[posted by Tom DiChristopher on CNBC, January 4, 2018] The Trump Interior Department announced Thursday plans to offer blocks in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans for oil and gas exploration in an ambitious new five-year offshore lease plan. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the draft proposal for offshore leasing between 2019 and 2024 would offer about 90 percent of the U.S. outer continental shelf, the largest lease sale...

No all’Italia hub del gas per le multinazionali

[di Alessio Di Florio su Terre di frontiera] La decisione del governo Gentiloni di autorizzare la centrale di compressione gas di Sulmona, ha riportato l’attenzione sul progetto del gasdotto Snam denominato Rete Adriatica. Per fare il punto della situazione a seguito degli ultimi sviluppi che hanno interessato l’intera vicenda, abbiamo intervistato Riccardo Verrocchi, attivista storico dei movimenti ambientalisti di Sulmona. Lunedì 8...

[posted by Adam Vaughan on The Guardian, January 7, 2018] One of Britain’s top fracking firms has been accused of misleading the public over its intent to explore for shale gas in a protected area of ancient woodland in Sherwood Forest. Ineos, a UK-based petrochemicals firm, has said publicly it would exclude sensitive areas of the legendary home of Robin Hood from its seismic surveys. However, documents released under freedom of...

Dopo gli Ogm ci nutriranno i big data

[di Vandana Shiva su Comune-info] In materia di cibo e agricoltura, il futuro può prendere due strade opposte. Una porta a un pianeta morto: spargimento di veleni e diffusione di monocolture chimiche; indebitamento per l’acquisto di sementi e fitofarmaci, causa di suicidi di massa fra gli agricoltori; bambini che muoiono per mancanza di cibo; aumento delle malattie croniche e dei decessi dovuti alle carenze nutrizionali e alle...

[posted by Megan Darby on Climate Home News, January 4, 2018] The Norwegian government can continue to award oil exploration licences in the Arctic, Oslo district court ruled on Thursday, in a defeat for environmentalists. Judges rejected the argument by Greenpeace and Nature and Youth that expanding oil production is incompatible with the country’s climate change obligations. Norway is only responsible for the greenhouse gas...