Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Earthquakes attributable to human activities are called “induced seismic events” or “induced earthquakes.” Source: NAS, adapted from Southwestern Energy Click to enlarge.

Oil-Sands 250

Oil-Sands Gas Water Oil 250

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2012

Called deep convective clouds, thunderstorm clouds reflect a lot of the sun’s energy back into space, trap heat that rises from the surface, and return evaporated water back to the surface as rain, making them an important part of the climate cycle. Collectively, these events lead to bigger, more vigorous convective clouds that live longer.

Pollution 218

Pollution Climate Water Oklahoma 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

Conventional (deep) crude reservoirs require higher energy intensive secondary and tertiary production techniques as the reservoirs deplete and as water cut of the produced reservoir fluids increases, and even the best recovery techniques capture less than 50% of the original oil in place.

Climate Change 250

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. . But what you cannot do at any Earth Day event – or any other day’s events – is change the sense of urgency of the U.S. So what am I doing today for Earth Day 2012? La Di Da. . La Di Da.

Climate Change 255

Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 255

Creative Greenius

APRIL 22, 2012

You can go to events where you recycle your old paper tax records, your motor oil, your cellphone, computers and other electronics. . But what you cannot do at any Earth Day event – or any other day’s events – is change the sense of urgency of the U.S. So what am I doing today for Earth Day 2012? La Di Da. . La Di Da.

Climate Change 150

Climate Change Coal Los Angeles Solar 150