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Huppke: With Earth Day interest cooling, perhaps climate isn't far behind - Chicago Tribune
Apr 23rd 2013, 01:05


Huppke: With Earth Day interest cooling, perhaps climate isn't far behind
Chicago Tribune
A survey released Monday by The Huffington Post found that since Earth Day's creation in the early 1970s, the percentage of Americans who consider it "very important" to restore our natural environment has dropped from 63 percent to 39 percent. Because ...

OU ranks first in Big Twelve for green energy consumption - Oklahoma Daily
Apr 23rd 2013, 00:33


OU ranks first in Big Twelve for green energy consumption
Oklahoma Daily
OU used more green power than any other school in the Big 12 conference this year, using about 85 percent of the school's annual electricity costs through green power. Green power is electricity produced from "environmentally preferable renewable ...

Earth Day 2013: How Has President Obama Fared On The Environment? - International Business Times
Apr 23rd 2013, 00:33


International Business Times

Earth Day 2013: How Has President Obama Fared On The Environment?
International Business Times
The president campaigned in 2008 on a number of promises to protect the environment and to help mitigate (even reverse) climate change, and his tenure has been marked by disastrous storms, droughts and wildfires, the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil calamity ...
Survey Finds Majority Backs Keystone Pipeline Wall Street Journal
Can Keystone XL Befriend the Environment? The Globalist
EPA releases harsh review of Keystone XL environmental report Los Angeles Times
The Vancouver Observer
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Children's book publisher is also a green energy geek - USA Today - USA TODAY
Apr 23rd 2013, 00:07


Children's book publisher is also a green energy geek - USA Today
USA TODAY
Children's book publisher is also a green energy geek. The founder of a children's book publishing company is a self-described green energy geek. He uses solar panels on the roof of his building and also drives a fully electric car. Post to Facebook ...

Has North Sea oil and gas kept the UK afloat? - BBC News
Apr 22nd 2013, 23:27


BBC News

Has North Sea oil and gas kept the UK afloat?
BBC News
... be made available later this week, with questions being asked about whether growth in national output has managed to get out of negative territory. One of the factors to have affected growth figures in recent years is the production of North Sea ...

Adelaide GPS tracking software company Securatrak eyes oil and gas ... - Adelaide Now
Apr 22nd 2013, 23:15


Adelaide GPS tracking software company Securatrak eyes oil and gas ...
Adelaide Now
SECURATRAK is on track to double its revenue for the financial year as the Adelaide-based fleet telematics company rides the wave of oil and gas exploration and development across Australia. The company, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, ...

Oil and gas drilling gets under way - Stuff.co.nz
Apr 22nd 2013, 23:12


3News NZ

Oil and gas drilling gets under way
Stuff.co.nz
Drilling has started at an oil and gas exploration well near Dannevirke. Tag Oil said it started drilling the Ngapaeruru-1 well, at 4:30am Monday morning. It is the first well targeting the Waipawa Black Shale and Whangai source rock formations at an ...
TAG Oil Targets Unconventional Discoveries with First Oil and Gas Exploration ... PR Newswire (press release)
TAG Oil begins drilling east coast well 3News NZ

all 5 news articles »

Cities, tribes: No coal port, no coal trains here - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 23:08


Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Cities, tribes: No coal port, no coal trains here
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, oft-faulted for a go-it-alone governing style, became a coalition builder Monday, joining with other city officials and Indian tribes in a new organization designed to build opposition to location of big coal export terminals ...
Seattle mayor, tribal leaders oppose coal trains The Seattle Times
City, tribal leaders form group to opposing coal trains KIRO Seattle
Cities and tribes team up to fight coal trains The Spokesman Review
Northwest Public Radio  - MyNorthwest.com
all 8 news articles »

Earth Day in the USA: 2013 - Environment News Service
Apr 22nd 2013, 23:00


Environment News Service

Earth Day in the USA: 2013
Environment News Service
"Today, America is sending less carbon pollution into the environment than we have in nearly 20 years," said Obama. "But we owe it to our children to do more. That is why I have called on the Congress to pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to ...
Oregon farmers, ranchers adapt to environment and climate as they celebrate ... OregonLive.com
Earth Day: Markets clean the environment - New Hampshire Watchdog New Hampshire Watchdog
Earth Day: Protect Environment, Save Earth - News Track India Newstrack India
Medical Daily  - CANOE  - Kansas City infoZine
all 135 news articles »

Delhi fails to draw upon green energy - Times of India
Apr 22nd 2013, 22:50


Economic Times

Delhi fails to draw upon green energy
Times of India
NEW DELHI: When it comes to meeting renewable energy targets, the capital is among the worst performers. A report released by Greenpeace and Infraline Energy on Monday - which compares the strides made by 29 states to increase the share of ...
Delhi fails to meet renewable energy target: Greenpeace New York Daily News
Karnataka achieves 122% of its 'green' purchase obligation Business Standard

all 6 news articles »

Appeals court rejects coal mining permit process - Lexington Herald Leader
Apr 22nd 2013, 22:34


Lexington Herald Leader

Appeals court rejects coal mining permit process
Lexington Herald Leader
The permit "was an ill-conceived permit that allowed mountaintop removal mining to pollute our rivers and streams while doing nothing to protect people or the waterways they rely on," Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's campaign against coal ...
Appeals court rejects coal permitting process NewsOK.com
6th Circ. Nixes Army Corps' Coal Mining Waste Permit Law360 (subscription)
Court Rules Army Corps' Streamlined Coal Mining Permit Doesn't Protect ... WFPL

all 7 news articles »

Northwest Territories targets China to invest in 'stranded' oil and natural gas - National Post
Apr 22nd 2013, 22:33


National Post

Northwest Territories targets China to invest in 'stranded' oil and natural gas
National Post
CALGARY • The $16.2-billion Mackenzie Gas Project was long ago mothballed and exploration drilling in the Beaufort Sea is on ice, but Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod is determined to see the region's billions of barrels of oil and trillions of ...

All coal blocks awarded after 1993 illegal: Panel - Times of India
Apr 22nd 2013, 22:13


All coal blocks awarded after 1993 illegal: Panel
Times of India
NEW DELHI: All coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were done in an unauthorized manner and allotment of all mines where production is yet to start should be cancelled, the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report ...

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Industry official: New York's oil and gas businesses are 'imperiled' - Business First of Buffalo
Apr 22nd 2013, 20:11


San Francisco Chronicle

Industry official: New York's oil and gas businesses are 'imperiled'
Business First of Buffalo
The Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York sent Earth Day greetings to Albany today in the form of post cards to lawmakers and a strongly-worded letter to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In the letter, IOGANY's executive director Brad Gill says ...
IOGA's Gill asks Cuomo to support natural gas drilling in New York Auburn Citizen (blog)
NY's fracking consultant belongs to gas-industry trade group Press & Sun-Bulletin

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Special E. coli bacteria produce diesel on demand
Apr 22nd 2013, 19:49

It sounds like science fiction but scientists have developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the technology still faces many significant commercialization challenges, the diesel, produced by special strains of E. coli bacteria, is almost identical to conventional diesel fuel and so does not need to be blended with petroleum products as is often required by biodiesels derived from plant oils.

Google wants to pay more for renewable energy, and power companies are ... - The Verge
Apr 22nd 2013, 19:41


TechWeekEurope UK

Google wants to pay more for renewable energy, and power companies are ...
The Verge
Google announced on Friday that it would be partnering with Duke Energy, the largest energy utility in the US, to promote a plan that would increase the development of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Under the plan, large companies ...
Google Gets Green Tariff For Data Centre Energy TechWeekEurope UK

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Obama Recycles Old Plan to Tax Oil and Gas - U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 19:34


U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Obama Recycles Old Plan to Tax Oil and Gas
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
You'd think from listening to the president and his fellow tax-hikers in Congress that America's oil and natural gas companies, collectively employing more than nine million Americans, were on some sort of dole from the U.S. Treasury. Nothing could be ...

Earth Day: 12 Intriguing New Environment Books - USA Today - USA TODAY
Apr 22nd 2013, 19:32


Earth Day: 12 Intriguing New Environment Books - USA Today
USA TODAY
Earth Day: 12 Intriguing New Environment Books. In honor of Earth Day 2013, USA TODAY reporter Wendy Koch selects 12 smart new environment books. She discusses a handful about climate change, innovative ideas and celebrities Ted Turner and Ted ...

State-hired fracking consultant listed as IOGA member - Politics on the Hudson (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 19:32


San Francisco Chronicle

State-hired fracking consultant listed as IOGA member
Politics on the Hudson (blog)
"Science and the facts will determine whether high-volume hydraulic fracturing goes forward in New York and (Ecology and Environment) provided its professional observations as part of our comprehensive evaluation process that included a diverse set of ...
New York gas drillers to Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 50000 jobs at risk without ... Syracuse.com
Voters 3 to 1 say fracking will damage environment - Legislative Gazette Legislative Gazette
When New York decides on fracking is anyone's guess Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

all 22 news articles »

Josh Fox's Gasland Part II Faces Aggressive Oil and Gas Public Relations ... - De Smog Blog (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 18:19


De Smog Blog (blog)

Josh Fox's Gasland Part II Faces Aggressive Oil and Gas Public Relations ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
The man who forever linked fracking to flaming tap water in the public mind has found himself, once again, in the oil and gas industry's doghouse. With funding from an array of oil companies, front groups like Energy in Depth have created entire ...

EPA settles with Wis. utilities on coal plant air pollution - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 18:06


KSTP.com

EPA settles with Wis. utilities on coal plant air pollution
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
The settlement, in the works for months, primarily involves Madison-based WPL, but also includes utilities that co-own or previously co-owned coal-fired power plants with WPL. Others named in the settlement are Wisconsin Public Service Corp. of Green ...
Legal settlement with WPL to cut air pollution from three coal plants Wisconsin State Journal
Utilities agree to clean up coal plants Janesville Gazette (blog)
Utilities to Reduce Air Pollution from Coal-fired Plants WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio
Power Engineering Magazine  - WMTV  - Platts
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Coal-Ash Recyclers Seen Aided in U.S. EPA Water-Discharge Plan - Bloomberg
Apr 22nd 2013, 17:36


Washington Times

Coal-Ash Recyclers Seen Aided in U.S. EPA Water-Discharge Plan
Bloomberg
Headwaters Inc. (HW) and other companies that recycle waste from coal-fired power plants may benefit from less-restrictive rules that U.S. regulators have signaled they may adopt. In proposing rules covering the waste power plants send into waterways ...
QUINLAN: New EPA emissions rules would bury coal Washington Times
Utah: EPA Proposes to Reduce Toxic Pollutants Discharged into Waterways by ... Electric Light & Power

all 12 news articles »

CCEA says no to price pooling of coal - Economic Times
Apr 22nd 2013, 16:27


Business Standard

CCEA says no to price pooling of coal
Economic Times
The power projects commissioned before 2009 aggregating a capacity of 65,185 MW will get coal at domestic prices, whereas post 2009 projects, with a capacity of 36,000 MW, which have signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with the procurers will ...
Government may take final call on coal price pooling today NDTV
Srei power arm on coal hunt in Africa Daily News & Analysis
India's 2013/14 coal import need seen at 165 mln tonnes Reuters India
Business Standard  - Hindu Business Line
all 26 news articles »

CCI clears investment worth $2.7 billion in oil and gas sector - NDTV
Apr 22nd 2013, 16:19


Business Standard

CCI clears investment worth $2.7 billion in oil and gas sector
NDTV
"The clearances given by CCI will remove the uncertainty and energize oil and gas exploration activities in the country. Huge investment is expected in these blocks in the coming years based on discovery of hydrocarbons," the government said in a press ...
CCI clears 25 oil and gas blocks, 13 power projects Business Standard
CCI meeting to decide fate of 31 oil and gas blocks Moneycontrol.com
CCI clears 25 oil blocks with $4.61 billion investment Economic Times
NetIndian  - Hindu Business Line  - mydigitalfc.com
all 19 news articles »

BLM required to consider hydraulic-fracturing impacts when selling oil-and-gas ... - Lexology (registration)
Apr 22nd 2013, 16:12


BLM required to consider hydraulic-fracturing impacts when selling oil-and-gas ...
Lexology (registration)
At issue were multiple leases in Monterrey and Fresno counties, sold in part under a 2006 BLM resource management plan for an area encompassing more than 800,000 acres. The plan did not consider the possibility that hydraulic fracturing might occur or ...

Earth Day 2013 honoured with interactive Google Doodle - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 15:48


The Guardian (blog)

Earth Day 2013 honoured with interactive Google Doodle
The Guardian (blog)
The day of environmental awareness has been marked by a Google doodle for as long as I can remember, from melting polar ice in 2007 (a prophetic nod to the record Arctic melt that year), rocks in 2008, a waterfall and marine life in 2009 to parrots in ...
Google doodle on Earth Day 2013. / Google CBS News
Earth Day 2013 Google Doodle was interactie: video, photos Northern Voices Online

all 80 news articles »

Coal-Gate: CBI likely to admit Law Minister altered report for "language" - NDTV
Apr 22nd 2013, 15:20


IBNLive

Coal-Gate: CBI likely to admit Law Minister altered report for "language"
NDTV
The coal scam is particularly sensitive for the government because for some of the years under review, the Prime Minister was directly in charge of the Coal Ministry. The allegation against the government is that it cost the country thousands of crores ...
Law Minister Ashwani Kumar vetted CBI's report on coal block allocation scam ... IBNLive
Coal block allocation scam: Govt rejects demand for Law Minister Ashwani ... Daily News & Analysis
Parliament disrupted over coal probe Livemint
Moneycontrol.com  - Indian Express  - Oman Tribune
all 32 news articles »

Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 15:11


Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles
The Guardian (blog)
A Philippines building powered by solar energy and built from old plastic bottles was opened this weekend to showcase renewable energy and highlight the problem of waste ahead of today's Earth Day. Designed in partnership with Stephen Lamb, founder of ...

Reno Hotel Gambles On Green Energy And Saves $2 Million Per Year - Forbes
Apr 22nd 2013, 15:09


Reno Hotel Gambles On Green Energy And Saves $2 Million Per Year
Forbes
Geothermal expert Dr. Jim Combs of Geo Hills Associates calls the Peppermill "the only resort in the United States whose heating source is totally provided from geothermal energy produced on the immediate property." Going green has earned the ...

Swiss power giant ABB makes $1 billion bet on a green energy boom - Quartz
Apr 22nd 2013, 14:45


Quartz

Swiss power giant ABB makes $1 billion bet on a green energy boom
Quartz
Global investment in clean energy fell off in 2012—but that's a blip, says a new report. The study released today by research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) predicts that investors will pour $630 billion a year into green technologies by 2030.
Green Investing Alert: ABB (NYSE: ABB) to acquire Power-One (NASDAQ ... InvestorIdeas.com (press release)
Swedish ABB to buy US green power firm The Local.se
Sun shines on Power-One after $1bn merger with ABB Business Green

all 76 news articles »

Europe Is Becoming A Green-Energy Basket Case - Canada Free Press - Canada Free Press
Apr 22nd 2013, 12:34


Europe Is Becoming A Green-Energy Basket Case - Canada Free Press
Canada Free Press
For years, European leaders have flaunted their unwavering commitment to fighting climate change — and chastised the United States for lagging behind. But last week brought yet more confirmation that the continent has become a green-energy basket case.

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Protecting the Environment Is a National Priority - Huffington Post (blog)
Apr 22nd 2013, 12:32


Protecting the Environment Is a National Priority
Huffington Post (blog)
Our careers in public life both began with conservation advocacy. Before we ever came to Washington, we were fighting at the local level to protect the environment for future generations. Chris first became involved in politics as a 24-year-old member ...

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Poll Finds Americans Less Concerned About The Environment Now Than When ... - Huffington Post
Apr 22nd 2013, 12:02


Christian Science Monitor

Poll Finds Americans Less Concerned About The Environment Now Than When ...
Huffington Post
Americans place less importance on environmental issues than they did in 1971, a year after Earth Day was established, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. But the poll also finds that more Americans are taking some steps to protect the environment ...
Earth Day 2013: What's in danger is Earth Day, not just Earth Christian Science Monitor

all 4 news articles »

XRM Analysis of Carbonate Rocks for the Oil and Gas Industry - AZoM - Azom.com
Apr 22nd 2013, 10:10


XRM Analysis of Carbonate Rocks for the Oil and Gas Industry - AZoM
Azom.com
Carbonates are considered to have most of the remaining hydrocarbon reserves. They are the key rock type for oil and gas research as well as in climate engineering, especially for carbon sequestration initiatives. In both fields of study, the carbonate ...

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Coal industry sees lifeline in big deposits out West - Politico
Apr 22nd 2013, 09:16


Politico

Coal industry sees lifeline in big deposits out West
Politico
The fight over the future of the American coal industry is on the Western frontier now. Coal companies are tapping the rich deposits in Wyoming and Montana's Powder River Basin and other Western states and moving away from the declining reserves in the ...
Stocks surge at PWCS terminals amid lingering weak demand for high-spec coal ICIS (subscription)

all 2 news articles »

Scientists attack government climbdown on marine protection - The Guardian
Apr 22nd 2013, 08:27


The Guardian

Scientists attack government climbdown on marine protection
The Guardian
The issue is one of a series in which environment ministers have been attacked for rejecting scientific advice, including its proposed badger cull, described as "mindless" by the architect of a landmark £20m culling study, and its refusal to suspend ...

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Earth Day Lesson: Environment is not Climate - American Thinker
Apr 22nd 2013, 06:53


Environment News Service

Earth Day Lesson: Environment is not Climate
American Thinker
Earth Day is here again, but few people seem interested any more in global warming. It's plausible to inquire whether people realize we've got a duty to protect the environment. Actually, "protecting the environment" is not necessarily the same topic ...
Earth Day Network Expands to One Billion Environment News Service
Everyone Can Help Environment The Ledger
On Earth Day 2013, a planetary report card on global warming Christian Science Monitor
Examiner.com  - UN Chronicle  - Mail & Guardian Online
all 133 news articles »

Opinion: Pipelines still best option for moving oil and gas to markets in ... - Vancouver Sun
Apr 22nd 2013, 05:33


Vancouver Sun

Opinion: Pipelines still best option for moving oil and gas to markets in ...
Vancouver Sun
We don't yet have reliable, cost-effective technologies to enable us to eliminate our reliance on oil and gas — and we likely won't in the short term. The Paris-based International Energy Agency predicts fossil fuels will continue to be the dominant ...
Oil and Gas Pipelines Industry Outlook in North America, 2013 - Details of ... ClickPress (press release)

all 5 news articles »

China Coal Falls to Lowest Price in Three Years; Stockpiles Drop - Bloomberg
Apr 22nd 2013, 04:50


China Coal Falls to Lowest Price in Three Years; Stockpiles Drop
Bloomberg
Coal with an energy value of 5,500 kilocalories a kilogram at Qinhuangdao slid to a range of 605 yuan ($97.88) to 615 yuan a ton as of yesterday, the least since Oct. 12, 2009, data from the China Coal Transport and Distribution Association showed today.

Scottish Coal liquidation prompts effort to revive shuttered mines - UPI.com
Apr 22nd 2013, 04:09


Scottish Coal liquidation prompts effort to revive shuttered mines
UPI.com
Blair Nimmo of KMPG said in a statement the move was made "in light of Scottish Coal's poor trading and financial position," adding, "It is extremely regrettable that we have had to make so many redundancies but have been left with no other option." ...

Go Green! Sports stadiums save energy - USA Today - USA TODAY
Apr 22nd 2013, 02:08


Go Green! Sports stadiums save energy - USA Today
USA TODAY
Under a rating system known as LEED, 15 pro venues have been certified as "green" buildings. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is administered by the U.S. Green Building Council, a building industry non-profit. The 49ers' new ...

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