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Democrats won't try to boost local oil and gas control this year - Denver Business Journal (blog)
Apr 20th 2013, 01:13


Democrats won't try to boost local oil and gas control this year
Denver Business Journal (blog)
Democrats in the Colorado Legislature won't offer a bill this year to give more control over oil and gas drilling to local governments, a top legislative leader said shortly before the House voted Friday to pass two more measures to increase regulation ...
Local Drilling Fees Clear Colorado House CBS Local

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CEO Pay Watch: Michael Reger of Northern Oil and Gas - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Apr 20th 2013, 00:36


Minneapolis Star Tribune

CEO Pay Watch: Michael Reger of Northern Oil and Gas
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Note: On Jan. 1, 2011, Reger requested, instead of a salary, to be compensated primarily in restricted stock. For 2012, Reger was granted 42,000 shares of the company instead of a salary. Reger is still eligible for an annual bonus that is paid in cash ...

Will Arch Coal Finally Rebound This Quarter? - Motley Fool
Apr 19th 2013, 23:45


Will Arch Coal Finally Rebound This Quarter?
Motley Fool
Next Tuesday, Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI ) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to ...
Forbes Earnings Preview: Arch Coal Forbes
BPZ Resources Inc. (NYSE:BPZ) surges by 7.50%, Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE:ACI) NIS
Small Cap Alert on (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Arch Coal Inc, EXACT ... Techsonian (press release)

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Video: Your chance to enter Yorkshire's Environment Awards for 2013 - Yorkshire Post
Apr 19th 2013, 23:03


Yorkshire Post

Video: Your chance to enter Yorkshire's Environment Awards for 2013
Yorkshire Post
Entries are being invited from firms, schools, community groups and individuals committed to improving their local environment and thinking innovatively to reduce their carbon footprint and tackle climate change. Enter the Awards now. The editor of the ...

Vanderbilt makes switch from coal power to natural gas - Vanderbilt University News
Apr 19th 2013, 22:32


Vanderbilt makes switch from coal power to natural gas
Vanderbilt University News
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt University will replace its coal-fired co-generation facility, converting it to burn natural gas to meet the power needs of the university and medical center. The university's Board of Trust voted to approve the project ...

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Coal power: Good or evil? Industry a boon to state's economy - Great Falls Tribune
Apr 19th 2013, 22:17


Coal power: Good or evil? Industry a boon to state's economy
Great Falls Tribune
As the coal debate heats up on the West Coast, our state is left hoping and waiting for the approval of five proposed coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest. Our state economy is closely connected with the coal industry — keenly feeling the ...
Washington leaders to announce anti-coal coalition on Monday, April 22 Ballard News Tribune

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Spring reckoning among the cedars - The Guardian
Apr 19th 2013, 21:35


Spring reckoning among the cedars
The Guardian
Over great swathes of the country, last autumn the acorn crop failed completely. In oak woods from Suffolk to Shropshire, I saw trees without a single ripe nut between them. Only the shrivelled husks of acorns blighted in the bud by gall wasps had ...

CMU among top green energy users in US - Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 20:47


CMU among top green energy users in US
Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
Carnegie Mellon University is 44th in the top 50 green energy users in the country, and fourth among all colleges and universities. In 2012, CMU got 100 percent of its energy (and it uses about 116 million kilowatt hours annually) from renewable energy ...

Reassess impact of Gundia project on environment, government told - The Hindu
Apr 19th 2013, 20:33


The Hindu

Reassess impact of Gundia project on environment, government told
The Hindu
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) constituted high-level working group (HLWG) headed by Planning Commission member K. Kasturirangan has said that the government should reassess the impact that the Gundia hydroelectric power project ...

Scottish Coal cuts 600 jobs at mines in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife - The Guardian
Apr 19th 2013, 19:18


The Guardian

Scottish Coal cuts 600 jobs at mines in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Fife
The Guardian
"In light of Scottish Coal's poor trading and financial position, we have had to cease trading with immediate effect," said Blair Nimmo, joint provisional liquidator and head of restructuring at KPMG in Scotland. "It is extremely regrettable that we ...
Last Scottish-owned coal-mining company folds Scotsman
Scottish Coal cuts almost 600 jobs as company goes into liquidation Scottish Daily Record
Nearly 600 jobs to be shed as Scottish Coal goes into liquidation stv.tv
The Times (subscription)  - BBC News  - Carluke Gazette
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Google wants big companies to pay for the privilege of using green energy - Quartz
Apr 19th 2013, 19:14


Quartz

Google wants big companies to pay for the privilege of using green energy
Quartz
Green energy owes much of its rapid growth in the US over the past decade to state laws requiring utilities to obtain a share of the electricity they sell from wind, solar and other carbon-free sources. Now Google wants environmentally-minded but ...
Google Asks Utilities To Make It Easier For Companies To Buy Renewable ... TechCrunch
Google Sees Renewable Energy Tariffs as New Utility Product Bloomberg
Google shakes up utilities with call for green power rate MarketWatch (blog)
The Next Web  - Wired (blog)  - Register
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Meet the New Erin Brockovich: Chicago's Kim Wasserman Is Shutting Down ... - Glamour (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 19:05


WBEZ (blog)

Meet the New Erin Brockovich: Chicago's Kim Wasserman Is Shutting Down ...
Glamour (blog)
What would you do if you thought the town where you were raising your family (and where two of the nation's oldest and dirtiest coal plants also lived) was making them sick? Would you, at just 21 years old, go knocking on doors, galvanizing community ...
Q&A: Kim Wasserman, Little Village's coal crusader WBEZ (blog)

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FRACKING -- Dangerous Contamination -- Bob and Lisa Parr's Story
Apr 19th 2013, 18:28

Fracking is short for hydraulic fracturing. It's an extremely water-intensive process where millions of gallons of fluid -- typically a mix of water, sand, a...
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Study: Fracked gas far more climate-friendly than coal - The Hill (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 17:44


Study: Fracked gas far more climate-friendly than coal
The Hill (blog)
"We conclude that substantial [greenhouse gas] reductions and freshwater savings may result from the replacement of coal-fired power generation with gas-fired power generation," states the study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.

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B.C. Liberals offer energy dividend as plum for oil and gas development - globalnews.ca
Apr 19th 2013, 17:37


globalnews.ca

B.C. Liberals offer energy dividend as plum for oil and gas development
globalnews.ca
The B.C. Liberal leader is campaigning in Terrace and Prince Rupert today and is proposing a type of dividend for the area out of the planned Liquefied Natural Gas Prosperity Fund. Clark told a crowd in Terrace today the funds would help the ...
BC Election 2013: Christy Clark Offers Energy Dividend For Oil And Gas ... Huffington Post Canada
Clark campaigns in oil and gas region - Canada.com Canada.com

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Religion and the Environment - PBS
Apr 19th 2013, 17:18


PBS

Religion and the Environment
PBS
LUCKY SEVERSON: This would have been an unlikely occurrence only a few years ago: 80 clergy and lay leaders from a broad range of religions across the U.S., converging on Capitol Hill to lobby Congress about climate change and protecting the ...

DOE clears Semirara's Antique coal project - Philippine Star
Apr 19th 2013, 16:17


DOE clears Semirara's Antique coal project
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Energy (DOE) has given Consunji-owned Semirara Mining Corp. the clearance to proceed with its coal production activities at the North Panian area in Antique but cautioned the company to maintain preventive safety ...

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Pooling coal prices may lead to power tariff revision: Montek - Economic Times
Apr 19th 2013, 16:01


Pooling coal prices may lead to power tariff revision: Montek
Economic Times
"Absolutely (for increasing tariffs). You know if you don't produce enough of your own coal and you are going to buy imported coal, imported coal is more than twice expensive than domestic coal, somebody has to pay the price," he said when asked ...

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UPDATE: Quattro Exploration Closes Acquisition of Oil and Gas Production in ... - NASDAQ
Apr 19th 2013, 15:53


UPDATE: Quattro Exploration Closes Acquisition of Oil and Gas Production in ...
NASDAQ
Quattro Exploration And Production Ltd. (QXP.V) has entered into an arms-length agreement with a private Alberta-based oil and gas exploration and production company to acquire certain oil and gas interests in eastern Alberta. The acquisition is ...

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90% Of Green Energy Stocks Will Go Bankrupt ... So Buy The Sector? - Seeking Alpha
Apr 19th 2013, 14:26


fox5sandiego.com

90% Of Green Energy Stocks Will Go Bankrupt ... So Buy The Sector?
Seeking Alpha
In my opinion, China is using this "green energy" effort as a smoke screen to hide what is really happening. They are expanding their industrial base and energy production through politically incorrect coal. China literally gets paid to use wind and ...
SDG&E signs with 5 green energy producers fox5sandiego.com
Green Energy UK Direct plans 10MW solar park in Canterbury Solar Power Portal
This Week in Energy News for April 19, 2013 - Jetson Green Jetson Green
San Jose Inside (blog)  - Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine  - PR Web (press release)
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Water plan threatens taxpayers and the environment - Human Events
Apr 19th 2013, 14:14


Human Events

Water plan threatens taxpayers and the environment
Human Events
SACRAMENTO – In Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov," a priest recalls the words of a man who confessed: "The more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular." We can all think of people like that – folks of varied political ...

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Legal perspectives: The 'Right to Know Rules' – What the oil and gas industry ... - Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
Apr 19th 2013, 14:11


Legal perspectives: The 'Right to Know Rules' – What the oil and gas industry ...
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
Many ways exist for the government to dictate activities and behaviors of businesses in the oil and gas industry. Statutory guidelines created by Congress and regulations coming from federal government agencies are plentiful, while some even come from ...

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Winner announced in World Environment Day blogging contest - Treehugger (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 13:57


Treehugger (blog)

Winner announced in World Environment Day blogging contest
Treehugger (blog)
From 100+ to one, the field has been narrowed and Charles Akhimien, a 24-year-old doctor and environmentalist from Nigeria, has won the 2013 World Environment Day Blogging Contest! Akhimien will join TreeHugger and members of the United Nations ...
Nigerian Doctor and Writer Wins World Environment Day Blogging Contest AllAfrica.com

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Natural Gas: Better than Coal - Daily Beast
Apr 19th 2013, 13:24


Daily Beast

Natural Gas: Better than Coal
Daily Beast
These rapid U.S. declines may be short-lived, as natural-gas prices rise and utilities increase coal consumption. "Our coal-fired generation has certainly picked up" in recent months, says Nick Akins, chief executive of Ohio-based American Electric ...
The fast-growing energy source set to replace oil: Yes, it's COAL Register
Renewables Can't Keep Up with the Growth in Coal Use Worldwide MIT Technology Review
Cleaning Coal May be Possible energybiz
Power Engineering Magazine  - CoalGuru.com  - The Guardian
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NTPC-CIL spat: CEA coal supply status unavailable since Mar 21 - Economic Times
Apr 19th 2013, 12:47


Economic Times

NTPC-CIL spat: CEA coal supply status unavailable since Mar 21
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Central Electricity Authority has not published daily coal stock position since March 21, including the period in which NTPC and CIL had locked horns over supply issue. The CEA, techno-economic clearance body of the power sector, has ...
Coal India lines up investment plans worth Rs 5000 crore for FY14 NDTV
Coal discomfort for Mahagenco, but you may pay the price Daily News & Analysis
Coal India plans to recover reserves from underground mines - News Track India Newstrack India
Calcutta Telegraph  - Hindu Business Line  - Moneycontrol.com
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VIASPACE Green Energy Reports Financial Results for 2012 - PR Newswire (press release)
Apr 19th 2013, 11:31


VIASPACE Green Energy Reports Financial Results for 2012
PR Newswire (press release)
MARIETTA, Ga., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTCQB: VGREF) today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for 2012 was filed with the Securities and ...

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Yingli Green Energy Achieves Outstanding Performance in PHOTON Module ... - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Apr 19th 2013, 11:02


Yingli Green Energy Achieves Outstanding Performance in PHOTON Module ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
BAODING, China, April 19, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ...

Raghuram Rajan appointed member of panel for enhancing oil and gas output - Economic Times
Apr 19th 2013, 10:33


Economic Times

Raghuram Rajan appointed member of panel for enhancing oil and gas output
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily has appointed Raghuram Rajan, the chief economic adviser in Finance Ministry as member to a panel headed by economist Vijay Kelkar which is preparing roadmap for enhancing domestic oil and gas production.

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Ex-Environment Minister 'Surprised' With Renault Board Nod - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 10:28


Wall Street Journal (blog)

Ex-Environment Minister 'Surprised' With Renault Board Nod
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Asked in an interview at her office at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters Thursday whether her background as environment minister had been a factor in Renault's choice, Ms. Koike said, "From Renault's perspective that probably had the highest ...

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Unlocking tightly trapped gas and oil
Apr 19th 2013, 09:28

Natural gas, the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, is vital to the energy mix. Hydraulic fracturing technology can help unlock new gas resources safely and respo...
From: Shell
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Climate fight needs businesses to sway consumers, says Method pioneer - Observer
Apr 19th 2013, 09:23


Climate fight needs businesses to sway consumers, says Method pioneer
Observer
Eric Ryan, who launched Method with Adam Lowry 12 years ago before selling it to create a group with combined revenues of $200m (£131m) and around 300 staff, told the Guardian that governments were still not doing enough to tackle environmental ...

Hydraulic Fracturing Data Collection Tools Improve Environmental Reporting ... - Water World
Apr 19th 2013, 08:41


Hydraulic Fracturing Data Collection Tools Improve Environmental Reporting ...
Water World
The RBDMS hydraulic fracturing module is used by state regulators to more efficiently track and analyze reports about well completions and fracturing, including the casing and cementing profiles, the quantity and quality of water used for fracturing ...

Sponsor throttles back bill setting oil and gas fees - Denver Business Journal (blog)
Apr 19th 2013, 08:29


Sponsor throttles back bill setting oil and gas fees
Denver Business Journal (blog)
In addition to complaining about the financial burden it placed on the industry, oil and gas companies warned that the bill set up a maze of potential conflicts if cities were to hire inspectors to try to enforce state rules already enforced by the COGCC.

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Fossil fuels and vested interests: a society in denial - Observer
Apr 19th 2013, 06:24


Observer

Fossil fuels and vested interests: a society in denial
Observer
The report released by Lord Stern and thinktank Carbon Tracker paints a picture of society in denial. It shows we're pumping almost $700bn (£458bn) of hard-earned savings and pensions annually into finding new reserves of fossil fuels, even though it's ...
Climate change, pension funds and the big six energy companies The Guardian
Firms 'own unburnable fossil fuels' BBC News

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Starbucks introduces reusable cups - Observer
Apr 19th 2013, 05:54


Observer

Starbucks introduces reusable cups
Observer
Ian Cranna, vice-president of UK marketing for Starbucks, said: "We know that our customers really care about saving money and doing their bit for the environment; between 2008 and 2012 the number of people using a Starbucks reusable tumbler increased ...

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Hydraulic fracturing discussion is April 26 - The Southern Illinoisan - The Southern
Apr 19th 2013, 04:03


Hydraulic fracturing discussion is April 26 - The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern
Organizers say the forum will provide a full spectrum of information on issues involved in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The forum is particularly pertinent to local officials, area residents and students as the legislation is currently under ...

Fracking Tax Pushed in Pennsylvania Green-Energy Governor Quest - Bloomberg
Apr 18th 2013, 21:16


Fracking Tax Pushed in Pennsylvania Green-Energy Governor Quest
Bloomberg
There's something that sets Hanger apart, though: He's running as a green energy evangelist. An incumbent governor has never lost a re-election bid in Pennsylvania, where there's a two-term limit, but Hanger and other Democrats sense an unprecedented ...

Battery low? Give your mobile some water
Apr 18th 2013, 13:48

A power source for your mobile phone can now be as close as the nearest tap, stream, or even a puddle, with the world's first water-activated charging device.

Bad News: There's Less Being Spent on Green Energy. Good News: There's ... - National Journal
Apr 18th 2013, 04:15


Bad News: There's Less Being Spent on Green Energy. Good News: There's ...
National Journal
It'll come as no surprise that global investment in clean energy fell last year. Quarterly numbers had foreshadowed that investors and governments were retreating from big green bets. But here's the twist: Though investment dropped 11%, to $269 billion ...

Report: Green energy growth not enough to curb climate change - Daily Caller
Apr 18th 2013, 03:16


Daily Caller

Report: Green energy growth not enough to curb climate change
Daily Caller
Despite the explosion of government support for renewable energy development worldwide, the pace has been too slow to meet international climate change goals. The International Energy Agency reports that average carbon emissions per unit of energy ...
Green energy risks take centre stage at Lloyd's event Lloyd's List
All-island renewable energy event zeros in on insurance and investing Siliconrepublic.com

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