The Andes Chronicles: A Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing New York Times (blog) Hydraulic fracturing has not yet been mentioned, but quite obviously the long list of dangers to be avoided coincides with the dangers cited by its opponents. Lest there be any doubt, the list is followed by a fifth statement of purpose: "Further, it ...
Oil and gas battles move to Colorado statehouse Denver Post The battles over controls and oversight of the oil and gas industry — being fought in city councils and the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission — have arrived at the legislature. As many as a dozen bills aimed at more tightly controlling oil...
Climate change, coffee and chocolate The Desert Sun (blog) Last week I wrote about climate change and water, which are pretty basic issues, but this week, as noted above, it's time to get our heads around the impacts of climate change that could really hit home with ordinary folks – the rising prices of ...
Dimming the lights on renewable energy Charlotte Observer If you believe that renewable energy is an expensive, oversubsidized and ultimately fruitless endeavor, you probably think N.C. Rep. Mike Hager is helping us to finally stop making bad bets about how our future will be powered. Hager introduced a bill ...
Move to drop debate on climate change in schools faces backlash The Guardian People and Planet, Britain's largest student network campaigning on global poverty, human rights and the environment, has launched a campaign to lobby ministers not to go ahead with the change. It said: "Our experience working in schools and colleges ...
Pakistan's former oil and gas chief could be extradited from UAE in weeks The National DUBAI // The former head of Pakistan's oil and gas regulator, Tauqir Sadiq, wanted in his home country on allegations of an US$850 million (Dh3.1 billion) embezzlement, will have his extradition case heard at a UAE Federal Court on April 15. Mr Sadiq ...
Fracking communities should get incentives, says minister The Guardian An environment ministry spokesman said incentives would be offered but the form they would take and who would pay for them had yet to be decided. Officials did not comment on whether the ministry's move was prompted by Egan's letter. Fracking, or ...
Colorado town takes different path on oil and gas boom Denver Business Journal (blog) While Fort Collins and Longmont have imposed bans on the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of oil and gas wells inside the city limits, another local government has taken a different route to managing oil and gas operations inside its city. On Aug.
Governor Hickenlooper Chooses Oil and Gas Industry Over Colorado, Will Be ... Huffington Post (blog) In Longmont, for instance, the oil and gas industry spent half a million dollars to put up negative ads against the November fracking ban ballot initiative, yet lost 60 percent to 40 percent against a completely unfunded grassroots people powered movement.
Signal Peak Energy eyes coal on Crow Reservation Helena Independent Record A mining company plans to start exploratory work this spring on an estimated 400 million tons of coal beneath Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, adding to a spate of recent interest in the region's huge coal reserves despite flagging domestic demand ...
Opposition Grows to San Francisco's Green Energy Plans Environmental Leader Electricity rates for about 90,000 San Francisco ratepayers could almost double if the San Francisco Board of Supervisors goes forward with a deal for Shell Oil to provide 100 percent renewable energy for the city, according to NBC Bay Area. The ...
Can a divestment campaign move the fossil fuel industry? The Guardian Last fall, the climate advocacy group 350.org held a series of rallies in 21 cities across the U.S., making the case that combating climate change requires fossil fuel companies to leave a large portion of their reserves in the ground — and that large ...
GM crops back on the agenda at EU - video The Guardian As the EU environmental council meets in Brussels, the UK government is calling for more genetically-modified produce to be grown in Europe, in an effort to avoid food shortages. Here, farmers and environmental campaigners call on EU politicians to ...
Loveland City Council to tackle unfinished oil and gas business ReporterHerald.com But another opportunity awaits them on Tuesday to lobby city councilors who will make their final pass at regulations for oil and natural gas operations in the city. Fifty-one speakers showed up at microphones in the City Council Chamber March 5 at a ...
University of Tennessee gets OK for natural gas extraction on public land Mother Nature Network How do you fund studies of the environmental impact of the natural gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing? The University of Tennessee has an idea. University officials want to lease more than 8,000 acres of public land in Cumberland ...
United Hunter Oil and Gas Corp. Announces Dismissal of Writ Filed in San Luis ... Marketwire (press release) CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 18, 2013) - United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UHO) ("UHO") (the "Corporation"), announces that the Superior Court of California, County of San Luis Obispo ruled to dismiss the writ and takings lawsuit ...
Qatalum and Hydro celebrates opening of Hydro green energy lab AME Info (press release) Qatalum and Hydro - the Norwegian aluminium producer - have together unveiled Hydro's newly established facility dedicated to researching and testing aluminium used in curtain wall solutions in support of creating energy, emission and carbon neutral ...
Egypt's environment loses one of its most ardent supporters: Mindy Baha el Din Egypt Independent Egypt mourns the passing away of Mindy Baha el Din, one of Egypt's most dedicated environmental activists, conservationists and bird specialists. She suffered a stroke on Thursday night and passed away early this morning at Dar el Fouad hospital in 6 ...
Coal India End Down as Stock Trades Ex-Dividend Wall Street Journal (India) MUMBAI--Coal India Ltd. was the biggest decliner Monday among the 30 stocks in the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index as new investors in the company's shares aren't eligible for an interim dividend it announced last week. Shares of state-run ...
Coal India's production partially hit due to strike: Govt Economic Times "Coal production in CIL and SCCL ( Singareni Collieries Co Ltd) suffered partially due to two days nation-wide strike... by 0.71 million tonnes (approx) and 0.1 million tonnes respectively," Minister of State for Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil said in a ...
Heat set for hostile environment in Boston Boston Herald TORONTO - A few days ago, Paul Pierce said he wanted not only for the Heat's winning streak to end, but for Miami to lose every game for the rest of the season. The Heat, which won its 22nd game in a row on Sunday, plays the Celtics at TD Garden on ...
National Wildlife Crime Unit left in funding doubt The Guardian The Environment Department and Home Office have each committed £136,000 to the unit for its running in 2013-14 and no decision on funding for 2014-15 has yet been made, the government said. In its response to a report by the Environmental Audit ...
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