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International Coalition of Tourism Partners lauds Urban Green Energy wind turbine - eTurboNews
May 17th 2013, 23:46


eTurboNews

International Coalition of Tourism Partners lauds Urban Green Energy wind turbine
eTurboNews
HAWAII, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles; BALI, Indonesia - After more than a year of dedicated research and development, Urban Green Energy (UGE) is launching VisionAIR, its most advanced wind turbine yet. VisionAIR has been ...

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Vancouver Island coal mine application rejected - CBC.ca
May 17th 2013, 23:23


CBC.ca

Vancouver Island coal mine application rejected
CBC.ca
A controversial application to open a coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has been rejected as inadequate by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. In a statement issued on May 16, the office said Compliance Energy's application for ...
Comox Valley coal mine application unsuitable for environmental assessment Comox Vallety Record
Raven coal mine application rejected TheTyee.ca (blog)
Raven coal mine proposal rejected Parksville Qualicum Beach News

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Environment bills in the 2013 Louisiana legislative session: Where are they now? - NOLA.com
May 17th 2013, 22:50


Environment bills in the 2013 Louisiana legislative session: Where are they now?
NOLA.com
The 2013 legislative session in Baton Rouge is three weeks from its close on June 6, and lawmakers are steeped in debate on several issues, including the environment. Environmental legislation this year focuses mostly on two issues: tightening ...

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Oil and Gas Industry Career Day Held in Randolph County - WBOY-TV
May 17th 2013, 21:54


Oil and Gas Industry Career Day Held in Randolph County
WBOY-TV
Nearly 600 students from Randolph County learned how the oil and gas industry works. Eleven industry representatives participated in the career day opportunities event. This career day event is part of the Energy Speaks Education initiative. It's aimed ...

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Green Energy Solutions and Cirque Energy II merge - Power Engineering Magazine
May 17th 2013, 20:55


Green Energy Solutions and Cirque Energy II merge
Power Engineering Magazine
According to a release from Green Energy, Cirque Energy has experience in the development, design, financing, construction and operation of landfill operations, renewable energy and traditional distributed generation power projects. The merger also ...

Table Talk: What We Can Do To Help The Environment - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
May 17th 2013, 20:42


Table Talk: What We Can Do To Help The Environment - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Last week, the earth hit an environmental milestone that has climate scientists very concerned. One of the things that the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mauna Loa Observatory is responsible for is measuring the amount of carbon ...

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Coal power and climate denial - UC Berkeley (blog)
May 17th 2013, 19:42


UC Berkeley (blog)

Coal power and climate denial
UC Berkeley (blog)
The report does an impressive job of documenting the extent to which greenhouse gas emissions resulting from electric power production are concentrated in a limited number of states and overwhelmingly result from the use of coal. But the numbers also ...
Are utilities moving quickly enough to cut carbon emissions? Midwest Energy News

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The UK Green Energy Policy Shambles - The Market Oracle
May 17th 2013, 19:27


Telegraph.co.uk

The UK Green Energy Policy Shambles
The Market Oracle
These industries are therefore very sensitive to the relative price of energy in the national economy. The EIUG's Director Jeremy Nicholson is outspoken on the negative impacts of Europe's "green tape", like its European continental opposite numbers ...
Families to pay £600 a year towards green energy by 2020, says think-tank study Telegraph.co.uk
Green energy 'folly will put £600 on bills': Annual charges to hit living ... Daily Mail
Will households really pay £600 for green energy? Carbon Brief (blog)
Newswise (press release)  - Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)  - Australian Conservative
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Anonymous Announces #OpPetrol Attack On Local Oil And Gas Companies ... - International Business Times
May 17th 2013, 19:23


International Business Times

Anonymous Announces #OpPetrol Attack On Local Oil And Gas Companies ...
International Business Times
Members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous have announced plans to launch a cyber attack targeting the international oil and gas industry this week. The group has said that the attacks, dubbed Operation Petrol, are slated for June 20 and will ...
Hacker Group Anonymous Launches #OpPetrol to Target Global Oil Industry U.S. News & World Report

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Green energy from blue sea - The Hindu
May 17th 2013, 19:21


The Hindu

Green energy from blue sea
The Hindu
The Netherlands has made significant progress in harnessing wind as a renewable energy source. The country has set a target to build 6,000 MW of offshore wind power by 2020, mostly from the North Sea. During a recent discussion held with officials in ...

This Week at Interior May 17, 2013
May 17th 2013, 19:00

This week: Secretary Jewell takes to the Idaho skies with smoke jumpers, then talks fire safety with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack; the Department of the...
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New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed - Los Angeles Times
May 17th 2013, 18:47


FuelFix (blog)

New hydraulic fracturing rules proposed
Los Angeles Times
Hydraulic fracturing, the process that involves shooting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to crack shale formations and unlock oil and gas, would become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Interior Department.
Feds make concessions to oil industry in new hydraulic fracturing rule FuelFix (blog)
Interior releases updated hydraulic fracturing draft rule for public, Indian lands Water World
DOI releases revised proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing Oil & Gas Journal
NewsOK.com  - Rigzone
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India-Germany green energy pact nears closure - Hindustan Times
May 17th 2013, 18:17


India-Germany green energy pact nears closure
Hindustan Times
"Detailed discussions were held in Berlin between Scindia and Germany's minister of state for economic co-operation & development Gudrun Kopp on the early finalisation of the green energy corridors and its implementation," said a power ministry statement.

Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Immigrants And The Environment - ThinkProgress
May 17th 2013, 18:11


ThinkProgress

Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Immigrants And The Environment
ThinkProgress
Just last month, the board of the Sierra Club, the oldest environmental organization in the United States voted to add their voice to the movement, officially supporting immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship. In doing so they joined ...

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Fracking Might Be Worse for the Environment Than We Think - U.S. News & World Report
May 17th 2013, 18:02


U.S. News & World Report

Fracking Might Be Worse for the Environment Than We Think
U.S. News & World Report
But we don't really know what the impact of hydraulic fracturing has on the environment, according to a new paper, published in Science magazine Thursday, that examines the potential effects of fracking on groundwater in Pennsylvania's Marcellus region.
Fracking – Are Water Quality Concerns Legit? Discover Magazine (blog)

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New Federal Fracking Rules Rile Environmentalists, Oil and Gas Industry - U.S. News & World Report
May 17th 2013, 17:35


U.S. News & World Report

New Federal Fracking Rules Rile Environmentalists, Oil and Gas Industry
U.S. News & World Report
The revised rules disappointed green groups who had hoped for stricter disclosure rules on the chemicals oil and gas companies use in fracking, as well as greater protections for groundwater supplies surrounding well sites. [BROWSE: Political Cartoons ...
Earthjustice: Interior Department Bows to Oil and Gas Industry Pressure ... eNews Park Forest
Obama admin's new fracking rules attacked by industry, environmentalists Daily Caller
DOI releases revised proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing Oil & Gas Journal
The Japan Times  - Gillette News Record  - Aspen Business Journal
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Flooding threatens one in four London properties - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 17:21


The Guardian

Flooding threatens one in four London properties
The Guardian
Separate figures compiled by the Greater London Authority using environment agency data suggest London has 850,000 properties in areas at risk of surface water, river and tidal flooding. This ratio of one in four homes in risk areas is significantly ...

China's hunger for American coal in doubt - MiamiHerald.com
May 17th 2013, 17:18


MiamiHerald.com

China's hunger for American coal in doubt
MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON -- The push for mass coal exports from Washington state, already facing a huge environmental battle, also could get hit with slowing Chinese demand for coal shipments. The American coal industry, stung by a drop in U.S. demand, hopes to ...
China plans new quality standards for thermal and coking coal Platts
Talk of China ban on low-grade coal imports shakes market ICIS (subscription)
Chinese National Energy Administration proposing ban on low CV and high ... CoalGuru.com

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The Federal Government Got Oklahoma Hooked On Coal, Now It's Forcing a Detox - StateImpact Oklahoma
May 17th 2013, 17:10


The Federal Government Got Oklahoma Hooked On Coal, Now It's Forcing a Detox
StateImpact Oklahoma
In a broadcast story last week, StateImpact talked about how Oklahoma relies heavily on six major coal-fired power plants and the Wyoming coal that's needed to run them — despite sitting on one of the largest supplies of natural gas in the country. We ...

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Bloodthirsty 'factual' TV shows demonise wildlife - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 15:43


Bloodthirsty 'factual' TV shows demonise wildlife
The Guardian
Most people's wild beasts live in the TV. What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball with a large wild animal in their everyday lives, and much of their knowledge of wildlife comes from a screen ...

James River Coal Rises After Reporting Convertible Note Swap - Bloomberg
May 17th 2013, 15:15


James River Coal Rises After Reporting Convertible Note Swap
Bloomberg
"The company reduced its 2015 maturities and, given the challenging coal markets, that's quite a plus," Lucas Pipes, a New York-based analyst at Brean Capital LLC, said by phone. "The swap essentially gives them additional time to weather out this ...
James River Coal Company Announces Exchange Transactions In Connection ... PR Newswire (press release)
James River Coal (JRCC) Higher; Announces Private Exchange Pacts on Notes StreetInsider.com (subscription)
Deep Dive Into Today's Trading Activity for James River Coal (JRCC) - AVAFIN AVAFIN
Businessweek
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Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 15:08


Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb
The Guardian
Despite giving lip service to the values of environmental conservation, the new document focuses on how the US can manage the exploitation of the region's vast untapped oil, gas and mineral resources in cooperation with other Arctic powers.

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Rothschild scion's deal with the Bakrie family to create a coal colossus goes ... - Washington Post
May 17th 2013, 14:49


Rothschild scion's deal with the Bakrie family to create a coal colossus goes ...
Washington Post
Ian Hannam, a well-known JPMorgan Chase investment banker, had e-mailed Rothschild suggesting he look at two coal companies, including PT Bumi Resources, linked to the Bakrie family, a powerful Indonesian business dynasty. "He said it was the best ...

Printable A3-sized solar cells new milestone in green energy - Wired.co.uk
May 17th 2013, 14:18


Printable A3-sized solar cells new milestone in green energy
Wired.co.uk
The news comes just a month before Harvard's Clean Energy Project plans to make public in June a giant database of compounds that can be used for printing solar cells. The list of 20,000 organic compounds may help scientists develop computer models for ...

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Pa. power plant spewing pollution into NJ to stop burning coal next year - Warren Reporter
May 17th 2013, 13:21


Legal News Line

Pa. power plant spewing pollution into NJ to stop burning coal next year
Warren Reporter
A Pennsylvania power plant singled out by the state for pumping air pollution into New Jersey will stop burning coal about a year from now – a few months ahead of schedule, officials announced. The GenOn plant in Portland will stop using coal on June 1 ...
CT, NJ Settlement To Shut Down Coal Units At PA Plant Hartford Courant
Pair of Coal Plants Closing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey StateImpact Pennsylvania
Portland Generating Station to shut down coal-fired units several months early ... The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Philly.com (blog)  - UPI.com  - Legal News Line
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Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy - Slate Magazine
May 17th 2013, 13:17


Kansas.com

Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy
Slate Magazine
California and Texas might be leading the nation's rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide over 60 percent of the state's energy, was the country's biggest user of renewable power in 2011 ...
Company designs, installs renewable energy systems Kansas.com
The Next Big Thing in Green Power: Community Ownership Huffington Post Canada (blog)
The green entrepreneurs Livemint
Washington Times  - The Hindu  - Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
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Global warming has not stalled, insists world's best-known climate scientist - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 12:52


The Guardian

Global warming has not stalled, insists world's best-known climate scientist
The Guardian
Suggestions that global warming has stalled are a "diversionary tactic" from "deniers" who want the public to be confused over climate change, according to the world's best-known climate scientist. Prof James Hansen, who first alerted the world to ...
Little research rejects human-driven climate change theory Mail & Guardian Online
Study consensus for global warming BigPond News
Is the science settled? ABC Online
The Age  - Pacific Standard  - Telegraph.co.uk
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Indonesia offers 21 oil and gas blocks in tender - Reuters
May 17th 2013, 12:01


Indonesia offers 21 oil and gas blocks in tender
Reuters
JAKARTA May 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia opened a rights tender for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks on Friday, four of which are for unconventional gas concessions on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as Southeast Asia's largest economy moves to shore ...

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Artist finds inspiration in Canadian government's attempt to silence her - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 11:44


Montreal Gazette

Artist finds inspiration in Canadian government's attempt to silence her
The Guardian
Harper's iron-fisted message control is now viewed sufficiently seriously that Canada's information commission earlier this year launched an investigation into media controls on seven government departments, including environment and natural resources, ...
Canadian government doubles advertising spend on tar sands The Guardian
Harper waxes eloquent on the environment globalnews.ca
Canada Pulls its Goalie on the Environment Huffington Post Canada
Christian Science Monitor
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Inter-ministerial panel to take call on coal mines to PSUs next week - Economic Times
May 17th 2013, 11:26


Economic Times

Inter-ministerial panel to take call on coal mines to PSUs next week
Economic Times
"An Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) is likely to take a call on applications from the government companies / corporations for allocation of coal blocks on May 23," a Coal Ministry official said. The IMC, headed by Coal Secretary S K Srivastava, may ...

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World's tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials - The Guardian
May 17th 2013, 11:14


The Guardian

World's tallest dam approved by Chinese environmental officials
The Guardian
The ministry proposed counter-measures to mitigate the environmental impact, such as "protecting fish habitats in tributaries, building fish ladders and increasing fish breeding and releasing", Xinhua reported. The project is still awaiting a final go ...
China approves environment assessment of 'tallest dam' The Hindu
China's environment ministry cautions govt over tallest dam Zee News
Environment ministry approves China's biggest hydro dam South China Morning Post
Shanghaiist
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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: May 17, 2013 - NewsOK.com
May 17th 2013, 10:56


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: May 17, 2013
NewsOK.com
Alfalfa: Chesapeake Operating Inc.; Kisling 7-28-12 No. 1H Well; N1/2 N1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 (SL) of 07-28N-12W; 139,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 9,880. Chesapeake Operating Inc.; Riggenbach 18-26-11 No. 1H Well; S1/2 S1/2 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 18-26N-11W ...

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Asia Coal-Australian coal prices up slightly for June cargoes - Reuters
May 17th 2013, 09:57


Brisbane Times

Asia Coal-Australian coal prices up slightly for June cargoes
Reuters
PERTH May 17 (Reuters) - Australian thermal coal benchmark prices rose 0.5 percent from a week earlier, with supplies for June delivery thin, but the general outlook was bearish. Australia's Newcastle spot index stood at $88.03 per tonne on Thursday ...
Australian coal miners face China cap The Age
Coal companies pinched by take or pay Australian Mining

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FracFocus 2.0 to Revolutionize Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Reporting ... - PR Web (press release)
May 17th 2013, 07:15


FracFocus 2.0 to Revolutionize Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Reporting ...
PR Web (press release)
FracFocus.org, the national hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure registry, will fully implement major upgrades beginning June 1, 2013, that will dramatically improve the site's functionality for state, industry and public users. The enhancements to ...
Fracturing rule upsets 2 sides Houston Chronicle

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Idaho Power will invest in coal, for now - The Idaho Statesman
May 17th 2013, 06:05


The Idaho Statesman

Idaho Power will invest in coal, for now
The Idaho Statesman
Idaho Power decided to invest up to $500 million in pollution-control equipment for three coal plants in Wyoming and two in Nevada. Idaho Power doesn't operate the plants, but is a one-third owner of the Jim Bridger plants near Rock Springs, Wyo., and ...

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Renewable energy initiative approved for signature gathering - OregonLive.com
May 17th 2013, 01:53


OregonLive.com

Renewable energy initiative approved for signature gathering
OregonLive.com
Portland lobbyist Paul Cosgrove and Salem resident Tom Hammer, the initiative sponsors, want to count all hydroelectric power toward the green energy mandate. "Most people agree that hydro power is renewable because in the every day meaning of that ...

Obama administration issues draft fracking regulations - Washington Post
May 17th 2013, 01:11


Obama administration issues draft fracking regulations
Washington Post
In its first update of hydraulic fracturing regulations in three decades, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management would require wider disclosure of chemicals used in drilling. It would also require that companies have a water-management ...

New Proposal for Hydraulic Fracturing - Indian Country Today Media Network
May 16th 2013, 20:02


New Proposal for Hydraulic Fracturing
Indian Country Today Media Network
While roughly 90 percent of wells drilled on federal and Indian lands use hydraulic fracturing, the Bureau of Land Management's current regulations governing hydraulic fracturing operations on public lands are more than 30 years old. In 2012, the ...

Hydraulic fracturing benefits touted and regulations discussed at house ... - Lexology (registration)
May 16th 2013, 14:16


Hydraulic fracturing benefits touted and regulations discussed at house ...
Lexology (registration)
BLM manages over 700 million acres of federal lands and is promulgating regulations for hydraulic fracturing on such lands. Neil Kornze, the Principal Deputy Director of the agency, was the only witness at the hearing. There was significant discussion ...

New Fracking Frontiers: Gas Exploration Goes Global
May 16th 2013, 01:26

Shale gas exploration has gone global. Energy companies are surveying shale rock formations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia hoping to disco...
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