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Probe into Tooele County Sheriff's Office has to do with 'retaliatory ... - Salt Lake Tribune
May 31st 2013, 01:09


Probe into Tooele County Sheriff's Office has to do with 'retaliatory ...
Salt Lake Tribune
... allegations against some of its employees. The announcement of the investigation came after accusations surfaced of retaliation and a hostile environment for some employees within the office, according to one officer who spoke to the Tribune on ...

Settlement raises questions about coal ash in Missouri - SuburbanJournals
May 31st 2013, 01:08


KSDK

Settlement raises questions about coal ash in Missouri
SuburbanJournals
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources granted Ameren an exemption from solid waste laws in 1998 and again in 2001 to use coal waste from any of its power plants across the state as structural fill, for road base construction and soil stabilization.
Public Comments Sought on Proposed Coal Ash Cleanup Settlement with ... U.S. EPA.gov (press release)
EPA proposes Jefferson County coal ash settlement RenewablesBiz
Mandatory groundwater monitoring demanded for Ameren coal plants Fierce Energy

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China prepares for fracking campaigns - UPI.com
May 31st 2013, 01:04


China prepares for fracking campaigns
UPI.com
BEIJING, May 29 (UPI) -- There are more than a dozen wells ready for hydraulic fracturing campaigns in mainland China, a country manager for Far East Energy Corp. said. Far East Energy said it has started work on 23 conventional wells in China with the ...

New Ontario green energy rules to give municipalities greater control over ... - National Post
May 30th 2013, 23:33


reNews

New Ontario green energy rules to give municipalities greater control over ...
National Post
Major changes to Ontario's rules on green energy projects will give municipalities a greater say over the location of new wind and solar farms, and a chance to get a slice of the revenue, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli said Thursday. "There's a lot more ...
Province changes green energy rules for municipalities Windsor Star
Province announces changes to green energy policy Simcoe.com
Niagara Region Wind Corporation supports Minister's commitment to Green ... Wall Street Journal (press release)
Niagara Falls Review  - BetterFarming.com  - reNews
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'The East' delivers a thrilling environment - USA TODAY
May 30th 2013, 22:22


'The East' delivers a thrilling environment
USA TODAY
'The East' delivers a thrilling environment. The East is an anarchist collective seeking to make CEOS feel the pain they inflict with harmful pharmaceuticals and dangerous pollutants. An undercover agent infiltrates their group and questions her life ...

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Recent Insider Moves in the Coal Sector - Barron's (blog)
May 30th 2013, 21:37


Recent Insider Moves in the Coal Sector
Barron's (blog)
With the rally in coal stocks today, we took a quick look at insider sentiment in the sector. Broad sentiment among energy sector insiders has begun to turn more positive, according to InsiderScore. In the coal sector, here are four coal company ...

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Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker considers 'change of environment' - BBC Sport
May 30th 2013, 21:28


BBC Sport

Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker considers 'change of environment'
BBC Sport
... a ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, admitted on Wednesday it "would be difficult to say no" to Real Madrid, who have been linked with him. On Thursday he said: "It's a good moment for a change of environment because of all I've been ...
Luis Suárez: "It's a good time for a change of environment" MARCA.com
Premier League - Suarez considering 'change of environment' Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Unhappy Suarez hints at "change of environment" This Is Anfield
Mirror.co.uk  - Daily Post North Wales
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US Coal Exports: "The Worst Of The Worst" - PlanetSave.com
May 30th 2013, 20:57


Investorplace.com

US Coal Exports: "The Worst Of The Worst"
PlanetSave.com
Today, the coal industry — with the support of the Obama administration — is following a similar unethical practice as the cigarette exporters of the past. With complete disregard to global public health and climate implications, US coal exports ...
Coal is making a comeback in 2013 Washington Post (blog)
Pollution is rising because of cheap coal, says environment boss Lord Smith Telegraph.co.uk
Coal Prices: Don't Call It a Comeback Investorplace.com
SustainableBusiness.com  - uSwitch.com (Tech)  - The Independent Weekly
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Indiana oil pipeline 'a mixed bag' for environment - WBEZ
May 30th 2013, 20:57


Indiana oil pipeline 'a mixed bag' for environment
WBEZ
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said a new pipeline that would ferry tar sands oil across Northwest Indiana poses no significant risk to water quality in the region. But local environmental groups see cause for concern in lax state ...
Enviros: Ind. permit for Enbridge no 'grand slam' Seattle Post Intelligencer

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Judge: Coal company can drop retirement benefits for 13000 workers - MSNBC
May 30th 2013, 20:16


International Business Times

Judge: Coal company can drop retirement benefits for 13000 workers
MSNBC
Retired coal miner Ricky Clark, left, of Man, W.Va., protests with around 2,000 other retired and active coal miners and their families in front a U.S, Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in St. Louis, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...
Judge backs bankrupt coal producer in benefits dispute with union Fox News
Patriot Coal Bankruptcy Deal Draws Criticism From Miners Union International Business Times
Peabody, Coal Stocks Rally Barron's (blog)
Reuters  - Financial Times
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CFO Moves: Kid Brands, Tilly's, Yingli Green Energy - Wall Street Journal (blog)
May 30th 2013, 19:51


CFO Moves: Kid Brands, Tilly's, Yingli Green Energy
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Inc., a solar energy firm based in China, said Chief Financial Officer Zongwei Li was trading jobs with Chief Strategy Officer Yiyu Wang, according to Dow Jones. The news came as the company also reported a larger ...

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Sandra Steingraber and Citizens Protest Fracking Bill at IL Attorney General's Office
May 30th 2013, 18:44

Sandra Steingraber, Jeff Biggers, Tabitha Tripp and concerned citizens deliver letters from fracking victims of other midwest states to the IL Attorney Gener...
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Say yes to an oil and gas bonanza - The Wenatchee World Online
May 30th 2013, 18:38


Say yes to an oil and gas bonanza
The Wenatchee World Online
Oil and gas critics have long warned of "peak" supply — the point at which extraction is at its highest possible rate. At this "peak," wells will start running dry for good. But this theory is nothing more than a myth-and scare tactic by those ...

Yingli Green Energy Earnings Review: Expected Slow First Quarter - Benzinga
May 30th 2013, 18:01


Yingli Green Energy Earnings Review: Expected Slow First Quarter
Benzinga
Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) is down on Thursday following an expected weak fiscal year 2013 first quarter. China solar energy company posted earnings of $(0.62) per share, tumbling behind its Q4 FY 2012 performance by over 113 percent. EPS also ...
Yingli Green Energy Posts Wider Loss In Q1 , Backs Full - year Shipment Target RTT News
Yingli Green Energy Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Report PR Newswire (press release)
Yingli Green Energy Holding's CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call ... Seeking Alpha
Wall Street Journal  - Wall St. Cheat Sheet
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Google Makes Its First Renewable Energy Investment In Africa, Puts $12M ... - eu.techcrunch
May 30th 2013, 16:44


reNews

Google Makes Its First Renewable Energy Investment In Africa, Puts $12M ...
eu.techcrunch
Google today announced that it is investing $12 million in a 96 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in South Africa. This marks Google's first renewable energy investment in Africa and its 12th overall renewable energy investment. Once it's completed ...
Yingli Green Energy to Supply 96 MW PV Modules to One of the Largest Solar ... Sacramento Bee
Google pumps $12M into African solar energy project VentureBeat
Google Makes First Renewable Energy Investment In Africa CleanTechnica
reNews  - iTech Post
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Local elections in Washington state are big deal for coal industry and global ... - Grist
May 30th 2013, 16:34


Local elections in Washington state are big deal for coal industry and global ...
Grist
Over the next two years, the council will decide whether to issue two permits needed for the planned $600 million Gateway Pacific Terminal, which would export massive amounts of coal from Wyoming and Montana to Asia. In doing so, these council members ...

MasTec Acquires Canadian Oil and Gas Construction Firm for $103 Million in Cash - Motley Fool
May 30th 2013, 16:31


Upstream Online

MasTec Acquires Canadian Oil and Gas Construction Firm for $103 Million in Cash
Motley Fool
MasTec (NYSE: MTZ ) is well-known for being a leading infrastructure construction company across various industries, so its announcement this morning that it is acquiring an oil and gas pipeline and facility construction services company should not ...
MasTec Acquires Canadian Oil and Gas Pipeline and Facilities Contractor Big ... PR Newswire (press release)

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BLM proposes revised rules on hydraulic fracturing - Lexology (registration)
May 30th 2013, 15:30


BLM proposes revised rules on hydraulic fracturing
Lexology (registration)
On May 16, 2013, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its long awaited re-draft of rules on hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian land. BLM had originally proposed the rule a year ago, but then pulled it back amid a deluge of ...
BLM seeks changes in hydraulic fracking rules Moab Times Independent

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Report: Colo. oil and gas industry has spent more than $1 million lobbying ... - kdvr.com
May 30th 2013, 15:18


FuelFix

Report: Colo. oil and gas industry has spent more than $1 million lobbying ...
kdvr.com
DENVER — In a legislative session defined by an ambitious Democratic agenda, one industry had remarkable success staving off a bevy of Democratic bills that sought to tighten restrictions and regulations on their operations. That, of course, is ...
Oil, gas influence on Colorado politics questioned Houston Chronicle
Report: Oil and Gas Industry Exerts Outsized Political Influence in Colorado The Colorado Independent
Spend, Baby, Spend! Huffington Post

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SD works to boost business in oil and gas industry - Dickinson Press
May 30th 2013, 15:10


SD works to boost business in oil and gas industry
Dickinson Press
Jim Quinn of Black Hills Business Strategy says the firm is identifying oil and gas operators, drillers, contractors and suppliers who are active in the North Dakota oil fields. He says the study will determine how South Dakota companies can provide ...

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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone ... - Dissident Voice
May 30th 2013, 15:00


Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone ...
Dissident Voice
"We're diametrically opposed to the construction of it," said David Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), which represents 35,000 Canadian oil and gas workers, including thousands laboring in the ...

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Coalition will 'get around' new law on coal seam gas - The Guardian
May 30th 2013, 14:59


The Guardian

Coalition will 'get around' new law on coal seam gas
The Guardian
The amendement was intended to "put beyond doubt" that the commonwealth had to give the final approvals for coal seam gas wells, taking into account their impact on water, and that it could not hand this power over to state governments. The Coalition ...
Coal seam gas a hot issue Stock Journal
Australia and the coal business. ABC Online (blog)

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Small Dams On Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, Study ... - Science Daily (press release)
May 30th 2013, 14:49


Small Dams On Chinese River Harm Environment More Than Expected, Study ...
Science Daily (press release)
May 30, 2013 — A fresh look at the environmental impacts of dams on an ecologically diverse and partially protected river in China found that small dams can pose a greater threat to ecosystems and natural landscapes than large dams. Although large ...

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Is Japan the canary in the coal mine? - MarketWatch
May 30th 2013, 14:08


Is Japan the canary in the coal mine?
MarketWatch
Mr.Oliver Pursche is the president of Gary Goldberg Financial Services as well as the co-portfolio manager of the GMG Defensive Beta Fund, and has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Pursche writes weekly investment columns for ...

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Land-based carbon offsets: False hope? Forest and soil carbon is important, but does not offset fossil fuel emissions
May 30th 2013, 13:50

Leading world climate change experts have thrown cold water on the idea that planting trees can offset carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels. Land carbon sinks cannot solve the problem of atmospheric carbon emissions but they legitimize the ongoing use of fossil fuels.

South Dakota works to boost business in oil and gas industry - Bismarck Tribune
May 30th 2013, 13:37


South Dakota works to boost business in oil and gas industry
Bismarck Tribune
Jim Quinn of Black Hills Business Strategy says the firm is identifying oil and gas operators, drillers, contractors and suppliers who are active in the North Dakota oil fields. He says the study will determine how South Dakota companies can provide ...

EXPERT VOICES: Matthew Pencharz, Environment and Political Advisor to the ... - National Geographic
May 30th 2013, 13:25


EXPERT VOICES: Matthew Pencharz, Environment and Political Advisor to the ...
National Geographic
To get a return to growth, however, it is absolutely vital that the economic benefits and opportunities — both immediate and long-term — of the low carbon and environmental goods and services sector are recognized and understood by policy makers ...

Google Street View maps Galápagos Islands - The Guardian
May 30th 2013, 13:15


Google Street View maps Galápagos Islands
The Guardian
This summer, Google Street View users will be able to dive deep into the waters of the Galápagos and navigate across its inaccessible landscape, via 360-degree images of life on the remote volcanic islands, which includes giant tortoises, sea lions and ...

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Gazprom Neft's NIS Unit Starts Oil and Gas Drilling in Bosnia - Bloomberg
May 30th 2013, 13:08


Gazprom Neft's NIS Unit Starts Oil and Gas Drilling in Bosnia
Bloomberg
A joint venture of Serbia's Naftna Industrija Srbije AD and a unit of Russia's OAO Zarubezhneft began exploratory drilling in the Serb part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, where it has a long-term oil and gas concession. The first drill in Obudovac in ...

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China's top utilities protest plan to ban low-grade coal imports - Reuters
May 30th 2013, 12:01


China's top utilities protest plan to ban low-grade coal imports
Reuters
Faltering domestic coal mining industry had lobbied for ban. By Fayen Wong. SHANGHAI, May 30 (Reuters) - China's top five utilities have formally protested a government proposal to ban imports of low-grade coal that could jack up their costs, a move ...
Power firms decry proposed coal ban Global Times
Impacts From The Proposed Chinese Coal Import Ban Seeking Alpha

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TATNEFT' IMENI V.D. SHASHINA OAO : Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing Carried ... - 4-traders (press release)
May 30th 2013, 11:59


TATNEFT' IMENI V.D. SHASHINA OAO : Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing Carried ...
4-traders (press release)
TATNEFT Company is successfully implementing innovative technologies at its oil fields. For the first time in the Company's history a cycle of operations for multi-interval hydraulic fracturing of the formation has been completed in one of the wells of ...

Australia on course to beat 2020 renewable energy target, says study - The Guardian
May 30th 2013, 10:09


The Guardian

Australia on course to beat 2020 renewable energy target, says study
The Guardian
The analysis of government agency data, by consultancy Green Energy Markets, forecast a long-term decline in fossil fuels, with the use of coal for electricity falling by a third over the next 20 years. Brown coal, the most carbon dioxide-heavy of all ...

Yingli Green Energy Reports First Quarter 2013 Results - PR Newswire (press release)
May 30th 2013, 10:01


Yingli Green Energy Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
PR Newswire (press release)
BAODING, China, May 30, 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 ...

Bankruptcy Judge Allows Patriot Coal to Scrap Union Contracts - Wall Street Journal
May 30th 2013, 09:34


Wall Street Journal

Bankruptcy Judge Allows Patriot Coal to Scrap Union Contracts
Wall Street Journal
Patriot Coal Corp. won approval from a bankruptcy-court judge Wednesday to slash the pay and benefits of thousands of miners, retirees and dependents. The ruling is a major blow to the United Mine Workers of America, which represents the miners and has ...

Rewilding made simple, an animated guide - video - EducationGuardian.co.uk
May 30th 2013, 09:33


EducationGuardian.co.uk

Rewilding made simple, an animated guide - video
EducationGuardian.co.uk
Could the destruction of the natural world be reversed? Could our bare hills once more support a rich and thriving ecosystem, containing wolves, lynx, moose, bison, wolverines and boar? Does our wildlife still bear the marks of the great beasts that ...

Aust Partners Alofos Foundation On Green, Solar Energy Design - AllAfrica.com
May 30th 2013, 09:21


Aust Partners Alofos Foundation On Green, Solar Energy Design
AllAfrica.com
The workshop was aimed at enlightening students from the senior secondary and tertiary institutions about green energy with a focus on solar energy. In the course of the programme, the students were first introduced to the basic principles of ...

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Adani Says Prepared to Work With Rivals on Australia Coal Rail - Bloomberg
May 30th 2013, 08:17


Livemint

Adani Says Prepared to Work With Rivals on Australia Coal Rail
Bloomberg
The rail proposal to transport coal from the Carmichael thermal coal mine to the port of Abbot Point on the Queensland state coast was lodged with the federal government, the company said. Adani bought the project in 2010 and seeks to start output in ...
Adani proposes rail line from Galilee to Abbot Point Courier Mail

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For income-generating investments, some turn to oil and gas pipelines via ... - Boston Globe
May 30th 2013, 07:13


Boston Globe

For income-generating investments, some turn to oil and gas pipelines via ...
Boston Globe
Investors searching for income-generating investments are finding opportunities in the oil and gas pipelines that crisscross the country. Many of the pipelines, holding tanks, and other equipment that help get fuel to consumers are owned by firms ...
Tax-favored partnerships have fueled the shale gas boom -- will that continue? Environment & Energy Publishing

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Thousands of ancient trees at risk, Woodland Trust warns - The Guardian
May 30th 2013, 05:00


Thousands of ancient trees at risk, Woodland Trust warns
The Guardian
A spokeswoman for the department of environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) said: "Tree and plant health is a priority for Defra. Plant health experts are currently reviewing how best to act on the recommendations of the independent tree and plant ...

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UK emissions fell further than other EU nations after mild 2011 - The Guardian
May 29th 2013, 14:19


Economic Times

UK emissions fell further than other EU nations after mild 2011
The Guardian
The decrease in the UK's emissions, according to Europe's environment watchdog, came mainly from lower gas use in homes, owing to the milder temperatures, and lower demand for electricity. There was also more hydro-electricity production and technical ...
EU environment agency: Greenhouse gases emissions in 2011 lowest in 14 years Fox News
EU emissions fall, as does renewable energy use Resource Magazine
EU's greenhouse gas emissions sink to lowest since 1990 Reuters

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Hydraulic fracturing on BLM-administered public and Indian lands - Lexology (registration)
May 28th 2013, 13:59


Hydraulic fracturing on BLM-administered public and Indian lands
Lexology (registration)
On May 16, 2013, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comment regarding hydraulic fracturing on BLM-administered public and Indian lands (Revised Proposed Rule).

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