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Posts by Andy Rowell

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  How UK Gov. Is Spinning Pro-Shale Science in the Media

  Andy Rowell, November 16, 2018
  As the UK’s fledgling shale industry lurches from crisis after crisis concerning public acceptability and causing repeated small earthquakes, the UK Government last month appointed what it termed an independent “Shale Gas Commissioner” whose job it is to listen to the concerns of local residents
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  Wildfires Cause Californian Air Quality Crisis

  Andy Rowell, November 12, 2018
  The most devastating wildfires in Californian history are not only ripping through forests and communities but are also causing a wider public health crisis due to polluted air and unhealthy smoke from the burning.
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  Paradise Lost

  Andy Rowell, November 12, 2018
  As the deadliest wild-fires ever to hit California continue to rage, an estimated 31 people are known to have died, with over 200 still missing. Some 250,000 have been forced to flee their homes. As California once again reels from wildfires, many are warning that this is climate change in action.
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  BP’s Blatant Climate Hypocrisy on Show As it “Buys” Vote to Defeat Carbon Tax

  Andy Rowell, November 8, 2018
  As millions of people digest the saturated press coverage of the mid-terms, and wonder what the next two-years of a chaotic and destructive Trump Presidency will mean with the Republican loss of the House, it is easy to miss other issues that were also voted on this week.
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  Supreme Court Refuses to Block #YouthvGov Climate Lawsuit

  Andy Rowell, November 6, 2018
  As America goes to the polls today, there are early indications that young people are voting in record numbers.
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  US Shale Companies Facing “Catastrophic Failure” over Ballooning Debt

  Andy Rowell, November 5, 2018
  As the fledgling UK fracking industry bleeds investors’ money in alarming quantities on a daily basis, plagued by ongoing issues of democratic accountability, seismic activity, financial viability and on-going legal challenges, it will find no comfort from looking across the pond.
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  Bolsonaro: A despot who “spells disaster, not only for Brazil but for the planet”

  Andy Rowell, October 31, 2018
  “All of the promises made to political groups and the people will be kept,” said a victorious Jair Bolsonaro, the new President of Brazil after his election victory earlier this week.
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  Scientists Warn that Canadian Glacial Melting is “Outside the Scope of Normal”

  Andy Rowell, October 30, 2018
  Canadian scientists are becoming progressively alarmed at the increasing rate of melting of the country’s glaciers, warning that climate change is having a severe impact on the region.
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  Day by Day, UK Shale Industry & Tories Are Losing the Battle to Promote Fracking

  Andy Rowell, October 29, 2018
  In their belligerent and blinkered attempt to replicate the US shale boom in the UK, the fracking industry and Conservative Government cannot bury three immovable and inconvenient truths that treaten to kill off the industry, even before it has been shown to be commercially viable.
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  Killed by Coal: Journalist Dies in Clash Over Dirty Coal in Germany

  Andy Rowell, September 20, 2018
  Yesterday the brutal eviction by the authorities against activists trying to protect an ancient forest in Germany from being destroyed for coal mining ended in tragedy, with the loss of life of a young journalist, called Steffan.