These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down.

May 24, 2024 / by Delger Erdenesanaa / Environment, Fresh Water, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Journalism, Methane, Natural Gas, New York Times, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, pollution, Well Done Foundation

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/climate/orphan-wells-capping-methane-leaks.html

Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears

July 13, 2020 / by HIROKO TABUCHI / Air Pollution, Bankruptcies, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Denver (Colo), Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, Environment, Executive Compensation, Extraction Oil & Gas Inc, Fresh Water, Greeley (Colo), Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Journalism, MDC Energy, Methane, Natural Gas, New Mexico, New York Times, North Dakota, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Permian Basin (North America), pollution, Siffin, Mark A, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Texas, United States, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Workplace Hazards and Violations

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Oil and gas companies are hurtling toward bankruptcy, raising fears that wells will be left leaking planet-warming pollutants, with cleanup cost left to taxpayers. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/climate/oil-fracking-bankruptcy-methane-executive-pay.html

Estuaries, the Coastal Super Heroes

December 21, 2018 / by Katie Hogge / Climate, Conservation, estuaries, Fresh Water, Lands, long island sound, New England, Northeast, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Life, ocean planning, Oceans, Policy, pollution, runoff, Science & Conservation, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy Wonder Woman? Aquaman? Batman? All of the above? (GASP! Holy saltmarshes ocean fans, am I drawing a connection between Super Heroes and a marine ecosystem?!) When I think about estuaries, that’s what comes to mind. By the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) definition, an estuary is simply “a partially enclosed body […]

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