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7. unconventional gas development that President Obama supports is likely just as dangerous

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 06:09 PM

Nov 2012

SoMAS - Fracking, Shale Gas, and America's Energy Future
Robert W. Howarth, Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology from Cornell University
speaks at SoMAS on Friday, November 9, 2012.

"The Sustainable Energy Dilemma"
70 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=X9kpXr7IZM0

natural gas may be dirtier than coal

Howarths paper and website
"The past few years have seen major changes both in our understanding of the importance of methane as a driver of global climate change and in the importance of natural gas systems as a source of atmospheric methane. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge, relying on peer-reviewed literature.
Methane is the second largest contributor to human-caused global warming after carbon dioxide."

http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth/Howarth%20et%20al.%20--%20National%20Climate%20Assessment.pdf

http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth/Marcellus.html

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Thousands Surround Obama's White House: 'Stop Keystone XL!" [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2012 OP

k&r nilram Nov 2012 #1

Obama's White House? mimi85 Nov 2012 #2

I found that reference odd also. It was never Bush's White House. olddad56 Nov 2012 #20

Not quite true Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #32

As long as it's not "Romney's White House"... lbrtbell Nov 2012 #21

+1 gateley Nov 2012 #26

It's part of current DU culture Summer Hathaway Nov 2012 #29

It seems to me that if they wanted to have more influence on this issue, hughee99 Nov 2012 #3

Meanwhile, in Thailand with President Obama... nolabear Nov 2012 #4

Exactly. SoapBox Nov 2012 #6

Exactly... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #17

The beginning of holding his feet to the fire... polichick Nov 2012 #5

unconventional gas development that President Obama supports is likely just as dangerous Agony Nov 2012 #7

K&R ReRe Nov 2012 #8

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ socialist_n_TN Nov 2012 #36

Obama will approve the pipeline because he is a puppet of the oil industry and the big banks. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #9

We need to protest more and more to counter the great power of the oil industry. Overseas Nov 2012 #11

Yes. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #13

Are you feeling all right? Kolesar Nov 2012 #19

you think he'll block the pipeline? limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #22

And whose puppet are you? Summer Hathaway Nov 2012 #28

To be fair, it's the economic system that allows Cal Carpenter Nov 2012 #30

Yes. To the crux of the matter......... socialist_n_TN Nov 2012 #37

So glad they are speaking out as we were all asked to do. Opposing dangerous oil for export. Overseas Nov 2012 #10

What is dangerous about tar sands oil? naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #31

Oil sands projects are the fastest source of greenhouse gas production in Canada Overseas Nov 2012 #38

ok fine naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #41

as they damn well should stupidicus Nov 2012 #12

I suddenly seem to have a question about this. Maybe some DUer knows the Cleita Nov 2012 #14

Good question. I'm guessing the answer, as always, is money. Somehow this will gateley Nov 2012 #27

It's just economics naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #33

But Obama isn't at home nmbluesky Nov 2012 #15

I STAND with these protestors in spirit. bvar22 Nov 2012 #16

Good (re)start to pushing on this. DirkGently Nov 2012 #18

Even my Repub friend from Nebraska is against the pipeline. Reccing this Ash_F Nov 2012 #23

This feels kind of like a last hope tour, we need to support it flamingdem Nov 2012 #24

K&R. I do too! Overseas Nov 2012 #25

Sometimes harder to tell who is angrier at Obama's reelection: right wing kooks, or alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #34

Can you elaborate? flamingdem Nov 2012 #35

Wait, are you saying the protestors are throwing temper tantrums? NickB79 Nov 2012 #39

Didn't you know? Nihil Nov 2012 #42

A chance for the president to ... humanistcafe Nov 2012 #40