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Carol Linnitt

Carol Linnitt is a writer and researcher focusing on sustainability issues. Carol joined DeSmogBlog in June 2010 as a researcher, focusing much of her time on the natural gas industry and hydraulic fracturing. She also currently writes and edits material for solar companies with Electric Sun, providing polished English to English translations for international solar technology companies. She has also written and performed interviews for The Canada Expedition. Carol has a Master's in English from York University and is currently pursuing a second Master's in Philosophy and Environmental Ethics in Leuven, Belgium.

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Posts by Carol Linnitt

Posts by Carol Linnitt
EPA Shale Gas Emissions Standards: "Too Little, Too Late"
1 May 2012
Comparing Territories: Tar Sands Blanket Caribou Habitat
1 May 2012
Unethicull Oil: What Alberta's Wolf Cull Plan Tells Us About Canada's Oil Addiction
17 Apr 2012
Oil and Gas Industry Refused to Protect Caribou Habitat, Pushed for Wolf Cull Instead
13 Apr 2012
Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story
11 Apr 2012
Unethical Oil: Why Is Canada Killing Wolves and Muzzling Scientists To Protect Tar Sands Interests?
14 Feb 2012
The Cornell Team Redux: Shale Gas a Disaster for Climate
29 Jan 2012
Built to Fail: National Energy Board Muzzles Environmental Scientists In Enbridge Northern Gateway Hearing
25 Jan 2012
Forecast the Facts Challenges American Meteorological Society to Hold Weathercasters Accountable for Climate Denial
24 Jan 2012
‘Theoretically, Super Fracking Would Be Super Bad’: Gas Industry Touts Even More Extreme Drilling
12 Jan 2012
Gas Industry Geologists - Not Doctors - Decide If Water Is "Safe" in Alberta Fracking Contamination Cases
15 Nov 2011
New Report: CCPA and the Wilderness Committee on BC's "Reckless" Desire to Frack
14 Nov 2011
BC Tap Water Alliance Calls for Resignation of Energy Minister Coleman Over Fracking
7 Nov 2011
Canadian Embassy Coaches Diplomats To Promote Tar Sands, Overstate Environmental Protection Efforts
28 Oct 2011
A Best Practice a Day Keeps the Feds Away: API Workshop on Fracking "Excellence"
5 Oct 2011
Senate Hearing on Obama's Fracking Panel Excludes External Testimony, Glosses Over Threats
4 Oct 2011
Dogwood Initiative Exposes BC's Dirty Coal Export Secret
28 Sep 2011
World's Biggest Fracking Operations: CBC Covers the Shale Gas Boom in BC
27 Sep 2011
"It Can't All Be True": Canadian Government Launches New Fracking Studies
23 Sep 2011
Counterpoint on Shale Gas and the Future of Fracking
19 Sep 2011
Battle for Fracking Public Perception Lost, Says Gas Industry Insider
14 Sep 2011
More Than a War of Words: Gas Industry Plays Fracking Victim
10 Sep 2011
Reliance on Unconventional Gas is No Good for Climate, Says Scientist Tom Wigley
9 Sep 2011
New West Partnership Includes CAPP Lobbyists in Fracking Policy Development
6 Sep 2011
Scientists Say Obama Fracking Panel is Financially Tied to Gas Industry
11 Aug 2011
New York Comptroller DiNapoli Introduces Frack Fund To Cover Industry Damage
11 Aug 2011
Communities At Risk from Gas Industry Air Pollution - Interview with NRDC's Amy Mall
10 Aug 2011
Environmental Working Group Reveals EPA Knowledge of Water Contamination From Fracking
3 Aug 2011
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission Bans Fracking Disposal Wells Due to Earthquakes
3 Aug 2011
If You Build It, They Will Spill: Dene First Nation Opposes Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
2 Aug 2011
Free Water for Fracking: B.C. Government Gives 20-Year Withdrawal Permit to Talisman
30 Jul 2011
Promises and Problems: EnergyNOW! Releases Special Video Report on Fracking in the Marcellus
30 Jul 2011
Frack Attack Music Video Warns of Gas Drilling Dangers in South Africa
28 Jul 2011
Exxon and Koch Pay ALEC for Access to State Legislators
23 Jul 2011
Shell Forced to Retract "Misleading" Fracking Adverts in South Africa
21 Jul 2011
Post Carbon Institute Analysis Suggests Shale Gas (Still) Worse Than Coal For Climate
16 Jul 2011
Talisman Energy Shelves "Friendly Fracosaurus" Coloring Book After Colbert Smackdown
15 Jul 2011
Fracking Wastes Devastate Research Forest in Virginia
13 Jul 2011
Federal Agency Captured By Gas and Pipeline Industry
7 Jul 2011
Gas Industry Spent "Staggering" Amount Lobbying in Pennsylvania Last Year
7 Jul 2011
New Jersey Senate Passes Fracking Ban
29 Jun 2011
EPA Announces Locations for Fracking Case Studies
27 Jun 2011
Economic Benefits of Unconventional Gas Drilling Overblown by Industry PR
23 Jun 2011
Talisman Energy Targets Children with "Friendly Fracosaurus" Gas Coloring Book
21 Jun 2011
The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking: Food and Water Watch Report
16 Jun 2011
Post Carbon Institute Debunks False Hope Of Gas As ‘Bridge Fuel’
11 Jun 2011
Gas Fracking War In British Columbia’s Wildlands
9 Jun 2011
Fracking the Future: How Unconventional Gas Threatens Our Water, Health and Climate - Report
6 May 2011
Texas Commission Defies EPA and Sides with Gas Company Accused of Water Contamination
23 Mar 2011
Gas Industry Working Overtime to Smother Revived FRAC Act Efforts To Rein In Hydraulic Fracturing
21 Mar 2011

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