Safety – Green Energy Solutions

December 16, 2022August 26, 2024 by Julia Glassman

Surprise, Surprise Indigenous Water Protectors Have Been Proven Right Again

“The latest spill is another tragic reminder of the costs of our reliance on fossil fuels. At every stage, from extraction, to transportation, to burning, fossil fuels put our environment and health at risk. Not only are they the driving force behind climate change, but when the pipelines spill — and they always spill — the damage is severe. The path to a clean and healthy future is clear, and it doesn’t travel in an oil pipeline.”

April 10, 2019August 26, 2024 by Clyde Hughes

London has world’s first 24-hour Ultra Low Emissions Zone

A ULEZ (ultra-low emission zone) sign in London Monday directed motorists as authorities started to enforce the anti-pollution measure in the city. Photo by Andy Rain/EPA-EFE

London introduced the world’s first 24-hour city Ultra Low Emission Zone Monday in an effort to reduce air pollution and protect public health in Britain’s capital.

Vehicles are responsible for about half of the dangerous nitrogen oxide emissions in London…

January 12, 2015December 9, 2024 by Richard Sanders

Petroleum Perils

The perils of extracting petroleum and fossil fuels are well documented. Clearly, drilling in the arctic or offshore is difficult, expensive and dangerous. A spill is hard to contain and virtually impossible to clean up. Spills from 20 years ago like the Exxon Valdez in Alaska to recent ones caused by British Petroleum in the Caspian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are testament to their devastating and long lasting effects. Greenpeace has “… identified oil drilling in Arctic waters as one of the biggest climate threats being ignored by the world’s governments.”

Every year, according to Greenpeace, about 30 million barrels of oil products leak from wells and pipelines in Russia. An estimated four million barrels of that, roughly the size of BP’s Gulf of Mexico spill, flows straight into the Arctic Ocean through tributaries. !