Dangers

A story about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking), which was published by the New York Times last weekend, was “deliberately misleading,” the former chief of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) said Monday.

Ask the former chief of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) what he thinks of a story last weekend in the New York Times about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking) and you will get an earful (see related coverage at shaledaily.com).

Retired U.S. military leaders said that while the dangers of imported oil are well documented, fossil fuels, as well as the nation’s “fragile” electric grid, also pose “significant security threats” to the country and its military mission are “exploitable by those who wish to do us harm,” according to a new report titled “Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security.”

Retired U.S. military leaders said that while the dangers of imported oil are well documented, fossil fuels, as well as the nation’s “fragile” electric grid, also pose “significant security threats” to the country and its military mission are “exploitable by those who wish to do us harm,” according to a new report titled “Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security.”

There are dangers down the road in relying solely on natural gas-fired electricity generation for both companies and consumers, according to Energy Security Analysis Inc. (ESAI) in its Natural Gas Power Alert released last week. The firm said the risk of not diversifying a portfolio with coal-fired or oil-fired generation greatly increases the exposure of a company or a state to the volatile natural gas market.

There are dangers down the road in relying solely on naturalgas-fired electricity generation for both companies and consumers,according to Energy Security Analysis Inc. (ESAI) in its NaturalGas Power Alert released last week. The firm said the risk of notdiversifying a portfolio with coal-fired or oil-fired generationgreatly increases the exposure of a company or a state to thevolatile natural gas market.