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Train derailment, coal spill cleared after blocking Saginaw roadway for 16 hours - The Saginaw News
Mar 24th 2013, 00:40


Train derailment, coal spill cleared after blocking Saginaw roadway for 16 hours
The Saginaw News
Two rail cars loaded with coal rolled onto their sides about 4 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, and railroad workers had to empty them before righting the rail cars. At least five cars were off the tracks. The tracks were repaired before the cars were ...

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Earth Hour: millions prepare to switch off the lights - The Guardian (blog)
Mar 24th 2013, 00:18


Minivan News

Earth Hour: millions prepare to switch off the lights
The Guardian (blog)
Earth Hour is here again, and WWF is calling on hundreds of millions of people in thousands of cities and towns around the world to switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30pm local time on Saturday 23 March to show their concern for the environment.
Engro launches campaign to save environment Pakistan Observer
Scouts lead Earth Hour events, Environment Ministry "facilitates" Minivan News
Environment File St. Albert Gazette
GlobalNews.ca  - The Independent  - Mail & Guardian Online
all 529 news articles »

Retreat mining, like at Crandall Canyon, eyed in latest Utah coal accident - Salt Lake Tribune
Mar 24th 2013, 00:13


Daily Mail

Retreat mining, like at Crandall Canyon, eyed in latest Utah coal accident
Salt Lake Tribune
Once a mining section reaches its limits, and all that's left is a checkerboard series of coal pillars left behind to hold up the roof, crews start at the deepest pillars and start cutting them out in a methodical manner described in detail in MSHA ...
One dead, one injured in Utah coal mine cave-in Daily Mail
Utah coal mine collapse kills one miner, injures another Yahoo! News (blog)
Utah coal mine section collapse kills one miner, injures another North Adams Transcript
StandardNet  - Duluth News Tribune  - WPEC
all 26 news articles »

Video of coal train meeting to air on Channel 28 - Albany Democrat Herald
Mar 23rd 2013, 23:04


Video of coal train meeting to air on Channel 28
Albany Democrat Herald
Albany Against Coal Trains, a citizen group, hosted an informational meeting at the Albany Public Library on Feb. 17. A two-hour video of that meeting will be broadcast on Comcast Cable Channel 28 at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 26.

Clark's Beach Green Energy Park Presentation Planned For Village - Patch.com
Mar 23rd 2013, 23:04


Clark's Beach Green Energy Park Presentation Planned For Village
Patch.com
Plans for a proposed green energy park for Clark's Beach will be pitched to the public during a presentation at Monday night's Greenport Village board meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at the Third Street Firehouse. The presentation detailing the ...

Auto show offers a relaxed environment in Richmond - WWBT
Mar 23rd 2013, 23:02


Auto show offers a relaxed environment in Richmond
WWBT
A Henrico man is arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl. Police say 23-year-old Wayne Phillips faces charges of rape, sodomy, and more. Henrico police say the girl'sMore >>. A Henrico man is arrested on suspicion ...

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Is Los Angeles Really Coal-Free? Kinda, Sorta, Maybe - KCET (blog)
Mar 23rd 2013, 22:02


MINING.com

Is Los Angeles Really Coal-Free? Kinda, Sorta, Maybe
KCET (blog)
A public event today made it as official as can be: the City of Los Angeles will derive none of its electrical power from coal 12 years from now. The city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) will stop buying power from Arizona's coal-burning Navajo ...
Los Angeles declares no more coal use by 2025 MINING.com
Los Angeles to be First Coal Free City in US by 2025 National Geographic
No More Coal in LA by 2025: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Impressive ... Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)
abc7.com  - Los Angeles Times  - Huffington Post
all 43 news articles »

Syracuse Basketball: Orange Will Overcome Hostile Environment to Beat ... - Bleacher Report
Mar 23rd 2013, 21:58


Bleacher Report

Syracuse Basketball: Orange Will Overcome Hostile Environment to Beat ...
Bleacher Report
The Syracuse Orange face a difficult test on Saturday evening in an NCAA tournament third round matchup with the No. 12 seed California Golden Bears, who will have a big home-court advantage. Even though this showdown will take place in San Jose's HP ...

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Michigan needs to stop reliance on coal for energy - AnnArbor.com
Mar 23rd 2013, 20:52


Michigan needs to stop reliance on coal for energy
AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor is an environmental leader in Michigan. It is of the utmost importance that we maintain our status. Michigan needs a leader. The largest problem we face in the state is our delay in the transition to green energy. DTE Energy generates 80 ...

Roberto Clemente offers life-changing environment to struggling students - AnnArbor.com
Mar 23rd 2013, 19:40


Roberto Clemente offers life-changing environment to struggling students
AnnArbor.com
I started Clemente in the beginning of September 2012 due to academic struggles I had in my first year at Huron High School. My academic troubles were due to distractions such as the size of the building, negative attitudes of some students, the large ...

Coal-burning Badger ferry can pollute Lake Michigan until 2015 - Chicago Tribune
Mar 23rd 2013, 19:20


Chicago Tribune

Coal-burning Badger ferry can pollute Lake Michigan until 2015
Chicago Tribune
After winning exemptions from environmental laws for more than a decade, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes agreed Friday to a court-enforced deadline to stop dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan. But the proposed legal ...
Timeline: Debate over SS Badger's coal ash discharge has raged for years Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Video, photos: SS Badger must stop dumping coal ash in 2 years Green Bay Press Gazette
SS Badger to stop dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan in 2 years under deal ... Newser
fox6now.com  - WISC Madison
all 32 news articles »

Life After Oil and Gas - New York Times
Mar 23rd 2013, 18:32


Life After Oil and Gas
New York Times
"It's absolutely not true that we need natural gas, coal or oil — we think it's a myth," said Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and the main author of the study, published in the journal Energy Policy. "You could ...

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South African Coal Miner Exxaro's Workers End Illegal Strike - Bloomberg
Mar 23rd 2013, 13:41


Independent Online

South African Coal Miner Exxaro's Workers End Illegal Strike
Bloomberg
Exxaro supplies all the power-station coal it mines to South African electricity utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which relies the fuel for 80 percent of generation. Labor unrest in Africa's largest economy spread from Lonmin Plc's Marikana operations ...
Exxaro coal workers in South Africa end strike GlobalPost
Exxaro miners to end strike-union The New Age Online

all 5 news articles »

Will "King Coal" Benefit From Rising Natural Gas Prices? - Motley Fool
Mar 23rd 2013, 12:15


Will "King Coal" Benefit From Rising Natural Gas Prices?
Motley Fool
There's been nowhere for coal companies to hide ever since the price of natural gas fell off a cliff as 2012 approached. Coal companies have been waiting for an inflection point and are hoping it's finally arrived, as natural gas prices close in on $4 ...

Group says exports to Asia could hike coal traffic through Great Falls - Great Falls Tribune
Mar 23rd 2013, 11:02


Group says exports to Asia could hike coal traffic through Great Falls
Great Falls Tribune
A conservation and agriculture group has scheduled a meeting Tuesday in Great Falls to discuss what it claims would be increased rail congestion in Montana if proposals to ship more Montana and Wyoming coal to Asia via West Coast ports are realized.

PPL seeks permit, Chrin seeks manufacturers for Glendon Green Energy Park - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Mar 23rd 2013, 10:19


PPL seeks permit, Chrin seeks manufacturers for Glendon Green Energy Park
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
PPL spokesman Ryan Hill said the engines were operating under a preliminary permit since 2011 at the 23-acre, undeveloped Glendon Green Energy Park that converts methane gas from the Chrin Brothers Inc. landfill into electricity and heat. PPL is now ...

Coal And Coral: Australia's Self-Destructive Paradox - NPR (blog)
Mar 23rd 2013, 10:18


NPR (blog)

Coal And Coral: Australia's Self-Destructive Paradox
NPR (blog)
Nowhere is this more evident than in the city of Gladstone, a jumping off point to the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef and the world's fourth largest coal-export hub. Dredges have turned the harbor brown as they work to expand the coal port. And ...

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Green energy could spell grant for Utica brewery project - Utica Observer Dispatch
Mar 23rd 2013, 10:04


Green energy could spell grant for Utica brewery project
Utica Observer Dispatch
A green energy project at the F.X. Matt Brewing Company is up and running and may get a $50,000 grant from Oneida County because of its unique benefits to the community. The $5 million project uses waste materials from brewing operations to generate ...

Sure, let's re-evaluate Ohio's green energy law -- as long as we do it right - Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
Mar 23rd 2013, 08:38


Sure, let's re-evaluate Ohio's green energy law -- as long as we do it right
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, to evaluate SB 221 — the law governing the state's renewable-energy and energy-efficiency mandates — could be an excellent idea. In my view, if citizens and political leadership throughout Ohio were to call for more public ...

'It's certainly a very calming environment' - The Guardian
Mar 23rd 2013, 07:02


The Guardian

'It's certainly a very calming environment'
The Guardian
It's certainly a very calming environment. There used to be 200 rhubarb producers in Yorkshire. Now there are just 11, but rhubarb is undergoing a renaissance. My sons are involved in the production and we're hoping the grandchildren will become the ...

Letter: Proposed launch site disregards environment - Florida Today
Mar 23rd 2013, 05:15


Letter: Proposed launch site disregards environment
Florida Today
These areas are national treasures, and launching from this site would devastate the environment. As a former Cape worker of more than 20 years, I am not against SpaceX building a launch complex but would rather suggest they utilize one of the many ...

Ashtabula County Township Association learns more about oil and gas drilling ... - The Star Beacon
Mar 23rd 2013, 04:06


Ashtabula County Township Association learns more about oil and gas drilling ...
The Star Beacon
JEFFERSON — The regulatory aspect of potential oil and gas drilling was the topic at Thursday's meeting of the Ashtabula County Township Association. About 60 local officials attended the meeting, held Thursday night at the Ashtabula County Engineer's ...

Pennsylvania: Environment Secretary Resigns - New York Times
Mar 23rd 2013, 00:10


San Francisco Chronicle

Pennsylvania: Environment Secretary Resigns
New York Times
Michael Krancer, the state environment secretary, will step down next month to return to private law practice, Gov. Tom Corbett said Friday. Since taking office in January 2011, Mr. Krancer, 55, has been accused by environmentalists of lax regulation ...
PA DEP Chief Krancer Quits; Interim Replacement Criticized NGI's Shale Daily (subscription)

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Our children need to learn about climate change - The Guardian
Mar 22nd 2013, 21:02


Our children need to learn about climate change
The Guardian
As educationalists, teacher and student representatives and environmental/development organisations, we are extremely worried by new draft guidelines removing climate change from the national geography curriculum (Report, 19 March). Climate change is ...

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Warren Resources: This $3 Oil And Gas Stock Is Breaking Out - Seeking Alpha
Mar 22nd 2013, 19:00


Warren Resources: This $3 Oil And Gas Stock Is Breaking Out
Seeking Alpha
I have owned oil and gas company Warren Resources (WRES) since June when it was trading at $2 a share. The stock has been on the move recently on the back of some positive catalysts, and it has busted through the $3 a share level over the last week.

3 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now - Investorplace.com
Mar 22nd 2013, 18:12


3 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now
Investorplace.com
The grades of three Oil and Gas stocks are on the rise this week on Portfolio Grader. Each of these stocks is rated an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy"). Chesapeake Midstream Partners (NYSE:CHKM) ups its rating to a B ("buy") this week after ...

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Oil and Gas Payment Disclosure May Harm Investors - Forbes
Mar 22nd 2013, 14:27


Oil and Gas Payment Disclosure May Harm Investors
Forbes
Just last month the President promised to cut the red tape on oil and gas production, but clearly his message didn't get through to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC final rule on Section 1504 of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform ...

IOC launches 2013 Sport and Environment Awards - Olympic
Mar 22nd 2013, 14:12


IOC launches 2013 Sport and Environment Awards
Olympic
First introduced by the IOC Sport and Environment Commission in 2009, the Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of individuals, groups and organisations that have shown initiative and taken action to drive environmental efforts and projects ...

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US government sued over use of pesticides - The Guardian
Mar 22nd 2013, 13:53


San Francisco Chronicle

US government sued over use of pesticides
The Guardian
"America's beekeepers cannot survive for long with the toxic environment EPA has supported," said Steve Ellis, a Minnesota and California beekeeper and one of the plaintiffs who filed the suit at the federal district court. "Bee-toxic pesticides in ...
Bees to have their day in court over insecticide use New Scientist

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Industry, environmentalists agree on voluntary hydraulic fracturing standards - Lexology (registration)
Mar 22nd 2013, 12:31


Daily Mail

Industry, environmentalists agree on voluntary hydraulic fracturing standards
Lexology (registration)
... recycling 90% of flowback and produced water within two years; utilization of a closed loop system for drilling fluids; improved impoundment integrity; well casing design requirements; and public disclosure of the components of hydraulic fracturing ...
Sidley Austin LLP | This Week in Hydraulic Fracturing Linex Legal (registration) (press release)
Consortium Established to Forge Workable Rules for Fracking Energy Collective
More groups question "Sustainable Shale" initiative PGH City Paper (blog)
witf.org  - Pittsburgh Post Gazette  - MIT Technology Review
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Where the money is in cleantech: oil and gas - GigaOM
Mar 22nd 2013, 07:03


GigaOM

Where the money is in cleantech: oil and gas
GigaOM
Energy executives "are all excited about the unconventional oil and gas in North America, and they know it will only take one or two environmental disasters for the game to be over," said Wal van Lierop, co-founder and CEO of cleantech venture capital ...
US Oil Prices Rise as Expansions of Pipelines Help Ease Supply Glut Marketwire (press release)

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New local government oil and gas fees proposed - Denver Business Journal (blog)
Mar 22nd 2013, 02:06


New local government oil and gas fees proposed
Denver Business Journal (blog)
Two state legislators from Fort Collins have introduced a bill that would require new fees on oil and gas companies to help local governments pay the cost of dealing with energy industry operations. HB 1273, sponsored by state Rep. Randy Fischer, D ...

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Today's Top 3 Oil and Gas Stocks - Motley Fool
Mar 22nd 2013, 00:58


Today's Top 3 Oil and Gas Stocks
Motley Fool
Oil prices were on the move today, as fears spread over a slowdown in Europe, as Germany's purchasing managers' index signaled contraction, and the situation in Cyprus remained unresolved. At 4:00 pm EDT on Thursday, Brent crude was down 1.32%, ...

$25000 in Taxpayer Money for Green Energy Sculptures at Denver's ... - CNSNews.com
Mar 21st 2013, 15:29


$25000 in Taxpayer Money for Green Energy Sculptures at Denver's ...
CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) gave $25,000 in taxpayer money to the city of Denver, the RedLine arts collective and several other groups to build "public sculptures that will produce renewable energy" in Denver's ...

Sides agree on tough Northeast fracturing standards - FuelFix (blog)
Mar 20th 2013, 18:07


FuelFix (blog)

Sides agree on tough Northeast fracturing standards
FuelFix (blog)
PITTSBURGH — In an unlikely partnership between longtime adversaries, some of the nation's biggest energy companies and environmental groups have agreed on a voluntary set of standards for gas and oil hydraulic fracturing in the Northeast that appear ...
Sierra Club blasts new plan to improve fracking Minnesota Public Radio
Energy firms, environmentalists agree on 'fracking' standards Christian Science Monitor
Environmentalists, Drillers Reach 'Truce' For Fracking Standards NPR
Los Angeles Times  - Wall Street Journal  - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Hydrogen fuel? Thin films of nickel and iron oxides yield efficient solar water-splitting catalyst
Mar 20th 2013, 15:52

Chemists say that ultra-thin films of nickel and iron oxides made through a solution synthesis process are promising catalysts to combine with semiconductors to make devices that capture sunlight and convert water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.

Multi-purpose wonder can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy
Mar 20th 2013, 13:48

A new wonder material can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even provide energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more -- It can also desalinate water, be used as flexible water filtration membranes, help recover energy from desalination waste brine, be made into flexible solar cells and can also double the lifespan of lithium ion batteries. With its superior bacteria-killing capabilities, it can also be used to develop a new type of antibacterial bandage.

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