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You could be standing on an abandoned gas well right this second

2016-05-31 23:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: The American landscape is dotted with oil and gas wells that have been abandoned over the years. And if you happen to live atop one of those wells, this can be a big problem. NPR tells the story of Rick Kinder, a construction worker who was building a house in southern Colorado when a sudden blast sent him flying. "We just heard this big roar and then a big boom, and it threw us against the walls, and it just blew the whole top of the roof off," Kinder says. Though no one was killed in the accident,...

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There are more jobs in renewable energy than in oil, gas, and coal combined

2016-05-31 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: A word to the burly coal miners who complained that cutting coal out of our energy mix would take away their jobs when the Climate Action Plan was up for debate. Jobs in solar energy now outnumber jobs in coal mining and the oil and gas industry added together, says a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Solar may be taking away old jobs, but its offering new ones. Thats especially true for women. IRENA found that the renewable energy sector employs more women than...

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Israels Leviathan partners sign $3bn gas supply deal

2016-05-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

The partners in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field have reportedly signed a $3bn deal to supply gas to IPM power plant in Be'er Tuviya near Ashdod.

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Block B-O Mon Gas Project, Malay-Tho Chu basin

2016-05-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Block B-O Mon gas project is located in Malay-Tho Chu basin, Southwest Vietnam, and comprises the development of a gas field and pipeline.

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Hidden, Abandoned, Dangerous: Old Gas And Oil Wells In Neighborhoods

2016-05-30 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: In 2007, Rick Kinder was working for a contractor, building a house in southern Colorado. The workers had just finished putting in all the doors, windows and sealing the house. Kinder and a colleague were working in the crawlspace, hanging insulation. "And we just heard this big roar and then a big boom, and it threw us against the walls, and it just blew the whole top of the roof off," Kinder says. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission He and his colleagues didn't know it, but they...

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