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More environment-friendly nutrient use could save $170 bln a year - Reuters
Feb 18th 2013, 01:01


The Guardian

More environment-friendly nutrient use could save $170 bln a year
Reuters
Nutrients that feed the world damage the environment. * More efficient use would offer multiple benefits. * Report calls for inter-governmental cooperation. By Nina Chestney. LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - More efficient use of nitrogen fertilisers could ...
Halve meat consumption, scientists urge rich world The Guardian
UN says fertiliser crisis is damaging the planet The Independent
Cut meat to reduce pollution, experts say Scotsman

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No denying coal's developed world decline - Crikey
Feb 18th 2013, 00:20


No denying coal's developed world decline
Crikey
There's no hiding from coal's long-term decline in Europe and the United States, irrespective of cherry-picked data floating around cyberspace about a coal revival. Don't believe what you read. Forget talk of a coal revival based on cherry-picked data ...
Renewable Energy is Actually Cheaper than Coal and Gas in Australia Care2.com (blog)
Clean coal stalls Latrobe Valley Express
Syd S. Peng: US must capitalize on coal, nuclear knowledge Charleston Gazette

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Oil and gas vitality is key to Canada's economic success - Globe and Mail
Feb 18th 2013, 00:01


Globe and Mail

Oil and gas vitality is key to Canada's economic success
Globe and Mail
The biggest contributor to Canada's balance of trade is, by a wide margin, oil and gas. The industry is a major job creator, employing more than 550,000 people. It is also the largest investor in the economy, with $55-billion for new capital projects ...

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Vedanta's wait for Bauxite to get longer as environment ministry denies forest ... - Economic Times
Feb 17th 2013, 23:21


Economic Times

Vedanta's wait for Bauxite to get longer as environment ministry denies forest ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The environment ministry has defended in the Supreme Court its decision to deny forest clearance under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) to Orissa Mining Corporation's plan to mine the Niyamgiri Hills to source bauxite for Vedanta's alumina plant, ...

Talks at Colombia's biggest coal exporter stall - Reuters
Feb 17th 2013, 23:07


Talks at Colombia's biggest coal exporter stall
Reuters
BOGOTA Feb 17 (Reuters) - Cerrejon coal company and its striking workers have failed to agree on how to proceed with wage negotiations to end a walkout at Colombia's largest coal exporter, union and company officials said on Sunday. The coal sector has ...

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Bronte heritage put before green energy in key wind turbine ruling - Telegraph.co.uk
Feb 17th 2013, 22:48


Telegraph.co.uk

Bronte heritage put before green energy in key wind turbine ruling
Telegraph.co.uk
The area is already a focus for green energy with turbines twice the height of Nelson's Column due to replace existing ones at the Ovenden Moor Wind Farm four miles away. More than a dozen applications for turbines have been submitted to Bradford ...

Birdwatch: Stonechat - The Guardian
Feb 17th 2013, 22:30


The Guardian

Birdwatch: Stonechat
The Guardian
Small birds hate hard winters – they struggle to find food and also to keep warm. Some species, like long-tailed tits, wrens and goldcrests, have learned to come into our gardens where they can find a supply of food to survive. But others must take ...

Big no-coal-train protest on cold day - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Feb 17th 2013, 21:58


Big no-coal-train protest on cold day
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
"There's so much resistance in the community: Unless that local resistance changes, coal is not going to be shipped at Cherry Point," former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who stepped down in January, told the Bellingham Herald. Schweitzer has visited ...
Hundreds march against coal trains KIRO Seattle

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Keystone XL protesters pressure Obama on climate change promise - The Guardian
Feb 17th 2013, 21:15


The Guardian

Keystone XL protesters pressure Obama on climate change promise
The Guardian
Opponents of the project – environmental activists, indigenous Canadian groups, and landowners alone the pipeline route – have cast the Keystone XL as the defining test of Obama's second term. They said Obama's entire presidential legacy rests on the ...
Obama urged to act on climate BigPond News
US rally calls for Obama to act on climate change WA today

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Regional Council attacks Environment Court - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Feb 17th 2013, 20:23


Regional Council attacks Environment Court
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
At its coming Wednesday meeting, the Regional Council takes up what would appear to be a relatively minor, arcane item. But what the HBRC staff is recommending speaks volumes about the anti-environment orientation of Andrew Newman's Regional ...

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Gap between Coal India, foreign coal price narrows - Livemint
Feb 17th 2013, 19:31


Livemint

Gap between Coal India, foreign coal price narrows
Livemint
Internationally, prices of thermal coal have fallen owing to shale gas discoveries in the US, a slowing Chinese demand, and an oversupply, particularly in Indonesia. A Barclays Commodities Research report shows that prices were around $93 a tonne in ...
Indian coal demand to touch 981 million tonnes in 4 years CoalGuru.com
Coal demand to touch 981 mt in four years Hindu Business Line

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Affordable fuel cells closer: Synthetic molecule first electricity-making catalyst to use iron to split hydrogen gas
Feb 17th 2013, 18:42

To make fuel cells more economical, engineers want a fast and efficient iron-based molecule that splits hydrogen gas to make electricity. Researchers now report such a catalyst. It is the first iron-based catalyst that converts hydrogen directly to electricity. The result moves chemists and engineers one step closer to widely affordable fuel cells.

Liongoren exhibit focuses on environment - Inquirer.net
Feb 17th 2013, 18:13


Inquirer.net

Liongoren exhibit focuses on environment
Inquirer.net
Reconnecting with the earth, a continuing concern for the environment, has been a recurring motif in Liongoren Gallery's lineup of exhibitions, projects and events through the years. By encouraging and supporting the production of works responding to ...

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SWEPCO's coal plant fires up, generates power - San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 17th 2013, 18:09


SWEPCO's coal plant fires up, generates power
San Francisco Chronicle
FULTON, Ark. (AP) — The latest technology for coal-fired power plants is being used at the $2.1 billion, 600-megawatt John W. Turk Jr. plant about 15 miles northeast of Texarkana. Some think it is among the last coal-fired plants that will be built in ...

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Egypt's Mursi Dismisses Environment Adviser, Ahram Gate Reports - Bloomberg
Feb 17th 2013, 16:22


Egypt's Mursi Dismisses Environment Adviser, Ahram Gate Reports
Bloomberg
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has dismissed his environmental affairs adviser, the state-run Ahram Gate website reported, citing spokesman Yasser Ali. Ali didn't provide a reason, it said. The adviser, Khaled Elmeddin, a member of the Salafi Nour ...

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MOECO to invest in Myanmar oil and gas - Eleven Myanmar
Feb 17th 2013, 15:51


MOECO to invest in Myanmar oil and gas
Eleven Myanmar
Mitsui Oil Exploration Company Limited, Japan-based international oil and gas exploration and extraction company has been in talks with Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) for investment potential in Myanmar.

Oil and Gas Feeding Off Each Other While They are Fueling Economic Recovery - Forbes
Feb 17th 2013, 14:40


Forbes

Oil and Gas Feeding Off Each Other While They are Fueling Economic Recovery
Forbes
Talk of America's energy independence is centered on its newfound wealth of tight oil and shale gas deposits. While the market place is shifting, the winners will be those that can outlast today's low prices and its limited infrastructure. Oil and ...
Emotions driving Quebec fracking moratorium, Bouchard says Globe and Mail
From Oil Fields to Gas Pools: What's Not Included In The Regulations For Industry Bay Area Indymedia
State regulators resist more federal fracking oversight Platts
Seeking Alpha
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Key to cleaner environment may be right beneath our feet - EurekAlert (press release)
Feb 17th 2013, 13:38


Key to cleaner environment may be right beneath our feet
EurekAlert (press release)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- While many people recognize that clean water and air are signs of a healthy ecosystem, most do not realize that a critical part of the environment is right beneath their feet, according to a Penn State hydrologist. The ground ...

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Bristol Port diversifies away from coal - Financial Times
Feb 17th 2013, 13:22


Bristol Port diversifies away from coal
Financial Times
Bristol Port will lose one of its biggest customers in the next few weeks, when the last coal shipment bound for the Didcot power station in Oxfordshire is unloaded at the Royal Portbury dock. The private owners of the west country port have long been ...

Coal booster says Cherry Point terminal is 'dead,' but foes aren't celebrating - Bellingham Herald
Feb 17th 2013, 13:07


Bellingham Herald

Coal booster says Cherry Point terminal is 'dead,' but foes aren't celebrating
Bellingham Herald
Schweitzer was referring to SSA Marine's proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, envisioned as a major new shipping point for export of coal and other bulk cargoes from a Whatcom County site between the BP Cherry Point refinery and the Alcoa Intalco Works ...
Wyoming, Montana governors have taken different approaches to pitching coal Billings Gazette
Big coal threatens a rural way of life The Courier-Journal

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Harbour environment monitoring queried - The Australian
Feb 17th 2013, 13:06


Harbour environment monitoring queried
The Australian
The federal Environment Department is investigating claims the Gladstone Port Corporation had breached strict audit conditions for its work on dredging and dumping of spoils in a World Heritage area. Australians for Animals said it was considering ...

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Europe nixes green energy as Obama doubles down - BizPac Review
Feb 17th 2013, 12:41


BizPac Review

Europe nixes green energy as Obama doubles down
BizPac Review
As Europe is waking up to its failed experiment of "green energy jobs," President Barack Obama is throwing America deeper into the red as he doubles down on the concept. The president threw away some $7 billion in taxpayer funds with "investments" in ...

US energy: Green energy is sustainable way to boost economy - Yakima Herald-Republic
Feb 17th 2013, 10:08


US energy: Green energy is sustainable way to boost economy
Yakima Herald-Republic
Instead, for our national security, economic growth and a sound energy policy, what we need is to shift to promoting industries and technologies that focus on clean, renewable and alternative sources of energy. With continued sluggish economic growth ...

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'State committed to promote renewable energy' - The Hindu
Feb 17th 2013, 08:32


The Hindu

'State committed to promote renewable energy'
The Hindu
The State government is committed to promoting renewable energy, especially solar energy, in a big way in the State, said R.Viswanathan, Minister for Electricity, here on Saturday. Given the rapid depletion of fossil fuels for generating thermal power ...
Signal Energy wins its biggest solar project Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Proposed coal mining in tiger corridors gets experts' thumb-down - Times of India
Feb 17th 2013, 08:30


Proposed coal mining in tiger corridors gets experts' thumb-down
Times of India
BHOPAL: Satpura-Maikal landscape of central India-- largest natural habitat of tigers in the world - will no longer remain one big entity, if coal mining is allowed in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district. Ironically, state forest minister Sartaj Singh ...

Give oil and gas contracts to local companies - AGI - GhanaWeb
Feb 17th 2013, 08:04


Give oil and gas contracts to local companies - AGI
GhanaWeb
Nana Owusu-Afari added that the local content policy required that all regulatory authorities, contractors and any entities involved in any project and transaction in the Ghanaian oil and gas sector to consider it as important to introduce local ...

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Oil-and-gas tax holiday makes no sense - Billings Gazette
Feb 17th 2013, 08:00


Oil-and-gas tax holiday makes no sense
Billings Gazette
What sense does it make for Montana to continue its oil-and-gas "tax holiday" — on the books now for several years — which taxes production at less than 1 percent for the first 12-18 months of production? It makes no sense. The greatest population ...

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BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $2.1 Million - KREX News Channel 5
Feb 17th 2013, 06:43


BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale Nets $2.1 Million
KREX News Channel 5
A lease is the first step for a company or individual before eventually applying to develop and produce oil and gas from the BLM-managed public mineral estate. Additional planning, environmental analysis and public input must occur before drilling can ...

BLM Posts Notice for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale - KREX News Channel 5
Feb 17th 2013, 06:19


BLM Posts Notice for May Oil and Gas Lease Sale
KREX News Channel 5
The State of Colorado received more than $158 million in Fiscal Year 2012 from royalties, rentals and bonus bid payments for all federal minerals, including oil and gas. BLM Colorado currently has approximately 4.2 million acres of public mineral ...

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Gujarat NRE Coking Coal rejects JSPL's AUD 222-mn takeover bid - Economic Times
Feb 17th 2013, 05:54


Gujarat NRE Coking Coal rejects JSPL's AUD 222-mn takeover bid
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The board of Gujarat NRE Coking Coal has advised company shareholders to reject Jindal Steel and Power's all-cash AUD 221.61 million (Rs 1,200 crore) takeover bid, saying the offer does not adequately reflect future prospects.

Steve Scauzillo: Financiers turning green on energy savings - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Feb 17th 2013, 04:57


Steve Scauzillo: Financiers turning green on energy savings
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Move over lab-coated scientists. Make room for pocket-protector wearing number crunchers. The recent advances in green energy have come in the form of creative financing. Solar energy has boomed because of no-money-down financing. Electric car sales ...

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Montana lawmakers consider bills on oil and gas affected cities and counties - The Missoulian
Feb 17th 2013, 04:22


Montana lawmakers consider bills on oil and gas affected cities and counties
The Missoulian
Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, the bill sets aside $24 million for the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation to distribute in grants for infrastructure projects in areas affected by oil and gas development. Awaits action before the House Appropriations Committee.

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Oil and gas report - Amarillo.com
Feb 17th 2013, 03:37


Oil and gas report
Amarillo.com
OCHILTREE (PAN PETRO Cleveland) Courson Oil & Gas, Inc., #1H Eaton Oringderff, (625.18 acres) 190' FSL & 400' FWL, Sec 25, Blk 44, G. Anderson, 8.5 mi SE from Waka TD 6700', (BHL: 400' FWL & 400' FNL) (sgd. Jerri Born 806-435-2910) Horizontal ...

os-scott-maxwell-florida-environment-rumberger-20130216 - Orlando Sentinel
Feb 17th 2013, 02:41


os-scott-maxwell-florida-environment-rumberger-20130216
Orlando Sentinel
All comments are filtered for vulgar language, for web addresses and for e-mail addresses. Those will cause comments to generate an error message or not to post. Registration on OrlandoSentinel.com is required to comment. The Sentinel makes no ...

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Coal plant closures costly to S.C. agency - Anderson Independent Mail
Feb 17th 2013, 01:31


Coal plant closures costly to S.C. agency
Anderson Independent Mail
Duke Energy already has retired 17 coal-fired generators at six of its power plants in North Carolina, and the company plans to shut down nine more at three plants in the state this year, according to Culbert. Georgia Power said in January that it is ...

Oil and Gas Plays to Energize Your Portfolio - CNBC.com
Feb 16th 2013, 02:44


CNBC.com

Oil and Gas Plays to Energize Your Portfolio
CNBC.com
Linn Energy 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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WaPo Buries Another Failed Green Energy/Jobs Venture to Page A11 - NewsBusters (blog)
Feb 15th 2013, 23:15


WaPo Buries Another Failed Green Energy/Jobs Venture to Page A11
NewsBusters (blog)
Not only did the Post bury this article in the "economy and business" page -- even though this is fundamentally about the failure of an Obama administration push for green energy -- Mufson himself arranged his article so as to delay getting around to ...

Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts ... - Huffington Post
Feb 15th 2013, 18:27


Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts ...
Huffington Post
Alongside state efforts, such as California's requirement that renewables represent 33 percent of energy produced by 2020, tax credits have helped keep green developers in the energy game: Federal support for renewable energy development currently ...

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Obama gives green energy funds a jump-start - Reuters
Feb 15th 2013, 17:01


Obama gives green energy funds a jump-start
Reuters
Another outgrowth of green energy will be smart- and micro-grids. As witnessed by the devastation of superstorm Sandy, it may no longer make sense to string exterior wires from pole to pole from a central power source. When energy infrastructure is ...

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Harnessing Jeff Green's energy - ESPN
Feb 15th 2013, 04:13


ESPN

Harnessing Jeff Green's energy
ESPN
Amid the swirl of that raucous Celtics double-overtime win against Miami on Jan. 27, a sequence unfolded that ignited a sudden flurry of activity on Jeff Green's smartphone. It was when Green clamped onto reigning MVP LeBron James and thwarted him from ...

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