This year, there has been considerable local support for a federal level carbon fee, coming from both the city of Stevens Point and the university. A carbon fee is a market-based approach to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas which is a leading cause of climate change. First, in February, the city passed a resolution voted on seven-three in ... Read More »
Proposed replacement of the line 3 pipeline has instigated concerns from environmental and Native American groups and even the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Line 3 currently transports crude oil from Alberta Canada, through North Dakota and Minnesota before arriving at Superior, Wisconsin. The pipeline was built in the 1960s and is currently carrying around half of its initially intended capacity. ... Read More »
On Feb. 11, new legislation that would prohibit companies from making new leases on federal lands and waters for coal, oil and gas was introduced to Congress. If passed, this would permanently protect Arctic and Atlantic coasts from new oil explorations and drilling operations. The “Keep it in the Ground Act” would ban gas, oil and coal extraction on publicly ... Read More »
Perhaps the term gas hydrate is an unfamiliar one. Perhaps it has been hushed in the media to avoid pandemonium and chaos. Maybe the media were right, but then again, they could have been wrong. Gas hydrates are a tremendous resource of carbon deposits containing methane, propane, or carbon dioxide. These deposits lay beneath the permafrost layer in the ... Read More »
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