by Jane Richey | Jul 24, 2013 | Agenda 21
A new method for producing electricity from waste carbon dioxide emitted by power stations could be so efficient that it has the potential to create 400 times the amount of power that the Hoover Dam generates in a year, Dutch scientists have claimed. Researchers from...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Agenda 21
Two state agencies are warning proposed legislation would strip their authority to determine which species are labeled endangered in Pennsylvania. The measure would require the Fish and Boat Commission and the Game Commission, now independent agencies, to instead run...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska consists of 19 million acres — including a 1.5 million acre coastal plain seen as the potential source of at least 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. But in addition to reservoirs of untapped...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Their dueling documentaries — the sequel to Fox’s Oscar-nominated “Gasland” aired July 8 on HBO and McAleer’s “FrackNation” aired the following night on AXS — have clear aims when it comes to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Pennsylvania stands out among states in the region as having done a good job of protecting the timber rattlesnake, a state official said. James Chestney, the venomous species coordinator of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, says the reptile is endangered or...
by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2013 | Agenda 21
A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated...
