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Taste 'influenced by environment' - Belfast Telegraph
Mar 29th 2013, 00:22


Taste 'influenced by environment'
Belfast Telegraph
Psychology Professor Charles Spence, from Oxford University, who led the research in conjunction with The Singleton whisky brand, said: "The results signal that multi-sensory environments affect the nose, taste/flavour and after taste of whisky ...

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52 firms vie for Lebanon oil and gas - The Daily Star
Mar 28th 2013, 23:47


The Daily Star

52 firms vie for Lebanon oil and gas
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Fifty-two international oil firms have submitted applications to the Petroleum Administration Committee, the Energy Minister said Thursday, as the deadline for submission of the pre-qualification round expired. The 52 companies, registered in ...
52 companies apply to explore for oil in Lebanon TheNewsTribune.com

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Today's Top 3 Oil and Gas Stocks - Motley Fool
Mar 28th 2013, 23:39


Today's Top 3 Oil and Gas Stocks
Motley Fool
Oil prices were on the move today, as the U.S. reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter GDP for 2012 of 0.4% growth. That's up from the previously reported 0.1% growth, which is up from the initial estimate of a 0.1% decline. At 5:00 pm EDT on ...

Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kizhaber address White House on coal - The Seattle Times (blog)
Mar 28th 2013, 23:37


Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kizhaber address White House on coal
The Seattle Times (blog)
On behalf of FRIENDS of the San Juans, I would like to thank Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber for urging a thorough examination of the greenhouse-gas emissions and other air-quality effects of coal leasing and export in their March 25 ...

Oil, gas regulators under scrutiny in Colorado - Businessweek
Mar 28th 2013, 23:23


kdvr.com

Oil, gas regulators under scrutiny in Colorado
Businessweek
DENVER (AP) — The oil and gas industry is getting unusual scrutiny these days in Colorado, where Democrats in charge of the Legislature are tapping on the pedestal occupied by a business once considered so powerful that lawmakers left it alone.
Fracking chemicals to stay 'trade secrets' RT
Oil and gas drilling review continues in Colorado KXRM
Oil & gas commission conflict of interest measure moves ahead kdvr.com
Aspen Business Journal  - Denver Post  - Northern Colorado 5
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Prince Charles: 'I admired and loved Wangari Maathai' - The Guardian (blog)
Mar 28th 2013, 22:58


The Guardian (blog)

Prince Charles: 'I admired and loved Wangari Maathai'
The Guardian (blog)
They all held their breath: the first Muslim woman Nobel peace prize winner, the daughter of the first African woman winner, the first woman president of Ireland, Prince Charles, ambassadors, peers, the leaders of many of the world's environment and ...

To sell two coal blocks in Africa - Daily News & Analysis
Mar 28th 2013, 22:37


Economic Times

To sell two coal blocks in Africa
Daily News & Analysis
The assets – Eloff and Kendal mines – are with Homeland Energy Group in which GMR owns 55.84% stake. "Homeland Mining and Energy SA Proprietary Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeland Energy Group Ltd, has entered into an agreement to ...
GMR arm Homeland Energy Group divests stake in 2 coal blocks for $50 million Economic Times
GMR-controlled Homeland Energy to sell stake in two South African coal blocks VC Circle
GMR gets rid of 'unviable' coal mine assets in South Africa domain-B
Energy Business Review  - Myiris.com  - DealCurry
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Energy minister John Hayes switches to No 10 role in surprise reshuffle - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 21:11


The Guardian

Energy minister John Hayes switches to No 10 role in surprise reshuffle
The Guardian
Fallon, a hard-headed effective minister, has piloted private member's bills on green energy in the past. He will now have to balance the need to meet public concerns about the costs of green energy, and the need for investment. He has a substantial ...
John Hayes leaves DECC Greenwise Business
Energy minister moved in reshuffle Gulf Times
Breaking: Michael Fallon set to take energy brief at DECC Business Green
The Guardian Blogs (blog)  - Reuters UK  - Financial Times
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Non-nuclear future - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 21:00


Non-nuclear future
The Guardian
I was dismayed by the statement by Professor John Beddington, the government's chief scientific adviser, that a nuclear energy-free future for the UK is not something the coalition is thinking seriously about (Report, 26 March). You quote him as adding ...

Links Logistics Shares, "What is Fracing?"
Mar 28th 2013, 20:43

Hydraulic fracturing or "Fracing" is not a drilling process. Hydraulic fracturing is used after the drilled hole is completed. Fracing is the use of fluid an...
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My Turn: In the name of green energy, ratepayers socked with costly bills - Concord Monitor
Mar 28th 2013, 20:15


G-Online (blog)

My Turn: In the name of green energy, ratepayers socked with costly bills
Concord Monitor
Based on data provided by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, New Hampshire electricity providers paid $47 million in Renewable Energy Credits and alternative compliance payments from 2008 to 2010 and an additional $19 million in ...
Renewable energy generates electricity at an affordable cost Power Engineering Magazine
Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. Collaborates With Providence Energy ... PR Newswire (press release)
Solar homes are better G-Online (blog)
Build.ie  - Wall Street Journal
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Two Independent Oil and Gas Companies With Big Returns and Potential for ... - Minyanville.com
Mar 28th 2013, 20:14


Two Independent Oil and Gas Companies With Big Returns and Potential for ...
Minyanville.com
In the world of oil and gas investing, big names like Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are usually what come to mind, as these mega-companies seem to dominate the industry. There are, however, a small subset of companies that have ...

Cleaning Up the Coal Dust - wnep.com
Mar 28th 2013, 20:09


wnep.com

Cleaning Up the Coal Dust
wnep.com
Police say Dowd crashed into parked vehicles, sending a truck through the building, and the truck carrying 23 tons of coal dust went down an embankment and landed on a van. Car Quest Auto Parts stayed open during all of the chaos. The owners say they ...
Tipped coal truck slams into vehicles, store in Atlas Republican & Herald

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Luallen woos coal miners ahead of governor's race - NewsOK.com
Mar 28th 2013, 20:06


Luallen woos coal miners ahead of governor's race
NewsOK.com
Democrat Crit Luallen, right, shakes hands with members of the United Mine Workers of America in Lexington, Ky., on Thursday, March 28, 2013. Luallen, who is considering a runf or governor in 2015, spoke to the UMWA about the importance of coal and her ...

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Revolutionary Green Energy Storage Technology Issued Australian Patent - AltEnergyMag (press release)
Mar 28th 2013, 19:59


Revolutionary Green Energy Storage Technology Issued Australian Patent
AltEnergyMag (press release)
Revolutionary Green Energy Storage Technology Issued Australian Patent. Visit http://www.texzon.net for further information. Texzon Utilities announces 4th patent for Invention that stores AC power as real AC power, making it the first and only AC battery.

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Training scrutiny on coal trains — Puget Sound Regional Council - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Mar 28th 2013, 19:03


Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Training scrutiny on coal trains — Puget Sound Regional Council
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Puget Sound Regional Council wants to know how a constant stream of mile to mile-and-a-half long coal trains will impact railway congestion, trade and development, property values, land use and employment in the cities, towns and rural areas along ...

OptaSense secures oil and gas pipelines and facilities contract in Middle East ... - Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Mar 28th 2013, 18:29


OptaSense secures oil and gas pipelines and facilities contract in Middle East ...
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
This comes at a time when security issues and the need for asset integrity in the oil and gas industry are extremely high. The project will take delivery of the latest version of the OptaSense system, called V3.0, which in addition to third party ...

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The EPA Must Protect Our Water From Coal Pollution - Huffington Post
Mar 28th 2013, 18:11


Daily Beast

The EPA Must Protect Our Water From Coal Pollution
Huffington Post
Here's a pretty shocking fact: While many of us know that coal-fired power plants create significant air pollution, it turns out they're one of our biggest water polluters, too. In fact, as we've developed technologies that take more toxins like ...
Federal appeals court sides with EPA over emissions at Michigan's largest coal ... Greenfield Daily Reporter
Court: EPA can stop some power plant modifications Fort Worth Star Telegram

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CalPERS throws away pension money on green energy investments - Washington Free Beacon
Mar 28th 2013, 18:07


CalPERS throws away pension money on green energy investments
Washington Free Beacon
A top official with California's public employee pension system admitted this week that its holdings in green energy companies have lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Joseph Dear, the chief investment officer of the California Public Employees ...

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New inexpensive, efficient catalysts offer viable way to store and reuse ... - Phys.Org
Mar 28th 2013, 18:00


New inexpensive, efficient catalysts offer viable way to store and reuse ...
Phys.Org
Their technology opens the door to homeowners and energy companies being able to easily store and reuse solar and wind power. Such energy is clean and renewable, but it's available only when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. The research by ...

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Learning from Germany's Renewable Energy Transition - Energy Collective
Mar 28th 2013, 17:15


Learning from Germany's Renewable Energy Transition
Energy Collective
Ever since the Fukushima catastrophe two years ago, Germans have redoubled their efforts to phase out of nuclear energy and fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy — called the "Energiewende" (energy transition) that began in 2000. Minister Altmaier ...

Hydraulic fracturing without the hydro makes headway - Wichita Business Journal (blog)
Mar 28th 2013, 17:00


Hydraulic fracturing without the hydro makes headway
Wichita Business Journal (blog)
The Texas Tribune reports hydraulic fracturing typically involves using several million gallons of water, along with sand and chemicals, to blast apart rock that encases oil or gas. But securing enough water can be a challenge. The new method uses a ...
U.S. EPA announces peer review panel for hydraulic fracturing study Lexology (registration)

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UK's CO2 emissions up 4.5% in 2012 - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 16:49


The Guardian

UK's CO2 emissions up 4.5% in 2012
The Guardian
The Scottish government is under intensifying pressure from environment and climate campaigners to improve its CO2 emissions reduction and climate strategies, after admitting it had failed to meet its 2010 reduction target. The UK's official committee ...

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Horizontal Shale Drilling Natural Gas — International Versions by John Perez
Mar 28th 2013, 16:29

Horizontal Shale Drilling Natural Gas -- English, Polish, Italian, German, French, Spanish by John Perez This animation describes portions of the horizontal ...
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Guest Commentary: Are We Up to the Challenge of Green Energy? - Falls Church News Press
Mar 28th 2013, 16:16


Living Green Magazine

Guest Commentary: Are We Up to the Challenge of Green Energy?
Falls Church News Press
The largest source of climate-affecting greenhouse gas emissions comes from energy made from burning fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil. Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, avoid most greenhouse gas emissions. However ...
An Introduction to Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) Living Green Magazine

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UPDATE: Connacher Oil and Gas Announces Year End Results; Shares Rise ... - NASDAQ
Mar 28th 2013, 16:00


UPDATE: Connacher Oil and Gas Announces Year End Results; Shares Rise ...
NASDAQ
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited (CLL.TO) released its financial and operating results for 2012. Connacher faced a considerable number of challenges during 2012. A curtailed capital program imposed by budgetary constraints caused the company to focus its ...

Paradigm Oil and Gas, Inc. closes transaction to combine assets with Energy ... - PR Newswire (press release)
Mar 28th 2013, 15:36


Scottish Daily Record

Paradigm Oil and Gas, Inc. closes transaction to combine assets with Energy ...
PR Newswire (press release)
DALLAS, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- (OTC PINK: PDGO) and (OTC PINK: ERAO) Vince Vellardita , President of Paradigm Oil and Gas Inc. announced today that Paradigm Oil & Gas and Energy Revenue America signed a definitive agreement to merge ...
Oil and gas have central role to play in Britain's energy needs for 'decades ... Scottish Daily Record
UK Government Seeks to Retrain Ex-Soldiers for Oil and Gas Industry Fox Business
New UK Oil, Gas Strategy to Secure Thousands of Jobs Rigzone
Fresh Business Thinking  - HRmagazine.co.uk  - Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
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Pesticide makers propose plan to help bees - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 15:33


The Guardian

Pesticide makers propose plan to help bees
The Guardian
Syngenta and Bayer, top producers of the pesticides blamed for a sharp fall in bee populations around the world, have proposed a plan to support bee health to try to forestall a European Union ban on the products. EU governments failed this month to ...

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Environment minister: Israel should keep its natural gas - Haaretz
Mar 28th 2013, 14:44


Haaretz

Environment minister: Israel should keep its natural gas
Haaretz
Environment minister: Israel should keep its natural gas. In first speech since being appointed, Amir Peretz calls for extreme caution before approving export of Israel's precious national resource. By Itai Trilnick | Mar.28, 2013 | 3:59 PM | 2 ...

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Poll: Green energy popular, partisan split on oil - The Hill (blog)
Mar 28th 2013, 14:24


Poll: Green energy popular, partisan split on oil
The Hill (blog)
"Those living in the South tend to be more supportive of traditional energy sources such as oil and coal than are those in other regions. Still, for Americans in every region, including the South, solar power is the top choice, or is tied for the top ...

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India could be world number 4 in coal bed methane - Economic Times
Mar 28th 2013, 13:55


Economic Times

India could be world number 4 in coal bed methane
Economic Times
The gas is fed to their doorsteps through GEECL's proprietary pipelines from rich virgin coal deposits less than 60 kilometres away. The selling point? It's half the price of furnace oil and other liquid oil fuels, still the second most important ...

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German village offers a blueprint for green energy - Christian Science Monitor
Mar 28th 2013, 13:26


Christian Science Monitor

German village offers a blueprint for green energy
Christian Science Monitor
Nations as diverse as North Korea and the United States have sent delegations to visit a tiny village in former East Germany to see how it has transformed the way it uses energy. Skip to next paragraph ...

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The Untold Story - Fracking Hell
Mar 28th 2013, 12:35

Watch more Earth Focus at http://www.linktv.org/earthfocus An original investigative report by Earth Focus and UK's Ecologist Film Unit looks at the risks of...
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Leaving King Coal Breathless - Forbes
Mar 28th 2013, 12:08


World Resources Institute

Leaving King Coal Breathless
Forbes
King Coal's rule is coming to end. But should its status as an energy leader be preserved or should it be tossed aside? It's a question now getting pursued by key Democratic U.S. Senators who say that the latest federal pronouncement would bury the ...
New Data Reveals Rising Coal Use World Resources Institute
UK's CO2 emissions up 4.5% in 2012 The Guardian
UK greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2012 - DECC Carbon Brief (blog)
U.S. News & World Report  - National Review Online (blog)  - Science Codex
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John Hayes move follows public rows at troubled energy department - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 11:56


The Guardian

John Hayes move follows public rows at troubled energy department
The Guardian
The Lib Dems are desperate to hang on to their green credentials, one of the few areas in which they lead all the main parties in public opinion, while a significant section of backbench Tory MPs loathe what they see as ludicrously expensive ...

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California bill may place moratorium on hydraulic fracturing permits - Lexology (registration)
Mar 28th 2013, 11:36


California bill may place moratorium on hydraulic fracturing permits
Lexology (registration)
On March 11, 2013, California State Senator Fran Pavley (D – Agoura Hills) introduced an amendment to Senate Bill 4, which the Senator herself had introduced on December 3, 2012, to further regulate hydraulic fracturing in California. Among other ...

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Samsung to hire environment experts after gas leak - ZDNet
Mar 28th 2013, 10:32


Samsung to hire environment experts after gas leak
ZDNet
Samsung to hire environment experts after gas leak. Summary: Company's sixteen technology affiliates to hire 150 professionals to improve safety in manufacturing facilities, the first time the group announced plans to recruit staff in the environmental ...

Call for 'green badges' and free parking - The Guardian
Mar 28th 2013, 09:41


Call for 'green badges' and free parking
The Guardian
The Guardian home. The Guardian, Environment, User comments. News · Sport · Comment · Culture · Business · Money · Life & style · Travel · Environment · Tech · TV · Video · Dating · Offers · Jobs · Environment · Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars ...

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EPA panel to probe hydraulic fracturing - Electric Light & Power
Mar 28th 2013, 08:24


Mother Nature Network

EPA panel to probe hydraulic fracturing
Electric Light & Power
The U.S. Environmental Protection agency has formed a research advisory panel to examine the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water. Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe said an independent science advisory board will peer ...
EPA Advisory Board Forms Panel to Peer Review Hydraulic Fracturing Rigzone
New panel to advise EPA on 'fracking' The Hill (blog)
EPA's Science Advisory Board Announces Independent Panel to Peer Review ... YubaNet (press release)
Central Valley Business Times  - ICIS (subscription)  - Oil & Gas Journal
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Coal tar industry fights bans on sealants - Chicago Tribune
Mar 28th 2013, 04:44


Chicago Tribune

Coal tar industry fights bans on sealants
Chicago Tribune
When officials in suburban Des Plaines read about the hazards of spreading cancer-causing coal tar on playgrounds, parking lots and driveways, they moved to join other communities across the nation that have banned pavement sealants made with the ...
Proximity to Coal-Tar-Sealed Pavement Raises Risk of Cancer, Study Finds Science Daily (press release)
Proximity To Parking Lots And Sealed Pavements Linked With Elevated Cancer ... Nature World News

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Experts to spread renewable energy word in Nicaragua - Sustainable Business Oregon
Mar 28th 2013, 02:12


Experts to spread renewable energy word in Nicaragua
Sustainable Business Oregon
Several Portland renewable energy pros are heading to Nicaragua to install solar panels and spread the sustainability gospel abroad. The team, which includes representatives of Portland General Electric and Sunlight Solar Energy, is working with the ...

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Search out information on hydraulic fracturing - ReporterHerald.com
Mar 28th 2013, 02:09


Search out information on hydraulic fracturing
ReporterHerald.com
But when the gas comes from fracturing bedrock with about 5 million gallons of toxic water per well, the word "clean" is no more. Don't be fooled. Fracking for shale gas is in truth dirty energy. It inevitably leaks toxic chemicals into the soil, air ...

Different Kind Of Boom: Replacing Extracted Oil And Gas With Toxic Wastewater ... - ThinkProgress
Mar 27th 2013, 21:07


ThinkProgress

Different Kind Of Boom: Replacing Extracted Oil And Gas With Toxic Wastewater ...
ThinkProgress
It's becoming increasingly clear that oil and gas extraction processes are actually weakening the structural integrity of the Earth's crust just enough to cause more frequent earthquakes, in places not used to them. Oklahoma, for instance, is not known ...
Oklahoma is at the Epicenter of a Debate About Industry and Earthquakes StateImpact Oklahoma
Oil Addiction, Not Fracking, Caused the 2011 Oklahoma Earthquakes Yahoo! News (blog)
Study: Wastewater Injection Caused Oklahoma's Largest-Ever Earthquake Popular Science
Gas Business Briefing  - Energy Tribune
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Commission eases rules to encourage water recycling - FuelFix (blog)
Mar 27th 2013, 15:26


FuelFix (blog)

Commission eases rules to encourage water recycling
FuelFix (blog)
In an acknowledgement of growing public concern about water use in hydraulic fracturing, the Texas Railroad Commission this week adopted rules that commissioners said would encourage recycling and reduce the use of fresh water. The commission voted ...
Texas Railroad Commission streamlines water recycling in the oil patch Houston Business Journal
As Fracking Proliferates, So Do Wastewater Wells New York Times

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