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Strengthened bill to alter makeup, mission of Colo. oil and gas commission ... - kdvr.com
Apr 30th 2013, 01:08


kdvr.com

Strengthened bill to alter makeup, mission of Colo. oil and gas commission ...
kdvr.com
John Hickenlooper believes the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission strikes a delicate but suitable balance in protecting natural resources and simultaneously encouraging energy development. House Bill 1269 was introduced by those who ...
'Battle of the comma' comes to halt Journal-Advocate

all 2 news articles »

State Green-Energy Mandates Hold Firm Despite Opposition - Law360 (subscription)
Apr 30th 2013, 00:48


State Green-Energy Mandates Hold Firm Despite Opposition
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, New York (April 29, 2013, 8:08 PM ET) -- Recent efforts to roll back or repeal state renewable energy mandates have met with some surprising defeats in states such as North Carolina and Kansas, and with strong gubernatorial support for a ...

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Noble Energy says it's drilled Colorado's longest oil and gas well - Denver Business Journal (blog)
Apr 30th 2013, 00:37


Noble Energy says it's drilled Colorado's longest oil and gas well
Denver Business Journal (blog)
In Colorado's booming Niobrara oil field north of Denver, where oil and gas companies are drilling horizontal wells at a record pace, Noble Energy Inc. says it has drilled the state's longest horizontal well ever. The Houston-based company (NYSE: NBL ...

Senator Portman hosts oil and gas development jobs fair - WFMJ
Apr 30th 2013, 00:34


Senator Portman hosts oil and gas development jobs fair
WFMJ
BOARDMAN, Ohio - Full-time jobs with benefits were being offered Friday at an oil and gas development job fair in Boardman. Organizers were anticipating close to a thousand people at the jobs fair. AsMore >>. BOARDMAN, Ohio - Full-time jobs with ...

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Taiwan's Response to an Evolving Security Environment - Brookings Institution
Apr 30th 2013, 00:01


Taiwan's Response to an Evolving Security Environment
Brookings Institution
The QDR presents a comprehensive examination of developments in Taiwan's security environment and explains updates in its planning and strategy. As in the United States and other countries, the document is a reflection of the president's strategic ...

Family affair as Environment Minister Alex Attwood and his kids all muck in - Belfast Telegraph
Apr 29th 2013, 23:47


Belfast Telegraph

Family affair as Environment Minister Alex Attwood and his kids all muck in
Belfast Telegraph
Alex Attwood. BY LINDA STEWART – 30 April 2013. Environment Minister Alex Attwood proved his commitment to cleaning up Northern Ireland at the weekend when he rolled up his sleeves and cleared litter from the shores of Belfast Lough.

Hydraulic Fraking Music Video
Apr 29th 2013, 23:00

Directed by Alex Fraknoi Edited by Alex Fraknoi and Kauai Moliterno Song Produced by Will Randolph, Jackson Clawson, and Alex Fraknoi Download Link: https://...
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Riverside County passes on $700000 renewable energy development grant - The Desert Sun (blog)
Apr 29th 2013, 22:39


Riverside County passes on $700000 renewable energy development grant
The Desert Sun (blog)
A request for proposals issued March 11 announced up to $7 million in state money available to counties "to fund plans for the development or revisions of rules and policies that facilitate the development of eligible renewable energy resources, and ...

Vetting of coal report: Top govt law officers indulge in blame game ahead of ... - Times of India
Apr 29th 2013, 22:32


Times of India

Vetting of coal report: Top govt law officers indulge in blame game ahead of ...
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Less than 24 hours before the Supreme Court takes up the coal scam hearing on Tuesday, a blame game broke out within the government over who was responsible for incorrectly telling the court that the CBI had not shared the contents of its ...
Coal-Gate: yes, Attorney General tried to interfere, claims Additional ... NDTV
ASG writes to AG on coal scam probe, claims he being made a 'scapegoat' Zee News
Coal scam: SC to hear case after CBI's submission Deccan Chronicle
Indian Express  - Newstrack India
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Onsite Water Analysis in Hydraulic Fracturing
Apr 29th 2013, 22:12

Learn how monitoring water quality in real-time can help you avoid issues that can lead to costly delays or even a compromised well.
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NDP challenged about the oil and gas sector and fracking - News1130
Apr 29th 2013, 22:03


News1130

NDP challenged about the oil and gas sector and fracking
News1130
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – More questions for the leader of the BC ND about his position on the oil and gas sector. Adrian Dix has had to clarify his party's stance on fracking, following comments from one of his candidates. The BC Liberals are drawing ...
Liberals warn NDP would slap two-year halt on natural gas development, but Dix ... The Province

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Green energy company shows its green thumb near Odessa - Middletown Transcript
Apr 29th 2013, 21:58


Green energy company shows its green thumb near Odessa
Middletown Transcript
Workers from the retail energy supplier that entered the Delaware market last year joined volunteers from the community at Delaware Wild Land's Work and Play Day on April 21, where they helped remove invasive plants from a five-acre area of the Native ...

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Editorial: Assault on environment unabated - Tampabay.com
Apr 29th 2013, 21:53


Tampabay.com

Editorial: Assault on environment unabated
Tampabay.com
The state spends a fraction of what it once did to preserve sensitive lands, and the Department of Environmental Protection makes up new rules when private interests can't make enough money under existing rules. Yet the Florida Legislature still finds ...

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Patriot, coal miners square off over benefits - Fox Business
Apr 29th 2013, 21:40


KMOV.com

Patriot, coal miners square off over benefits
Fox Business
ST. LOUIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arguments got under way on Monday over the fate of healthcare and pension benefits for unionized workers of Patriot Coal Corp as thousands of miners rallied against massive cuts proposed by the company. The morning ...
Bankrupt Patriot Coal asks court to slash union pensions Reuters
Bankruptcy hearing under way on coal company's bid to cut pension, health ... Washington Post
Coal company's bid to cut benefits set for hearing Daily Mail - Charleston
KMOX.com  - KMOV.com  - Casper Star-Tribune Online
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McConnell: Legislation could save coal industry - WKYT.com - WKYT
Apr 29th 2013, 21:40


The Courier-Journal (blog)

McConnell: Legislation could save coal industry - WKYT.com
WKYT
Many call it the "War on Coal" and blame the Obama administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Just because their hostility is undeclared doesn't make it any harder to see. It's apparent all around us," said Senator Mitch McConnell ...
McConnell unveils measure to help coal industry WRAL.com
McConnell unveils measure to help coal industry - WPSD Local 6 WPSD Local 6
McConnell Unveils Coal Jobs Protection Act WSAZ-TV
The Courier-Journal (blog)  - Hazard Herald  - WFPL
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American Electric Earnings: Can Coal Deliver for This Dividend Stock? - Motley Fool
Apr 29th 2013, 21:23


American Electric Earnings: Can Coal Deliver for This Dividend Stock?
Motley Fool
As the dividend stock revamps its regulated operations, its generation portfolio is heading back to coal country. AEP is dropping natural gas in favor of coal, a move that should keep costs competitive in the near future. Rising natural gas prices are ...

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Lecture encourages sustainability, green energy - Sonoma State Star
Apr 29th 2013, 20:31


Lecture encourages sustainability, green energy
Sonoma State Star
That was the general idea of Ambessa Cantave's presenation at the Cooperage on Tuesday, April 23. He wowed an audience with his presentation "Culture and Behavior Change: Answers to Climate Change." The night focused on the idea of climate change ...

Oil and gas stocks a better bet than infrastructure for generating income - Financial Post
Apr 29th 2013, 19:26


Globe and Mail

Oil and gas stocks a better bet than infrastructure for generating income
Financial Post
Since defensive infrastructure stocks have been the focus of investor dollars over the past few years while their customers, the oil and gas sector, have been sold off, it appears as though investors have completely shrugged off the risks of one while ...
Suncor Energy increases dividend and amends Normal Course Issuer Bid ... Marketwire (press release)

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Santee Cooper coal plant discharges spark federal lawsuit - The State
Apr 29th 2013, 19:25


Santee Cooper coal plant discharges spark federal lawsuit
The State
The lawsuit, filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center, asks a federal court to require that Santee Cooper remove toxic coal ash from waste ponds at the 47-year-old Grainger power plant and clean up contaminated groundwater to protect the ...

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Renewable energy becomes a utility lifeline - MSN Money
Apr 29th 2013, 19:11


ThinkProgress

Renewable energy becomes a utility lifeline
MSN Money
When North Carolina Republicans brought forth a bill pushed by the conservative lobbying group ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, to gut the state's renewable energy standards, they figured they had a model piece of pro-business ...
April 29 News: Utilities And Large Companies Like North Carolina's Clean ... ThinkProgress

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China Coal Production Declines - Radio Free Asia
Apr 29th 2013, 18:04


Economic Times

China Coal Production Declines
Radio Free Asia
A man loads coal briquettes onto a pedicab at a distribution business in Huaibei, Anhui province, Jan. 28, 2013. AFP. China's coal production has posted a rare decline, raising new questions about the strength of the economy. Production of China's main ...
Pending liberalization, allot coal blocks to genuine end-users, cancel rent ... Economic Times
Problems choke India's coal industry The National
Pakistan seeks Coal India help to mine Thar Daily News & Analysis
Energy and Capital
all 6 news articles »

Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe - The Guardian
Apr 29th 2013, 17:05


The Independent

Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe
The Guardian
The suspension is a landmark victory for millions of environmental campaigners, backed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), concerned about a dramatic decline in the bee population. The vote also represents a serious setback for the chemical ...
Europe bans neonicotinoid pesticides blamed for destroying bee population The Independent
Bees and the European neonicotinoids pesticide ban: Q&A The Guardian
EU to ban bee-harming pesticides FRANCE 24
3News NZ  - EUobserver.com  - Scotsman
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Adapt faster to changing climate, Europe warned - The Guardian
Apr 29th 2013, 17:02


The Guardian

Adapt faster to changing climate, Europe warned
The Guardian
The warnings come in a report from the European Environment Agency, called Adaptation in Europe. The research found that half of the 32 member countries of the EEA still lack plans to adapt to the effects of global warming, although others have begun ...

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The Oil And Gas Industry's Assault On Renewable Energy - Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
Apr 29th 2013, 17:00


Environmental Defense Fund (blog)

The Oil And Gas Industry's Assault On Renewable Energy
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
Up to 2011 (adjusted for inflation), the oil and gas industry received $446.96 billion in cumulative energy subsidies from 1994 to 2009, whereas renewable energy sources received just $5.93 billion. An industry that has been enjoying federal tax ...

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Pa. environment agency debunks anti-fracking water pollution claim - Washington Times
Apr 29th 2013, 16:59


Washington Times

Pa. environment agency debunks anti-fracking water pollution claim
Washington Times
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced that, after a 16-month investigation, there's no evidence to connect natural gas drilling with high levels of methane found in private water supplies in the small town of ...

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Study: More fracking health concerns than previously thought - UPI.com
Apr 29th 2013, 16:50


UPI.com

Study: More fracking health concerns than previously thought
UPI.com
PHILADELPHIA, April 29 (UPI) -- People living near gas hydraulic fracturing sites are more concerned than had been thought about possible health effects of the drilling, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Poune Saberi of the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...
16 People In Pennsylvania Don't Love Fracking - Science 2.0 Science 2.0
Group Of Residents Concerned About Health Effects Of Hydrofracking RedOrbit

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Solar-powered machine plants flowers every time we harm environment - Wired.co.uk
Apr 29th 2013, 16:47


Solar-powered machine plants flowers every time we harm environment
Wired.co.uk
An experimental designer has released images of a conceptual solar-powered seed-sowing machine that bursts into action every time an act of degradation against the environment occurs locally. So when you see a meadow full of fresh flowers, it won't ...

Top 10 Green Buildings Improve Surrounding Environment and Users? Health - Scientific American
Apr 29th 2013, 16:15


Top 10 Green Buildings Improve Surrounding Environment and Users? Health
Scientific American
They all have a few things in common: First, winning structures are designed with the natural environment in mind: the buildings, as examples, recycle wastewater and replace non-permeable ground and roof coverings, like asphalt, with soil and native ...

Is Italy Making Peace with Offshore Oil and Gas? - Forbes
Apr 29th 2013, 16:00


Is Italy Making Peace with Offshore Oil and Gas?
Forbes
In practice, the ban mostly just affected smaller operators like Mediterranean Oil and Gas. While a few larger actors faced restrictions, most in the region had the capacity and backing to shift their focus beyond the five-mile ban, leaving a largely ...

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Global carbon dioxide levels set to pass 400ppm milestone - The Guardian
Apr 29th 2013, 15:14


The Guardian

Global carbon dioxide levels set to pass 400ppm milestone
The Guardian
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 399.72 parts per million (ppm) and is likely to pass the symbolically important 400ppm level for the first time in the next few days. Readings at the US government's Earth Systems ...
Greenhouse gas levels highest in 3m years - The Age The Age

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Florida Green Energy & Climate Conference/Expo returns to WPB - Examiner.com
Apr 29th 2013, 15:01


Examiner.com

Florida Green Energy & Climate Conference/Expo returns to WPB
Examiner.com
There's nothing like a not-to-be-missed conference and exposition in your own backyard. Which is why local and statewide business owners should register for the 5th annual Florida Green Energy & Climate Conference/Expo scheduled for Wednesday, May ...

We Don't Need Exotic Fuels to Cook the Earth, Coal Will Do - The Atlantic
Apr 29th 2013, 14:00


We Don't Need Exotic Fuels to Cook the Earth, Coal Will Do
The Atlantic
A paper published in Nature Climate Change last year pointed out that if all the coal in the world were burned, it would likely warm the planet by an unimaginable 27 degrees Fahrenheit. (International negotiations typically focus on keeping warming to ...

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Bank of America and Citigroup Biggest Lenders to Coal - Bloomberg
Apr 29th 2013, 13:15


Bank of America and Citigroup Biggest Lenders to Coal
Bloomberg
The three banks helped underwrite bonds or loans totaling $8 billion for mountaintop removal coal-mining operations and power plants, or 38 percent of the total $20.8 billion investment for such activities last year, according to the fourth annual Coal ...

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Demand drives TVA renewable energy projects - WATE.com - WATE-TV
Apr 29th 2013, 12:03


Demand drives TVA renewable energy projects - WATE.com
WATE-TV
TVA has been working with local power companies since January to approve applications for renewable energy systems as part of its Green Power Providers program. Officials say all but 2 of the 250 projects are solar installations. The agency has also ...
TUB recognized as Green Power Switch leader Tullahoma News and Guardian

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UN climate talks kick off in Bonn - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 29th 2013, 11:33


UN climate talks kick off in Bonn
The Guardian (blog)
The latest round of international climate change talks commenced today with the now perennial warning about the need for greater urgency from governments as they battle to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking at the opening of the annual ...

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How are communities raising serious money for green energy projects? - The Guardian (blog)
Apr 29th 2013, 11:27


How are communities raising serious money for green energy projects?
The Guardian (blog)
Green energy projects owned by communities – long talked about as a way to reduce emissions, cut bills and bring people together – are starting to raise serious amounts of money. But how? Saskya Huggins, one of the volunteers who has organised the ...

Ohio Oil and Gas Association touts 40000 new Ohio jobs - PolitiFact
Apr 29th 2013, 10:09


WalesOnline

Ohio Oil and Gas Association touts 40000 new Ohio jobs
PolitiFact
One of the authors of the IHS report, managing director of economic analysis Mohsen Bonakdarpour, told us that the figures for 2012 could be seen as a snapshot of the average number of jobs, full-time and part-time, supported by oil and gas drilling ...
Tax raising ideas would slam oil and gas industry Times Record News
Colleges prepare students for new jobs in oil and gas New Philadelphia Times Reporter
UK ministers consider offering communities fracking sweeteners Financial Times
Ventura County Star  - TrustLaw  - RedState
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Sumitomo pulls out of Aquila coal JV in Australia - Reuters
Apr 29th 2013, 00:35


Sumitomo pulls out of Aquila coal JV in Australia
Reuters
Aquila and its partners American Metals and Coal International (AMCI), a mining investment firm, and South Korean steel giant POSCO (005490.KS) effectively froze the project last September after failing to agree on a budget for the year to June 2013.

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