Advocates

The fracking industry does not believe that communities have a right to keep them from drilling, and the issue is making its way through the courts. Our Katherine Nadeau comments on communitiesâ€™ legal work. (YNN)





Fracking

Climate Change

Opinion

The Yosemite inferno in the context of forest policy, ecology and climate change. (NY Times)



Fracking boom slouching towards bust. (Common Dreams)



Wanted: political leader with a vision for a sustainable future. (Resilience)



Fracking brings climate debate closer to home. (Guardian)



Energy

FAIL: the title of a new report by the Sierra Club, which shows exactly how the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline flunks the climate test. [pdf]



The Canadian government has launched a probe into an ongoing industrial spill at a tar-sands facility in Alberta. (Canada)





University of Alberta researchers have developed a process to use naturally abundant materials to create solar cells, which may dramatically lower manufacturing costs. (The Engineer)



A giant solar-powered plane is being designed to stay aloft for five years at a time. (Spectrum)



US taps into 1,400 terawatt hours of clean ocean power thanks to $16 million in Department of Energy funding into wave and tidal energy harvesters. (Clean Technica)



President Obama's new efficiency rules will require commercial refrigeration equipment to use less energy, potentially cutting millions of tons of C02 emissions. (Grist)



Alt

For two hours on Thursday, two subway lines in NYC were halted in order to save a pair of adorable kittens which had fallen down into the tracks. Full story here at WNYC

