Tag Archives: fracking
To Frack or Not To Frack
A recent New York Daily News cartoon features the dilemma faced by New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/bramhall-cartoons-february-2013-gallery-1.1252690 Governor Cuomo had been barreling towards a late February deadline to decide whether or not to allow fracking in large … Continue reading
Tagged Andrew Cuomo, anti-fracking, Bahar Gidwani, CSRHub, fracking, gas, mining, oil, pro-fracking, sustainability
Environmental Information Agency CO2 Emissions Data Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
By Carol Pierson Holding Last month, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) reported that for the first three months of 2012, CO2 emissions fell to about 1992 levels, primarily because coal companies switched to natural gas. Another boost … Continue reading
Who Pays the Costs for Fracking?
By Karen Dam Debates on natural gas persist, whether it will become a major (clean) energy source, and whether the growing means to attain it-hydraulic fracturing (or fracking)-is safe and sustainable. Pricing, infrastructure, air quality, and environmental contamination are … Continue reading
A New Special Issue: Involvement In Iran
CSRHub has launched a new special issue: Involvement in Iran. We have tagged 42 of the approximately 5,000 companies we rate on sustainability. Iran’s actions have been a major foreign policy problem for the U.S. for a long time. … Continue reading
Is Fracking Sustainable?
Is fracking benign or bad? An opportunity to cut the cost of energy and reduce the environmental damage of oil and coal production or a threat to water resources and public health? The controversy around this issue seems to grow … Continue reading
