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Greenpeace activists board ship carrying Australian coal - The Guardian
Apr 24th 2013, 01:02


The Guardian

Greenpeace activists board ship carrying Australian coal
The Guardian
Six activists from Greenpeace have boarded a coal ship leaving Australian waters in a direct action aimed at curbing Australia's coal export. The activists, from countries around the world, boarded the Korean-owned MV Meister at 7am on Wednesday.
Nation's wealth hinges on coal The Australian
Six Greenpeace activists have boarded a coal carrier on the Great Barrier Reef Courier Mail
Activists board coal ship in Coral Sea SBS
Yahoo!7 News
all 10 news articles »

Government abused powers in coal block allotments, House panel says - Times of India
Apr 24th 2013, 00:24


Times of India

Government abused powers in coal block allotments, House panel says
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Parliament's standing committee on Coal and Steel has indicted the government for "totally abusing its powers" in allotting coal mines between 1993 and 2010 through the "most non-transparent procedure" to "few fortunate ones for their own ...
Parliamentary panel terms coal blocks allocation arbitrary The Hindu
India Panel: Cancel All Coal Permits From 1993 to 2010 Wall Street Journal (India)
'Probe nexus between bureaucrats, pvt coal cos' - Zee News Zee News
Economic Times  - Deccan Chronicle
all 41 news articles »

Coal Consumption on the Rise Except in the United States - Canada Free Press - Canada Free Press
Apr 24th 2013, 00:04


Coal Consumption on the Rise Except in the United States - Canada Free Press
Canada Free Press
"Worldwide, almost 1,200 coal-fired plants are in the planning stages, and over three-quarters are to be built in China and India. To put this in perspective, China and India are planning to build over 60% more coal-fired capacity than the coal-fired ...

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Democrats unsure where Hickenlooper stands on oil and gas oversight bills - kdvr.com
Apr 23rd 2013, 23:40


kdvr.com

Democrats unsure where Hickenlooper stands on oil and gas oversight bills
kdvr.com
DENVER — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told FOX31 Denver that he plans to sign some but possibly not all of the Democratic legislation aimed at increasing oversight of oil and gas development in the state. Hickenlooper, a former geologist who many ...

Hydraulic fracturing - Ventura County Star
Apr 23rd 2013, 23:22


Hydraulic fracturing
Ventura County Star
Recent articles have been addressed and particular emphasis has been placed on drilling and completions on complex reservoirs and the resulting environmental impacts from hydraulic fracturing. The shale bonanza in the U.S. is and has become an ...

Oil and gas: Lack of consistency bedevils progress in crucial industry - Financial Times
Apr 23rd 2013, 23:14


Oil and gas: Lack of consistency bedevils progress in crucial industry
Financial Times
Opec delegates used to joke how every half-yearly meeting of the oil producers' club would kick off with the formal introduction of the new oil minister of Kuwait. It is seen as a sign of progress that, at the last Opec conclave, this did not happen ...

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'Investing in environment protection can generate 50000 jobs in decade' - Jordan Times
Apr 23rd 2013, 22:57


'Investing in environment protection can generate 50000 jobs in decade'
Jordan Times
AMMAN — If Jordan invests in environmental conservation, it can generate 50,000 job opportunities and over JD1.3 billion in revenues in a decade, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report, which was prepared in cooperation with the French ...

Montgomery County leader proposes green energy equipment loan fund - Washington Business Journal (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 22:06


Montgomery County leader proposes green energy equipment loan fund
Washington Business Journal (blog)
A Montgomery County Council member is proposing the creation of a revolving loan fund to assist commercial property owners with green energy upgrades. The Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program, sponsored by Councilman Roger ...

LA City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy - Los Angeles Times
Apr 23rd 2013, 21:51


LA City Council votes to move away from coal-fired energy
Los Angeles Times
Like many utilities, the city-owned DWP gets more of its power from coal than from any other source. But last month, after a lengthy campaign by environmentalists, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and utility officials announced a plan to end the city's ...

Russia Should Diversify Away From Oil and Gas, EBRD Says - Bloomberg
Apr 23rd 2013, 21:46


Russia Should Diversify Away From Oil and Gas, EBRD Says
Bloomberg
Russia needs to diversify its economy away from oil and gas to spur economic growth, Suma Chakrabarti, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, said at a conference today. Russia is the country most dependent on its fossil-fuel ...

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EIA: Wrong On Coal Forecasts - Seeking Alpha
Apr 23rd 2013, 21:04


EIA: Wrong On Coal Forecasts
Seeking Alpha
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the primary federal authority on energy statistics and analysis. Each week, among other things, they release reports on coal production, and each month they give reports of consumption, stockpiles and make ...
Corsa Files First Quarter 2013 Financial Results Canada NewsWire (press release)

all 2 news articles »

Wood anemones bewitched by the wind - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 20:15


Wood anemones bewitched by the wind
The Guardian (blog)
The anemones in the old woods are not following instructions and are closing in the wind rather than opening. The wind has turned cold again and all but the most sheltered flowers have shut their petals so that they now resemble scattered pigeon down.

4 Reasons Coal Declines Even As Natural Gas Prices Rise: EIA - Forbes
Apr 23rd 2013, 20:05


Power Engineering Magazine

4 Reasons Coal Declines Even As Natural Gas Prices Rise: EIA
Forbes
"In all five cases, coal-fired generating capacity in 2025 is below the 2011 total and remains lower through 2040, as retirements outpace new additions of coal-fired capacity," according to "Competition between coal and natural gas in the electric ...
Two Picks in the Underpriced Coal Sector Barron's
EIA: Coal to recapture some of the energy market lost to natural gas Power Engineering Magazine
Market shares of coal- and gas-fired power reliant on fuel costs PennEnergy (press release)
Platts
all 17 news articles »

Arch Coal Loses Round in Court Fight Over Mine - Wall Street Journal
Apr 23rd 2013, 19:56


Washington Times

Arch Coal Loses Round in Court Fight Over Mine
Wall Street Journal
Arch Coal Inc. lost a round in its battle to build a mountaintop mine in West Virginia as a federal appeals court sided on a key point with regulators who want to stop the project. A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...
Appeals court upholds EPA block on Arch Coal mine in W.Va. STLtoday.com
Lawmakers, Coal Association angered by permit ruling Beckley Register-Herald
Appeals court rulings go against coal industry The Courier-Journal
Bloomberg  - Duke Chronicle  - Washington Times
all 57 news articles »

Urban Green Energy partners with International Coalition of Tourism Partners ... - eTurboNews
Apr 23rd 2013, 19:07


eTurboNews

Urban Green Energy partners with International Coalition of Tourism Partners ...
eTurboNews
The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) and Urban Green Energy (UGE) have agreed today to collaborate to promote innovation in general, and distributed renewable energy (DRE) in particular, as key elements of the green growth ...

GDT Nature Photographer of the Year - The Guardian
Apr 23rd 2013, 18:56


GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
The Guardian
Dozens of images made it through to the final round of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2013 competition, organised by the Society of German Nature Photographers (GDT). Pictures were submitted in the mammals, other animals, plants and fungi, ...

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Patriot Coal Reaches Accord on Nonunion Worker Benefits - Bloomberg
Apr 23rd 2013, 18:52


KSDK

Patriot Coal Reaches Accord on Nonunion Worker Benefits
Bloomberg
Patriot filed for bankruptcy in July, citing falling demand for coal and obligations to pay $1.6 billion in lifetime health care for its 8,100 retirees. The St. Louis-based company is scheduled to go before Surratt-States April 29 with a motion to ...
Patriot Coal retirement benefits debate goes to court KSDK
$4M Patriot Coal Deal Will Trim Retiree Health Benefits Law360 (subscription)

all 5 news articles »

Arch Coal loses $70 million in first quarter - Salt Lake Tribune
Apr 23rd 2013, 18:26


Arch Coal loses $70 million in first quarter
Salt Lake Tribune
Arch Coal Inc., parent company of Utah's largest coal operator, said Tuesday it lost $70 million in the first quarter of 2013 as a sluggish global market lowered production. The St. Louis-based company's decline amounted to 33 cents per share, compared ...
Arch Coal posts $70 million loss STLtoday.com
Arch Coal reports $70 million loss in Q1 St. Louis Business Journal (blog)
Arch Coal widens Q1 loss as sales, prices sag, expects improvement Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Businessweek  - Benzinga  - State Journal
all 17 news articles »

A Delco Credit Union Creates Financial Learning Environment For Kids - KYW Newsradio
Apr 23rd 2013, 18:14


KYW Newsradio

A Delco Credit Union Creates Financial Learning Environment For Kids
KYW Newsradio
The room, in Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union on Sproul Road in Broomall, Pa., is designed to teach area schoolchildren important life lessons in an environment straight out of a "Berenstain Bears" book. Author-illustrator Michael Berenstain gave ...

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Cameco mine cited by Wyoming environment officials - CBC.ca
Apr 23rd 2013, 18:00


Cameco mine cited by Wyoming environment officials
CBC.ca
Last summer, Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality said it received 'verbal notification of a confirmed excursion" at one of Cameco Resources' monitor wells. Inspectors were concerned "that many of the header houses were stripped of all ...

Hydraulic Fracturing: a Way to Go Greener? - AOL Energy - AOL Government
Apr 23rd 2013, 17:09


Hydraulic Fracturing: a Way to Go Greener? - AOL Energy
AOL Government
It is almost common knowledge these days that advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, both decades-old techniques, have been the keys to unlocking vast gas and oil deposits in recent years that were previously considered too ...

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Serious flaw present in latest Java Runtime Environment for desktops and ... - PCWorld
Apr 23rd 2013, 16:52


CollegeNews

Serious flaw present in latest Java Runtime Environment for desktops and ...
PCWorld
As the name suggests, the Server JRE is a version of the Java Runtime Environment designed for Java server deployments. According to Oracle, the Server JRE doesn't contain the Java browser plug-in, a frequent target for Web-based exploits, the ...
Further security flaws found in Java Runtime Environment iT News

all 13 news articles »

At Mayoral Forum, a Focus on the Environment - New York Times (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 16:47


New York Times (blog)

At Mayoral Forum, a Focus on the Environment
New York Times (blog)
As a sharp-tongued Republican in a liberal stronghold, John A. Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner of the Gristedes grocery chain, prides himself on being called a rebel. But he was unusually defiant, even by his standards, at a mayoral forum on ...

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Harvard report slams fracturing chemical website - FuelFix (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 16:20


FuelFix (blog)

Harvard report slams fracturing chemical website
FuelFix (blog)
A new Harvard report sharply criticizes the industry-backed website FracFocus, where hydraulic fracturing companies voluntarily disclose fracking chemicals they use in oil and natural gas production. The report issued Tuesday by the Harvard ...
Fracking disclosure site contains "serious deficiencies," Harvard study says Dallas Morning News (blog)
FracFocus Fails as Fracking Disclosure Tool, Study Finds Bloomberg
FracFocus falls short, Harvard study says Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog)
NGI's Shale Daily (subscription)
all 6 news articles »

Coming Soon: Rs. 30000 cr investments in oil and gas - Hindustan Times
Apr 23rd 2013, 16:10


Economic Times

Coming Soon: Rs. 30000 cr investments in oil and gas
Hindustan Times
"The 40-odd energy projects in the power and oil and gas space cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Investments is a clear indication that the government is taking all out measures to boost the industry and investors sentiment," a senior PMO official ...
Find if gas dip in RIL's KG-D6 is due to commercial reason: Parliamentary panel Economic Times

all 3 news articles »

The US oil and gas boom has had a modest economic impact — so far - Washington Post (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 15:59


The US oil and gas boom has had a modest economic impact — so far
Washington Post (blog)
Since June 2009 the volume of oil and gas extraction has risen by 24%. Over the same period the production of mining machinery has risen by 47% and the output of mining support services, which includes oil and gas drilling, has leapt by 58%. The only ...

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Obama budget would permanently extend green energy handouts - Daily Caller
Apr 23rd 2013, 15:34


Daily Caller

Obama budget would permanently extend green energy handouts
Daily Caller
Despite coming under fire for controversial green energy loans during his first term, President Obama's proposed 2014 budget would permanently extend tax credits for renewable energy production, energy efficiency, and advanced energy manufacturing.

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School District Recognized for Green Energy Practices - Patch.com
Apr 23rd 2013, 15:20


School District Recognized for Green Energy Practices
Patch.com
The Central Bucks School District was one of five school districts in North America named an Earth Day champion by Johnson Controls, Inc., a company that specializes in green energy solutions. "Central Bucks is proud to be recognized for our energy ...

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EPA deems US state department Keystone review 'insufficient' - The Guardian
Apr 23rd 2013, 15:12


The Guardian

EPA deems US state department Keystone review 'insufficient'
The Guardian
Leading environmental groups declared on Monday that the Obama administration's latest environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline fundamentally violated the nation's core environmental law, an unmistakable warning that they would sue the State ...
TransCanada fires back at US environment regulator Globe and Mail
Earth Day 2013: How Has President Obama Fared On The Environment? International Business Times
US environment regulator slams Keystone pipeline review Business Spectator
Wall Street Journal  - mysask.com (press release)  - The Globalist
all 121 news articles »

Coal scam: BJP, Congress spar over demand for PM's resignation - Times of India
Apr 23rd 2013, 14:39


Times of India

Coal scam: BJP, Congress spar over demand for PM's resignation
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation on the coal scam led to a political slugfest on Tuesday with BJP attacking Sonia Gandhi for her "arrogance" in dismissing its demand and Congress ridiculing the Opposition party for ...
Cancel all coal field allocations since 1993: parliamentary report NDTV
CBI to submit both its reports to SC on coal scam - Zee News Zee News
Coal scam: BJP demands PM's resignation, Sonia says he won't quit - IBN Live IBNLive
Deccan Herald  - Calcutta Telegraph
all 95 news articles »

National Instruments, Prolucid put green energy on the Canadian grid - PennEnergy (press release)
Apr 23rd 2013, 14:00


National Instruments, Prolucid put green energy on the Canadian grid
PennEnergy (press release)
Funded by nearly $2.5 million in grants from Canada's ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative and Ontario's Smart Grid Fund, the project takes advantage of distributed intelligence technology to manage renewable energy generated by the community onto the ...

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: April 23, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Apr 23rd 2013, 13:58


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: April 23, 2013
NewsOK.com
Carter: Kiester Operating Co.; A.N. Harley No. 6-KI Well; NE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 of 19-02S-03W; TD 635. Mack Energy Co.; Karsyn No. 2-6 Well; E1/2 W1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4 of 06-02S-02W; 6 barrels oil per day; TD 3,020. Coal: BP America Production Co.; ...

The smart money is on renewable energy - Grist
Apr 23rd 2013, 11:46


Grist

The smart money is on renewable energy
Grist
Fossil fuel cheerleaders take note: Renewable energy ain't going nowhere — and it may prove to be the better bet in the long run. By 2030, renewables will account for 70 percent of new power supply worldwide, according to projections released Monday ...
100 Percent Renewable Energy is 100 Percent Possible Energy Collective
IT'S ABOUT WATTS, NOT DOLLARS. Green Energy News
College of the Desert courses offer green energy training The Desert Sun
Energy Live News  - Motley Fool  - Politico
all 122 news articles »

Total SA: A High-Yielding Oil And Gas Stock Strengthening Its Presence In Qatar - Seeking Alpha
Apr 23rd 2013, 09:44


Total SA: A High-Yielding Oil And Gas Stock Strengthening Its Presence In Qatar
Seeking Alpha
As a stay-at-home mom with a penchant for income investing, I've always seen the oil & gas industry as a viable sector for sustainable dividends. With that said, I wanted to take a look at one company which has announced a significant joint-venture ...

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How the technology arms race changes cycling - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 23rd 2013, 09:40


The Guardian (blog)

How the technology arms race changes cycling
The Guardian (blog)
One of the joys of the bicycle is its essential, familiar, unchanging-ness. A cyclist magically transported from 1900 to the Guardian's bike shed today would recognise the machines stored there as fundamentally the same beast as their own. The paradox ...

Hydraulic fracturing: Well completion and fracture stimulation - Towanda Daily Review
Apr 23rd 2013, 08:10


Hydraulic fracturing: Well completion and fracture stimulation
Towanda Daily Review
Ever since the natural-gas industry began production from the Marcellus Shale, the process of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has been the focus of public controversy. However, through the use of rigorous and robust safety measures, ...

SOMALIA: Government plans to sign 30 oil and gas production-sharing contracts - Raxanreeb Online
Apr 23rd 2013, 05:57


SOMALIA: Government plans to sign 30 oil and gas production-sharing contracts
Raxanreeb Online
Somalia is one of the last frontiers for oil and gas in eastern Africa as it recovers from a two-decade civil war that shattered the economy and left the nation as one of the world's least developed. In the region, companies including Eni, BG Group Plc ...

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Gas industry presses Cuomo on fracking - Newsday - Newsday
Apr 23rd 2013, 03:24


Newsday

Gas industry presses Cuomo on fracking - Newsday
Newsday
ALBANY -- New York's natural gas producers said Monday that five years of waiting for the state to green-light high-volume hydraulic fracturing has put them "in crisis" -- and the uncertainty could stretch until after the 2014 election. In the face of ...
New York's fracking consultant belongs to gas-industry trade group Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
New York gas drillers to Gov. Andrew Cuomo: 50000 jobs at risk without ... Syracuse.com
Letter, Statements Show Complexity of Fracking Debate in NY NGI's Shale Daily (subscription)
Legislative Gazette  - Poughkeepsie Journal
all 25 news articles »

Hydraulic fracturing discussion is Friday - The Southern Illinoisan - The Southern
Apr 23rd 2013, 03:08


Hydraulic fracturing discussion is Friday - 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 ...

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When will New York officials finally decide on hydraulic fracturing? - Elmira Star-Gazette
Apr 21st 2013, 22:13


When will New York officials finally decide on hydraulic fracturing?
Elmira Star-Gazette
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this July 27, 2011 file photo, workers stand behind the top of a pump for the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale layer to release natural gas at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. On Wednesday, April ...

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