Conditions in the Arctic, where
several environmental records were broken this year, are slipping rapidly from bad to worse as the pace of climate change accelerates in that region
Not exact matches
Record high prices in Asia have had
several impacts, including providing economic incentive to bring on additional supply, maintaining a continued reason to burn much cheaper coal despite the negative
environmental consequences and a search by consuming nations for secure supply options.
The fact that fracking is still taking place in
several California counties, however, is dumbfounding, not only because of California's usually good
record on
environmental regulation, but because California is earthquake central, and the combination of fracking, gigantic gas storage facilities, and the San Andreas Fault should be a frightening prospect to anyone paying attention.