LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) makes it possible to transport large quantities of fossil energy to foreign countries that want to make plastic or burn it as fuel. Neither of these uses is kind to Mother Earth.
Solution: Keep it in the ground.
It’s a scam. We should not be investing in recovering Lithium from wastewater that we should not be creating in the first place–full stop.
Produced water, now expensive to dispose of, may become a valuable byproduct in the future. So the industry is pleased to have won a court battle over who owns it. I wonder if they’ll pony up the cash to pay for the harm it does when it pollutes local wells and streams.
The energy industry is notorious for doing the bare minimum in terms of ethical and legal protection of the environment. Here’s more news of environmental concerns.
They want to overturn the ban on fracking in the Delaware Watershed. Support Delaware Riverkeeper!
Texas is making a big mistake. (Not their first.) Shall we stop buying food grown in Texas?
Land use ordinances and other municipal constraints can be employed to protect citizens from the ravages of fracking. Read about it.
So you’d like to contribute the water your wells produce to help alleviate the water shortage, but you need a bit of protection? Why?
Yes, I am being facetious. Big Oil and Gas have a terrible record for social and environmental responsibility. Giving them protection from liability would be naive and stupid. The cost of insurance, the cost of cleaning up the toxic byproducts should already be priced in, but it isn’t. That’s just another example of the hidden ways the public subsidizes fossil energy.
It’s called a “permit” because our society is accepting as necessary, something that is not otherwise desirable.
