Category Archives: Energy

Notes from Underground – Where the Pipeline Ends: How the Dakota Access Pipeline Could – Or Could Not – Happen Again

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Adam Arnold

The DC Court of Appeals has given the go ahead for construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which opponents say will threaten the environment, human health, and sites sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Despite the setback, … Continue reading →

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ExxonMobil Stays Precariously Above Water in Louisiana

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Adam Arnold

A Flood of Floods Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been inundated for over a week. Flooding brought on by torrential rains has left at least thirteen people dead and caused damage to tens of thousands of homes and businesses – including … Continue reading →

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Notes from Underground: Fraxit

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Adam Arnold

There was big news from Great Britain last month, and it wasn’t all about leaving the European Union: on June 1, Scotland voted to permanently ban fracking within its borders, reaffirming an earlier moratorium. Not long before, a council vote … Continue reading →

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Notes From Underground: As With Climate Change, So With Fracking at ExxonMobil

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Adam Arnold

The Exxon Mobil Corporation held its annual shareholders meeting on May 25, 2016. The company’s documentation of the meeting can be found here. The final proposal offered at the meeting, the eleventh of eleven shareholder resolutions, relates to the company’s … Continue reading →

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ExxonMobil and Climate Change: A Story of Denial, Delay, and Delusion, Told in Forms 10-K (2001-2008)

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Anne Polansky

(Part Two of Three) To commemorate ExxonMobil’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders set to be held today, we are releasing Part Two of our ongoing series reporting on the company’s treatment of the climate change issue in its 10-K filings to … Continue reading →

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Notes from Underground: Proceed with Precaution, Part II

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Adam Arnold

Our prior Notes from Underground post offered Precautionary Principle 101. To reiterate, the Principle is simple and even obvious: one should not carry out a plan until one has some understanding of the likely consequences – that is, until one … Continue reading →

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Notes from Underground: Proceed with Precaution, Part I

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Adam Arnold

The smoking of e-cigarettes on airplanes has been banned by the FAA. Why? Because studies have not conclusively shown that “vaping” has no adverse impacts on human health. And why is an article ostensibly about fracking and pipelines starting with … Continue reading →

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Notes from Underground: Stupid-Cali-Frack-Logistics: Gas Leak is Atrocious

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Adam Arnold

By now, you may have heard about the massive natural gas leak in Southern California, which has been ongoing since late October; then again, given the dearth of major media coverage, you very well may not have. It is an … Continue reading →

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Notes From Underground: Pipeline to Paris

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Adam Arnold

The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place in Paris until December 11th. The Paris Conference will hopefully yield real solutions to climate change — that is, … Continue reading →

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Notes From Underground: Fracking – The Bridge to Nowhere, Part II

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Adam Arnold

Its defenders like to claim that fracked natural gas is providing a bridge between the traditional fossil fuels of oil and coal, and clean, renewable energy like wind and solar power. I suggest that such a bridge is unnecessary, and … Continue reading →

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