforts https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/ https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:00:08 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27657 Covering an area the size of Belgium, Argentina’s Vaca Muerta oil and gas field comprises the second-largest known reserve of shale gas and the fourth-largest reserve of shale oil in the world. During the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, the international environmental NGO 350.org issued a warning that exploiting the field’s full reserve could unleash a veritable “carbon bomb...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/11/riding-the-dead-cow-exploiting-argentinas-oil-and-gas-reserves-risks-climate-efforts/feed/ 0 Colombia’s first ever left-green government shakes up nation’s energy sector https://energytransition.org/2022/11/colombias-first-ever-left-green-government-shakes-up-nations-energy-sector/ https://energytransition.org/2022/11/colombias-first-ever-left-green-government-shakes-up-nations-energy-sector/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 10:00:29 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27467 It was unthinkable that a leftist government could ever take office in Colombia – and then this summer it happened. Historically power has been held by the nation’s upper classes who used state violence to terrorize unions, minorities, indigenous groups and social reformers. But running on a platform promising a government dedicated towards waging civil peace and ensuring social and environmental...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/11/colombias-first-ever-left-green-government-shakes-up-nations-energy-sector/feed/ 0 Methane pledges with no cutting edges? Is the EU Commission ready to walk the talk on tackling crucial overall emissions? https://energytransition.org/2021/12/methane-pledges-with-no-cutting-edges-is-the-eu-commission-ready-to-walk-the-talk-on-tackling-crucial-overall-emissions/ https://energytransition.org/2021/12/methane-pledges-with-no-cutting-edges-is-the-eu-commission-ready-to-walk-the-talk-on-tackling-crucial-overall-emissions/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:30:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25701 At the beginning of the COP26 the United States, the European Union and over 100 partner countries launched the so-called Global Methane Pledge – aiming at reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030. The overarching goal is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). At the same time, the EU Commission is working on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/12/methane-pledges-with-no-cutting-edges-is-the-eu-commission-ready-to-walk-the-talk-on-tackling-crucial-overall-emissions/feed/ 0 Fracking bans: Ireland firmly in favor while Germany sits on the fence https://energytransition.org/2021/06/fracking-bans-ireland-firmly-in-favor-while-germany-sits-on-the-fence/ https://energytransition.org/2021/06/fracking-bans-ireland-firmly-in-favor-while-germany-sits-on-the-fence/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24399 While the Irish Centre For Human Rights has outlined severe negative impacts from fracking, the German Expert Committee on Fracking sees no reason to recommend a comprehensive fracking ban. Andy Gheorghiu outlines the fault lines of the debate and explains why it is vital that the general public weighs in to comment on the draft report of the German Expert Committee on Fracking.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/06/fracking-bans-ireland-firmly-in-favor-while-germany-sits-on-the-fence/feed/ 0 Narrow victory: A divided Congress may force Biden to temper climate ambitions https://energytransition.org/2020/11/23535/ https://energytransition.org/2020/11/23535/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:00:15 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23535 The initial sense of relief the world felt over Donald Trump’s defeat needs to become much more tempered—in particular through the lens of climate and energy ambitions. Given the near 50/50 split in the Senate, essentially mirroring a starkly polarized electorate, with each passing day that Trump and many of his loyal Republican allies refuses to concede, the chances of bold reforms happening...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/11/23535/feed/ 1 Fracked by his words: Biden walks a fine line on fossil gas https://energytransition.org/2020/10/fracked-by-his-words-biden-walks-a-fine-line-on-fossil-gas/ https://energytransition.org/2020/10/fracked-by-his-words-biden-walks-a-fine-line-on-fossil-gas/#respond Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:00:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23393 Climate change and the energy transition have become driving themes of the U.S. presidential race. Stable genius Trump still doubts the science. The POTUS proudly boasts that by unleashing fracking, he’s made America great again –turning it into the world’s largest oil and gas producer. His challenger, former vice president Joe Biden, has made the greening of America’s economy central to his Covid...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/10/fracked-by-his-words-biden-walks-a-fine-line-on-fossil-gas/feed/ 0 #IneosVthePeople: The relatively unknown chemicals giant from the world of plastic https://energytransition.org/2020/09/ineosvthepeople-the-relatively-unknown-chemicals-giant-from-the-world-of-plastic/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/ineosvthepeople-the-relatively-unknown-chemicals-giant-from-the-world-of-plastic/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23203 Ineos who? That was more or less my response too when I first heard of Ineos. And yet in 2019 Ineos was once again among the global top 5 chemical companies (in terms of sales, which totalled €27 billion). Ineos is also the top European producer of ethylene, the basic feedstock in today’s petrochemical industry and an essential component in the production of plastic.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/ineosvthepeople-the-relatively-unknown-chemicals-giant-from-the-world-of-plastic/feed/ 3 Fracked up: The Link between Plastic, Fossil Gas and Methane Pollution. Pt.I https://energytransition.org/2020/05/lng-plastik-klima/ https://energytransition.org/2020/05/lng-plastik-klima/#comments Mon, 18 May 2020 13:00:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22305 In May, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and Food and Water Europe organized online conferences entitled “Fracking, Plastics, Methane Emissions and the Gas Lobby” to better explain the connection between them and climate crisis. The first of the two drew upon startling new satellite data explained by globally renowned methane and fracking expert, Prof.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/05/lng-plastik-klima/feed/ 1 Gagging on America’s freedom gas https://energytransition.org/2019/08/20551/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/20551/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:00:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20551 As utilities across Europe make the switch from coal to gas, CO2 emissions there are falling. But on the other side of the Atlantic, ever-rising fracking production deteriorates air and water quality, impacting public health. Buchsbaum reports from Colorado where ozone and other industry associated pollutants regularly makes outdoor exercise dangerous. Fracking is still very common in the USA...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/20551/feed/ 0 Is ‘sustainable fracking’ Columbia’s energy future? https://energytransition.org/2019/06/is-fracking-columbias-energy-future/ https://energytransition.org/2019/06/is-fracking-columbias-energy-future/#respond Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19961 Faced with dwindling oil reserves, Columbian politicians are worried about energy security and state funds. The country is looking into whether it will allow fracking if it’s ‘sustainable’ – ignoring the possibility of expanding renewables instead, says Rebecca Bertram. In areas where shale-drilling/hydraulic fracturing is heavy, a dense web of roads, pipelines and well pads turn continuous...

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