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Oil and Gas Production Up - KFYR-TV
Feb 16th 2013, 00:51


Oil and Gas Production Up
KFYR-TV
Oil production in North Dakota is back on track. In November, it took a two percent dip in production for the first time in 19 months. The Department of Mineral Resources just released the December numbers, and oil production increased to 768,000 ...

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Are Solar Panels Bad for the Environment? - Fox Business
Feb 16th 2013, 00:48


Are Solar Panels Bad for the Environment?
Fox Business
They -- they had -- day is seen as a university professor who was talking environmental studies. Who was talking about the fact -- would take three months to generate enough electricity. To pay off the energy costs and transport hazardous waste away ...

Lubbock Board of Health discusses synthetic marijuana, hydraulic fracturing - LubbockOnline.com
Feb 16th 2013, 00:33


Lubbock Board of Health discusses synthetic marijuana, hydraulic fracturing
LubbockOnline.com
Dr. Anne Epstein addressed the board with an update on hydraulic fracturing and its potential impact in Lubbock. "This portion of our report is dedicated to answering the question, 'Is there a significant public risk to fracking operations that we ...

Gov't Vows A Conducive Environment For Investors In PPP Projects - Manila Bulletin
Feb 15th 2013, 23:05


Gov't Vows A Conducive Environment For Investors In PPP Projects
Manila Bulletin
The Aquino administration has vowed to create a more conducive environment for its Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) program amid government's plan to bid out more projects, a ranking official said. Cosette V. Canilao, PPP Center executive director ...

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Coal Beginning To Shine - Seeking Alpha
Feb 15th 2013, 22:57


Coal Beginning To Shine
Seeking Alpha
Some of the losses reported by coal miners and other energy companies are misleading. Companies have to write down the value of their assets. So when coal or oil declines, miners may have to account for that change by adjusting the value of their ...
Alpha Results Exceed Estimates After Coal Exports Rise Bloomberg
Coal Stocks Rise on Alpha Natural Results (ANR, BTU, ACI, CNX, JRCC, WLT ... 24/7 Wall St.

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Labadie group appeals order enabling coal ash landfill - STLtoday.com
Feb 15th 2013, 22:32


Labadie group appeals order enabling coal ash landfill
STLtoday.com
Opponents of Ameren Missouri's proposed coal ash landfill next to its Labadie power plant are appealing a court order allowing the project to move forward. A circuit court judge last month ruled that the Franklin County Commission acted lawfully when ...

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NM reaches deal over emissions at coal-fired plant - San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 15th 2013, 22:04


New Mexico Telegram

NM reaches deal over emissions at coal-fired plant
San Francisco Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has brokered an agreement with federal regulators and the state's largest utility that aims to settle more than a year of wrangling over the best way to curb pollution from a coal-fired power plant that serves more ...
San Juan Generating Station will shut down two coal units in deal with EPA New Mexico Telegram

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AEP to spend $4 bln-$5 bln on coal plants, burn more gas - Reuters
Feb 15th 2013, 20:11


Wall Street Journal

AEP to spend $4 bln-$5 bln on coal plants, burn more gas
Reuters
Feb 15 (Reuters) - U.S. power company American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP) said Friday it expects to spend $4 billion to $5 billion between now and 2020 to make its remaining coal plants compliant with current and proposed federal environmental ...
American Electric Pollution Costs to Fall on Lower Coal Use Bloomberg

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Oil and gas junior companies: What's their end game? - Christian Science Monitor
Feb 15th 2013, 20:06


Christian Science Monitor

Oil and gas junior companies: What's their end game?
Christian Science Monitor
The oil and gas game can be a tricky one for junior companies, but if played right the pay-off can be massive. At a time when juniors are risking a lot in volatile venues in the Middle East and Africa, Canada's Aroway Energy (ARW) is planting its feet ...

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Kentucky suffers as coal use rises everywhere but in US - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Feb 15th 2013, 19:46


Mid Columbia Tri City Herald

Kentucky suffers as coal use rises everywhere but in US
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
While Dixon and thousands of others in the United States have lost their jobs, coal is booming in the rest of the world. The International Energy Agency's latest report forecasts that coal will become the world's dominant fuel, with global burning of ...
Kentucky's coal country woes Sacramento Bee

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Police say Samsung acid leak seeped into environment -- report - CNET
Feb 15th 2013, 18:35


TechEye

Police say Samsung acid leak seeped into environment -- report
CNET
Hydrofluoric acid that leaked in a Samsung chip plant seeped into the environment and was not contained, police in Korea said today, directly contradicting a statement made by the company, according to Yonhap News. The Korea-based news outlet reported ...
Samsung acid spill leaked into the environment TechEye

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Watershed board approves non-development oil and gas lease at Seneca Lake - The Daily Jeffersonian
Feb 15th 2013, 18:32


Watershed board approves non-development oil and gas lease at Seneca Lake
The Daily Jeffersonian
NEW PHILADELPHIA — The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Board of Directors has approved entering into an oil and gas lease in the Utica Shale region for more than 6,000 acres of its property at Seneca Lake in Guernsey and Noble counties ...

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Oil and gas plays to energize your portfolio - MSN Money
Feb 15th 2013, 17:40


Oil and gas plays to energize your portfolio
MSN Money
LINE is an independent oil and natural gas company that engages in the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties. The company's properties are primarily located in the Mid-Continent, the Permian Basin, Michigan, California, and the ...

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After White Stallion Power Plant Canceled, Coal Faces Dark Future in Texas - StateImpact Texas
Feb 15th 2013, 17:08


FuelFix (blog)

After White Stallion Power Plant Canceled, Coal Faces Dark Future in Texas
StateImpact Texas
The company behind what would have been the last new coal power plant in Texas, called White Stallion, is no longer pursuing the project, the company announced Thursday. The news marks a victory for opponents of coal in Texas, notably the ...
White Stallion Energy suspends coal plant project San Francisco Chronicle
Developers drop plans for Texas coal plant FuelFix (blog)
Beyond Coal Texas targets Big Brown Plant KXXV News Channel 25
Power Engineering Magazine
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Cabinet minister: Gay couples cannot provide safe environment for children - BBC News
Feb 15th 2013, 16:06


BBC News

Cabinet minister: Gay couples cannot provide safe environment for children
BBC News
The Welsh secretary has said gay couples "clearly" cannot provide a "warm and safe environment" in which to raise children. On ITV Wales' Face to Face programme, David Jones said this was why he had voted against the government's legislation for ...
Is David Jones's brain a safe environment for intelligent thought? The Independent (blog)
Tory MP: Gay couples can't provide safe environment for children Politics.co.uk
Welsh Secretary David Jones: Gay parents cannot provide a 'safe environment ... PinkNews.co.uk

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Eni Led Europe in Oil, Gas Discoveries in 2012 - Wall Street Journal
Feb 15th 2013, 14:12


RTT News

Eni Led Europe in Oil, Gas Discoveries in 2012
Wall Street Journal
Eni's decided last year to increase its exposure to oil and gas production by selling its stake in Italy's gas grid operator and part of its holding in Portugal's biggest oil company. Eni backed its stronger oil and gas output outlook for 2013 by ...
Italian gas and oil giant Eni reports flat Q4 earnings as Libya boon offset by ... Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Cuomo delays decision on hydraulic fracturing in state - Queens Campaigner
Feb 15th 2013, 14:03


Cuomo delays decision on hydraulic fracturing in state
Queens Campaigner
DOH Commissioner Nirav Shah said in a letter to DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens Tuesday that it was important to complete a review of potential health impacts of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing before it would be allowed in the state.

Environment Canada report to reveal drop in pollutants amid pipeline debate ... - Globe and Mail
Feb 15th 2013, 13:52


Globe and Mail

Environment Canada report to reveal drop in pollutants amid pipeline debate ...
Globe and Mail
In a report to be released on Friday, Environment Canada says emissions of mercury and lead were down 23 per cent and 21 per cent respectively in 2011 from the previous year, while sulphur oxides were 7 per cent lower and nitrogen oxide was down 6 per ...
Shifting burden of environmental responsibility Clarenville Packet
Emissions of harmful pollutants fell in 2011, federal data show CBC.ca
Federal government 'very close' to finalizing oil and gas climate regulations ... Edmonton Journal

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CCI may take up 12 coal mining projects on February 20 meeting - Economic Times
Feb 15th 2013, 12:39


CCI may take up 12 coal mining projects on February 20 meeting
Economic Times
On the basis of joint review by Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Coal Ministry, of 12 coal projects, eight have been identified for expediting grant of Environment Clearance (EC), one for grant of stage-II Forest Clearance (FC) and three ...

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Media campaign against windfarms funded by anonymous conservatives - The Guardian
Feb 15th 2013, 12:13


Media campaign against windfarms funded by anonymous conservatives
The Guardian
Subscribe. Subscribe to the Guardian · iPhone app · iPad edition · Kindle · Extra · Guardian Weekly · Digital edition · All our services · The Guardian home. The Guardian, Environment, User comments. News · Sport · Comment · Culture · Business · Money ...

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ASIA THERMAL COAL: Newcastle high ash prices squeezed in Korean tender - Platts
Feb 15th 2013, 12:08


ASIA THERMAL COAL: Newcastle high ash prices squeezed in Korean tender
Platts
A South Korean power utility was active in the spot Australian market Friday, and was close to purchasing at least one Q2-loading Capesize cargo of high ash thermal coal at a price equivalent to $74/mt FOB Newcastle on a 5,500 kcal/kg NAR and 20% ash ...

Kent prison goes green with huge wind turbines - The Guardian
Feb 15th 2013, 11:45


Kent prison goes green with huge wind turbines
The Guardian
The two-turbine development will be officially opened later today by local Conservative MP Gordon Henderson, who declared himself a "big supporter of renewable energy, not only from an environmental perspective, but because I believe it is vital to ...

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EU urged to revive flagging emissions trading scheme - The Guardian
Feb 15th 2013, 11:40


Sydney Morning Herald

EU urged to revive flagging emissions trading scheme
The Guardian
But the suggested way of improving the scheme – a short-term fix of holding back some carbon permits from sale – is complex and it is uncertain whether MEPs will pass the proposal when it comes before the environment committee next Tuesday.
Open Letter to the EU Parliament Environment Committee Energy Collective
Environment 2013: Climate Issues Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

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Oil and gas company asking to suspend leases' expiration date - Aspen Daily News
Feb 15th 2013, 11:02


Oil and gas company asking to suspend leases' expiration date
Aspen Daily News
With its mineral-rights leases set to expire in May, the oil and gas company seeking to drill in the Thompson Divide asked the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Thursday for more time to develop natural gas wells in the area. Since October ...

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European 2014 Coal Extends Drop as Colombian Miners Ease Demands - Bloomberg
Feb 15th 2013, 10:59


Business Recorder

European 2014 Coal Extends Drop as Colombian Miners Ease Demands
Bloomberg
European coal for next year slid for a fifth day, the longest run of declines since Dec. 12, as striking workers in Colombia reduced their wage demand. Thermal coal for delivery in 2014 to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Antwerp fell 40 cents to $98.50 a ...
Colombian 2012 coal production 89.2 million mt, up 4% on year Platts
TABLE-Colombia's coal production misses 2012 target -govt Reuters
Cerrejon, striking coal union to meet over walkout in Colombia Reuters UK
Businessweek  - CoalGuru.com
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European 2014 Power Declines as Coal, Emissions Contracts Fall - Bloomberg
Feb 15th 2013, 10:39


European 2014 Power Declines as Coal, Emissions Contracts Fall
Bloomberg
European coal for delivery in 2014 fell 0.4 percent to $98.50 a ton in the fifth day of declines, while European emissions allowances for December dropped as much as 3.2 percent to 5.08 euros a metric ton on the ICE Futures Europe exchange in London.

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activists seen as 'threat to national security' - The Guardian
Feb 15th 2013, 09:55


activists seen as 'threat to national security'
The Guardian
Monitoring of environmental activists in Canada by the country's police and security agencies has become the "new normal", according to a researcher who has analysed security documents released under freedom of information laws. Security and police ...

One in five reptile species faces extinction – study - The Guardian
Feb 15th 2013, 09:37


BigPond News

One in five reptile species faces extinction – study
The Guardian
"The proportion of threatened reptile species is highest in freshwater environments, tropical regions and on oceanic islands, while data deficiency was highest in tropical areas, such as central Africa and south-east Asia," the paper says. "Levels of ...
Reptiles are at risk, study finds Tengrinews
19% of reptiles 'face extinction' BigPond News
Extinction fear for reptiles Scotsman

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More State Incentives for Oil and Gas Companies - Jakarta Globe
Feb 15th 2013, 02:54


Jakarta Globe

More State Incentives for Oil and Gas Companies
Jakarta Globe
As oil and gas production continues to move downhill without new discoveries, the government has introduced a series of fiscal incentives designed to encourage investment in exploration. The government has provided an exemption for oil and gas ...

Bill Seeks to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing in North Carolina - Rigzone
Feb 14th 2013, 20:30


DC Bureau

Bill Seeks to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing in North Carolina
Rigzone
This permit would encompass well construction, siting, and closure requirements, hydraulic fracturing treatments, including subsurface injection of fluids; water quality, and management and regulation of water resources, waste and air emissions.
Pro-Industry Interests Dominate NC Commission Writing Hydraulic Fracturing ... DC Bureau
Study group to meet in Pittsboro Friday Sanford Herald (registration)
NC group debates fracking rules Fayetteville Observer

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