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Posts by Andy Rowell

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  Fracking “Could Cause Earthquakes On Up To Half Of Land Licensed In UK”

  Andy Rowell, May 22, 2018
  The exploitation of shale gas on half of the land licensed by the UK Government for fracking operations could trigger earthquakes, according to a leading seismologist and former energy advisor to the Tory Government.
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  “We are going to not allow Kinder Morgan to finish this pipeline”

  Andy Rowell, May 21, 2018
  As the clock ticks down until the May 31 deadline over the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, which will triple the amount of tar sands being transported from Alberta to the British Columbian coast, the campaign against its expansion is spreading abroad.
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  Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline in Canada Could “Violate” US Endangered Species Law

  Andy Rowell, May 15, 2018
  As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley, prepare to invest in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, they are trying to spin the benefits of the highly controversial project.
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  Trump Expresses “Confidence” in Pruitt, Despite Eleven Investigations into EPA Head

  Andy Rowell, May 14, 2018
  How much longer will Trump hang on to Scott Pruitt - his ideological climate-denying, fossil fuel-loving, crony promoting, whistle-blower bashing, blundering, big spending, security-paranoid buddy?
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  PR Company Tries to Hide Links to New Pro-Fossil Fuel Investment Group

  Andy Rowell, May 11, 2018
  Last month, Oil Change International and Desmogblog reported on the formation of a new organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), which had published its first “white paper” on “getting politics out of pensions.”
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  Trump’s Iran Decision May Backfire With Political Base if Gas Prices Rise

  Andy Rowell, May 9, 2018
  In the short-term his political base may be happy, but in the long term, once again Trump has shown that by opening his mouth he has shot himself in the foot.
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  British Prime Minister Facilitates BP’s New Oil Contract with Azerbaijan Dictatorship

  Andy Rowell, April 30, 2018
  Last week, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May hosted the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for a meeting at Downing Street, which included the signing of a new energy deal between BP and the Azerbaijan State Oil Company
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  Fund managers recognise “imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change”

  Andy Rowell, April 26, 2018
  "The fund management sector recognises the imminent risks posed to fossil fuel investments from climate change and the transition toward a zero-carbon economy”
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  Is Fossil Fuel Industry Secretly Behind a New Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Divestment?

  Andy Rowell, April 25, 2018
  Last week a newly formed organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), published its first “white paper” on the topical issue of “getting politics out of pensions”.
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  “Terrifying” that Climate Denier, Jim Bridenstine, is to Lead NASA

  Andy Rowell, April 20, 2018
  The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.