Meanwhile in Colorado where new 2,000 ft #fracking setback rules is now state law:
The Occidental Petroleum fracking operation + 200 drilled but uncompleted wells + 1,600 drilling permits approved before new rules went into effect on Jan. 15 — are exempt. https://t.co/2dlT55BnyS
@ssteingraber1 Sad, but all too common, as many homeowners here have discovered. It's why the Larimer Alliance is fighting hard to keep any more O&G development in Larimer County by strengthening our own local regulations.
Very true, & I have to admit, didn't expect to read in NYT: Part of the failure "can be traced to the nation’s most extensive experiment in electrical deregulation, handing control of Texas's entire electricity delivery system to a market-based patchwork." https://t.co/syVId0OV35
Enjoying the joint meeting tonight between the Larimer Cty Comm. & the Planning Comm! It seems that the Larimer Alliance has been heard by the Cty Commissioners!
A massive blow to Shell; massive victory for Nigeria. 50 years of oil spills by Shell, Chevron, and others have left Southeastern Nigeria one of the most polluted places on earth. Shell found guilty: forced to pay farmers for damages from its oil spills. https://t.co/OlInH1tER6
Big big news! Columbia Univ announces it has divested its fossil fuel stocks and will not invest in the industry 'for the foreseeable future.'
It joins Brown and Cornell in the Divested Ivies! Go Lions! And such thanks to amazing activists! @CDforCJ
https://t.co/89zC79yjTa
This week Norway awarded 61 new oil and gas exploration rights to 30 oil companies. Sweden's Lundin Oil was awarded stakes in 19 licenses.
It's 2021 and when it comes to facing the climate emergency the world is still in a state of complete denial.
https://t.co/mrr7zkiwnK