Tag: oil shale

Shale Gas and The Ugly Truth: It is NOT Green(er)

Shale gas takes us down a dangerous path - Tunisians are battling shale gas proponents who say it is...

Jordan Plunges Itself into a Giant Pit of Oil Shale Hell

Jordan has recently signed on with a Canadian company to plunge the Kingdom into a giant pit of oil...

Jordan’s Dinosaur Grid to Get a “Smart” Upgrade?

It has been three decades since Jordan's national grid has seen substantial infrastructural changes, but the US Trade and...

Oil Shale Marchers Walk 40 k from the Valley to Jerusalem

"We are not rabbits," was among the slogans against the "oil shale experiment" march today in Israel.  A...

Jordan Announces Oil Shale Plans Without Opposition

  While Israeli activists fight oil shale exploration, Jordan announces plans to explore oil shale next door.  While activists continue to...

Greenwash Alert: Shell To Fund Environmental Education In Jordan

A Jordanian oil shale company owned by Shell is funding university courses on the environment As a global oil and...

Ex-Shell Scientist Insists Israeli Oil Shale Is Still A Possibility

Scientist Harold Vinegar says there is a huge quantity of oil shale in Israel and, despite protests and risks,...

Oil Will Be A Past Relic When Today’s Babies Hit Fifty

We have 50 years to get unhooked. Is it too late? A senior economist at HSBC claimed in a recent...

Canadians Fight Tar Sands, Israelis Fight Oil Shale

Rachel Jacobson shares the story behind protecting this beautiful view from "Big Oil." Last year a small group of people...

Israeli Black Globe Award Went to IEI for Oil Shale Agenda

The Elah Valley, which IEI hopes to use as testing grounds for oil shale extraction. The annual Israeli "Green Globe"...

Negev Oil Shale Plant To Shut Down, Switch To Natural Gas

Israel Chemicals Ltd. has plans to replace its Mishor Rotem oil shale plant with more viable natural gas. Initially installed...

Israel’s Science & Tech Commission Denounces Oil Shale Plan

Israel Energy Initiatives has received serious opposition to its plan to extract oil from shale rock in the Adullam...