FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 7, 2008 4:21 PM
CONTACT: Earthjustice
Ted Zukoski, Earthjustice, (303) 996-9622
Groups Challenge Federal Decision to Waste Natural Gas, Ignore Global Warming at Colorado Coal Mine
Agencies reject multi-million dollar chance to capture gas, protect climate
DENVER – October 7 – WildEarth Guardians and Earthjustice today called on federal agencies to withdraw a permit for a Western Colorado coal mine expansion that would waste massive amounts of methane and contribute to global warming.
Methane-also known as natural gas-is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, yet is also a valuable energy source.
“Not only is this a waste of valuable resources, it’s worsening global warming,” said Jeremy Nichols, Climate and Energy Program Director for WildEarth Guardians. “We aim to put an end to this needless waste and safeguard the climate.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 7, 2008 12:32 PM
CONTACT: The Wilderness Society
Nada Culver, 202-650-5818×117, nada_culver@tws.org
Chase Huntley, 202/429-7431, chase_huntley@tws.org
Drew Bush, 202/429-7441, drew_bush@tws.org
BLM Ignores Process, 2.5 Million Acres to Be Opened for Oil Shale Development; Public Denied Opportunity for Input
WASHINGTON – October 7 – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) undermined the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the National Environmental Policy Act when it decided to amend 12 land management plans for Colorado, Utah and Wyoming without providing an opportunity for the public to protest, The Wilderness Society charged in a letter sent today to the U.S. Department of the Interior. The plans were amended in particular to expedite the commercial development of oil shale in the Green River Basin of the three states.
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” … the rise in carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels can be
kept below harmful levels as long as emissions from coal are phased out globally within the next few decades.”
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Public release date:
10-Sep-2008
Contact: Lynn Chandler
lynn-chandler-1@nasa.gov
301-286-2806
NASA study illustrates how global peak oil could impact climate
The burning of fossil fuels — notably coal, oil and gas — has
accounted for about 80 percent of the rise of atmospheric carbon
dioxide since the pre-industrial era. Now, NASA researchers have
identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide
below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate.
When and how global oil production will peak has been debated, making it difficult to anticipate emissions from the burning of fuel and to precisely estimate its impact on climate. To better understand how emissions might change in the future, Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York considered a wide range of fossil fuel consumption scenarios. The research, published Aug. 5 in the American Geophysical Union’s Global Biogeochemical Cycles, shows that the rise in carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels can be kept below harmful levels as long as emissions from coal are phased out globally within the next few decades.
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Posted in Anomalous Weather/Climate Science Edit, Coal, LNG, Newswire, Oil
Global Carbon Emissions Map
Here’s a nifty website:
<http://www.carma.org>.
CARMA reveals the carbon emissions of more than 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power
companies in every country on Earth. You can type in a zip code and get facts on
emissions and source of energy, e.g., coal, hydro, of every power plant. There are
interactive maps and you can search by region, etc.
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Posted in Anomalous Weather/Climate Science Edit, Coal, LNG, Oil
Published on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by The Leader-Post (Saskatchewan)
Group Concerned About Climate Change Challenges Oil Sands Development
by Angela Hall
SASKATCHEWAN – As companies bid Monday for the chance to explore Saskatchewan’s oilsands, those opposed to such development made their voices heard at the Legislative Building.
About a dozen people with placards reading “Tar Sands = Climate Change” and “Get informed Saskatchewan” urged the provincial government to stop issuing exploratory permits for the oilsands until further study is done.
The event, organized by the local chapter of the Council of Canadians, coincided with the province’s August sale of oil and natural gas rights, which offered oilsands rights for only the second time.
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Published on Monday, July 14, 2008 by Agence France Presse
Bush to Lift Offshore Oil Drilling Ban
WASHINGTON – US President George W. Bush will announce Monday he is lifting an executive ban on oil drilling on the US outer continental shelf and urge lawmakers to follow suit, the White House said.
“The president will announce that he has decided to lift the executive ban on oil exploration in America’s outer continental shelf and he will again call on Congress to lift its legislative ban,” said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2008 2:15 PM
CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity
Brendan Cummings, Center for Biological Diversity, (760) 366-2232 x 304
Whit Sheard, Pacific Environment, (907) 982-7095
Lawsuit to Be Filed to Protect Polar Bears from Oil Development and Greenhouse Gases
Offshore Oil Development in Arctic Seas Challenged
SAN FRANCISCO – June 9 – Today two conservation groups formally notified Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne of their intent to file suit under the Endangered Species Act for Secretary Kempthorne’s failure to protect polar bears from oil development in their habitat in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas off Alaska.
Polar bears were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act on May 15, 2008 due to the ongoing and projected loss of their sea-ice habitat from global warming. Polar bears in the United States live on and near the seasonally frozen waters of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaska. The Bush administration has opened up virtually all of this habitat to leasing by oil companies.
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No joke folx…want to survive & mitigate climate change? Then PROTECT
WILDERNESS AND WILDLIFE!! No exceptions…
ASW
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Subject: BACA NWR MAKES PEER LIST OF AMERICA’S TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE
REFUGES
From: “winter ross” <winterross@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, June 4, 2008 7:36 pm
To: “Storm Waters” <stormf5@riseup.net>
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Christine Canaly <slvwater@fairpoint.net> wrote: Date: Sun, 25 May 2008
18:03:20 -0600
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Christine Canaly <slvwater@fairpoint.net>
Subject:
Fwd: BACA NWR MAKES PEER LIST OF AMERICA’S
TEN MOST IMPERILED WILDLIFE REFUGES
Hi folks,
The Baca was recognized by PEER as one of the Nation’s top 10 imperiled
wildlife refuges (see story below). While this reaffirms the important
work we still have ahead of us, the listing will help us get important
national attention.
Watch for an update on the results of our latest FOIA request in the June
Crestone Eagle.
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