Oil-and-gas lobby talks biofuel rule with White House, EPA, senior lawmakers The Hill (blog) The head of a powerful oil industry lobbying group met with top White House officials and senior lawmakers Wednesday about stripping a federal biofuel rule. "We're talking about the renewable fuel standard (RFS). It's a hot topic," American Petroleum ...
Pioneering Soil Researcher Wins Top Environment Prize Voice of America She calls the biodiversity of the soil ecosystem "the missing link" in our effort to protect the world's environment. "Climate change, for example, the Framework Convention to Combat Climate Change, as well as desertification, loss of biodiversity…all ...
In low doses, hydrogen sulfide, a substance implicated in several mass extinctions, could greatly enhance plant growth, leading to a sharp increase in global food supplies and plentiful stock for biofuel production, new research shows.
Kevin Bullis Coal Grows Faster than Solar Power Kevin Bullis MIT Technology Review In comparison, coal only grew by 6 percent over the last two years. But because the total installed capacity of coal power was already huge, the amount of coal capacity added was much larger than that of solar and wind power. Even the increase in ...
Panamax Ship Rates Advance as Coal and Grain Cargoes Seen Rising Businessweek Rates for Panamax vessels shipping grains and coal rose for a sixth session, amid speculation that demand to haul both cargoes is increasing. Earnings from the ships, hauling about 75,000 metric tons of cargo, rose 2.1 percent to $9,326 a day ...
Green Country Business Announces New Renewable Energy Program News On 6 Bringing a new meaning to the adage, "One man's trash is another man's treasure," a Green Country business announced a program Wednesday that will turn refuse into power. The company is called American Environmental Landfill. It works to exceed state ...
Lebanon Pins Economic Hopes on Oil and Gas New York Times Published: April 17, 2013. BEIRUT — As Lebanon prepares to move toward exploring and developing its potential offshore oil and gas resources, the prospect is being dangled that hydrocarbon revenues could fix many of its problems. World Twitter Logo.
How GE is boosting its oil and gas portfolio Christian Science Monitor (blog) General Electric (NYSE: GE) has announced plans to expand its oil and gas business by acquiring Lufkin Industries (LUFK) in a $3.3 billion deal that boost its market share for oil and gas equipment and strengthen its turbo-machinery supply chain. These 3 Undervalued Oil Stocks Have Takeover Potential Seeking Alpha
Michigan State University, Jackson manufacturer teaming up for green energy... The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com JACKSON, MI – Michigan State University is teaming up with a Jackson manufacturer that specializes in energy-efficient lighting on a forum about energy and sustainability Thursday, April 18. Brandon Marken, vice president of sales for Full Spectrum ...
Mecklenburg 10th-highest in green energy investments Charlotte Observer The reports have been rolled out as North Carolina legislators debate a bill that would repeal or freeze the state's renewable-energy portfolio standard, which says green energy or energy efficiency has to equal 12.5 percent of utilities' sales by 2021 ...
Why can't we quit fossil fuels? The Guardian We have far more oil, coal and gas than we can safely burn. For all the millions of words written about climate change, the challenge really comes down to this: fuel is enormously useful, massively valuable and hugely important geopolitically, but ...
Breitling Oil and Gas CEO to Address The South Dakota School of Mines and ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com DALLAS, April 17, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent exploration and production company based in Irving, Texas, will address the students at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology on April 17, 2013 in ...
China Overtakes US to Lead Green Energy Investments Yahoo! Finance (blog) Investment in clean energy, like global economic growth, is shifting from West to East, with China leading the pack. China accounts for 30% of the world's investment in green energy, outspending the U.S.—the number two market for green energy-- by ...
As China Addresses Its 'Airpocalypse,' Coal Exporters Fear Loss Of Another Market ThinkProgress Burning coal is a leading cause of air pollution in China, coal fired power plants release dangerous pollutants such as SO2, NOx and particulate matter that contributes to PM2.5 pollution. Of course, burning coal is also a major source of the carbon ...
Dialogues on the Environment: Q&A With Gretchen Daily Huffington Post Since joining The Nature Conservancy, and over the course of writing Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature, I've been fortunate to benefit from the perspectives and advice of many leaders of the environmental community.
Renewable energy experts say drop in investment isn't cause for alarm NJBIZ Fliss said renewable energy will need government support, but New Jersey has more pressing priorities, including repairing damage related to Hurricane Sandy. Fliss said he believes the industry will grow long term as a recovering economy generates new ...
Lender ups EnerJex's borrowing base for new oil-and-gas development San Antonio Business Journal (blog) Texas Capital Bank decided to increase the amount EnerJex can borrow because the oil-and-gas company has been able to successfully increase the quantity and value of EnerJex's producing oil reserves. Currently, EnerJex has $11 million drawn under this ...
Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries worldwide, study shows The Guardian Severe land degradation is now affecting 168 countries across the world, according to new research released by the UN Desertification Convention (UNCCD). The figure, based on submissions from countries to the UN, is a marked increase on the last ...
Help us document the UK's delayed spring The Guardian (blog) Guardian iPhone · iPad edition · Kindle · Guardian Weekly · Digital edition · The Guardian home. The Guardian, Environment, User comments. News · US · World · Sports · Comment · Culture · Business · Money · Environment · Science · Travel · Tech · Media ...
British children 'deeply concerned' about the impact of climate change The Guardian Almost 100 leading environmental figures, including the broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, also intervened this week. "Education on the environment would start three years later than at present and all existing references to care and protection would ...
$600-million price tag projected for Villaraigosa's coal plan Los Angeles Times Undated file photo of the huge coal-fired Intermountain Power Project in Delta, Utah, that is the single biggest supplier of electric power for Los Angeles. The plant opened in 1986. (L.A. Dept. of Water & Power / November 7, 1997) ...
CSX Switches Coal For Shale Oil And Gas, Tops Profit Estimate And Raises ... Forbes CSX, the large railroad transportation company, posted first quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, beating profit and revenue estimates despite a weak coal market. The company increased its dividend and introduced a new share buyback program, ...
MSSNY Continues its Support of Moratorium on High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing ReadMedia (press release) WESTBURY, NY (04/16/2013)(readMedia)-- The Medical Society of the State of New York continued to support a moratorium on high volume hydraulic fracturing at its House of Delegates, held in Tarrytown, NY April 12-14th. MSSNY also adopted other ...
Why it's time to end China-bashing on the environment Observer The major impact that international summits and treaties have had on China's environmental governance is often overlooked. Environmental protection first emerged as an issue in China in 1972, after the country dispatched a delegation to the UN ...
SRC receives hefty rebate for green energy Daily Sundial Solar tubes line the rooftop of the SRC producing about 10 percent of the energy needed to run the building. The tubes feed sunlight to the interior of the building. Sensors are installed along the walkways facing the windows that measure available ...
Ellingson: Hydraulic fracturing can hurt water quality Iowa State Daily Hydraulic fracturing is defined as the process of injecting over a million gallons of pressurized water, sand, and chemicals thousands of feet into the ground to break up the rock and release the gas and oil trapped within them. This maximizes the ...
A closer look at hydraulic fracturing in the West Newser In this March 29, 2013, photo, a worker uses a dipstick to check water levels and temperatures in a series of tanks for a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. gas drilling... (Associated Press) ...
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