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Oil and gas training scheme aims to address skills shortage - Herald Scotland Jun 25th 2013, 02:07 Oil and gas training scheme aims to address skills shortage Herald Scotland Tuesday 25 June 2013. OIL and gas training experts have launched a £1 million programme to try to work out what needs to be done to address the skills shortages that are sparking a war for talent in the North Sea. OIL and gas training experts have ... Tasmania's old growth forests win environmental protection - The Guardian Jun 25th 2013, 01:15 The Guardian Tasmania's old growth forests win environmental protection The Guardian Logging will continue in the forest in areas Environment Minister Tony Burke described as "less contentious". The proposal the government put to the World Heritage Committee was the work of people within the forestry industry as well as ... More Tasmanian forest on heritage list BigPond News Heritage listing fires forest war Weekly Times Now UNESCO expands conservation listing Tasmania Examiner all 21 news articles » Duke Medicine: Parenting, home environment influence kids' exercise, eating - WRAL.com Jun 25th 2013, 00:50 Duke Medicine: Parenting, home environment influence kids' exercise, eating WRAL.com "But there are variations in obesity from one society to another and from one environment to another, so there is clearly something in the environment that strongly influences the obesity epidemic." The home environment and parenting can influence a ... Coal shares plunge ahead of Obama's climate-change speech - Washington Post (blog) Jun 25th 2013, 00:44 San Francisco Chronicle Coal shares plunge ahead of Obama's climate-change speech Washington Post (blog) Shares of U.S. coal mining companies plunged Monday, battered by weak economic data from China, the overall stock market slide and the prospect that President Obama will announce plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal plants ... Obama to announce new rules aimed at coal and blunting climate change MiamiHerald.com Obama's "War on Coal" Hits American Families Hard Heritage.org (blog) Sector Snap: Coal Businessweek IrishCentral  - Zanesville Times Recorder all 461 news articles » Ripping out disused wind farms 'will harm environment' - Scotsman Jun 24th 2013, 23:09 Scotsman Ripping out disused wind farms 'will harm environment' Scotsman This report recommends that special consideration be taken when a site's ground conditions are "dynamic", such as in upland peatland environments, advising that "the decision to retain a buried structure should take into account the longer-term ... Report: City, town development affects environment - Timesonline.com Jun 24th 2013, 23:06 Report: City, town development affects environment Timesonline.com "Although findings might differ on the magnitude of the effects of different practices, the evidence is overwhelming that some types of development yield better environmental results than others," says the report, titled Our Built and Natural ... US Forest Service funds 10 renewable energy projects - Biomass Magazine Jun 24th 2013, 23:00 Biomass Magazine US Forest Service funds 10 renewable energy projects Biomass Magazine U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has announced the award of nearly $2.5 million in grants to 10 small businesses and community groups for wood-to-energy projects that will help expand regional economies and create new jobs. "These grants help ... Why Adding Oil and Gas Matters to Freeport-McMoRan's Investors - Motley Fool Jun 24th 2013, 22:09 Why Adding Oil and Gas Matters to Freeport-McMoRan's Investors Motley Fool In adding oil and gas to its portfolio, Freeport picked up a diverse base of assets located in the United States (see the following map). It added both onshore and offshore oil from California and the Eagle Ford and in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as ... and more » New Plan to Plug Oil and Gas Skills Gaps - MarineLink Jun 24th 2013, 20:51 New Plan to Plug Oil and Gas Skills Gaps MarineLink "Despite significant investment largely from industry, but more recently from government, and a raft of private and public initiatives, we are still not properly addressing the skills challenges in oil and gas. It is vital that more definitive action ... and more » NRG to convert coal plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania to natgas - Reuters Jun 24th 2013, 20:48 NRG to convert coal plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania to natgas Reuters NRG said in an email it had planned to deactivate the three coal units at the 330-megawatt (MW) New Castle plant in Pennsylvania and two coal units at the 732 MW Avon Lake in Ohio in April 2015. But since its merger with GenOn Energy last December, ... New Castle power plant to burn natural gas, not coal Pittsburgh Post Gazette Coal-fired West Pittsburg plant will burn gas; won't close New Castle News NRG Energy to burn natural gas at coal-fired generating plant Tribune-Review MENAFN.COM all 13 news articles » Austria's OMV wins rights for UAE oil and gas exploration - The National Jun 24th 2013, 20:14 gulfnews.com Austria's OMV wins rights for UAE oil and gas exploration The National OMV, the Austrian oil producer part-owned by Abu Dhabi, has won rights to explore for oil and gas east of the capital. The contract, signed this week with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), makes Austria only the second country to partner with the ... Adnoc and OMV sign Eastern Region oil and natural gas exploration deal gulfnews.com OMV, ADNOC to explore eastern Abu Dhabi Oil & Gas Journal Abu Dhabi oil giant, Austria's OMV sign oil exploration deal Global Times IVCPOST  - Zawya (registration) (press release) all 12 news articles » Oil and Gas: What's In It For The Irish? - Rigzone Jun 24th 2013, 19:22 Rigzone Oil and Gas: What's In It For The Irish? Rigzone Describing the situation as "The Great Oil and Gas Giveaway" campaigning groups such as Own Our Oil and Shell to Sea are concerned that rules introduced by Ireland decades ago are, in their current form, too heavily weighted in favor of exploration ... Oil and Gas Report - Banner News (subscription) Jun 24th 2013, 18:47 Oil and Gas Report Banner News (subscription) The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission issued 17 drilling permits, no well completions, and no well recompletions during the last reporting period. Area activity included the following: Drilling permits. Columbia: Bonanza Creek Energy Resources LLC of ... Renewable Energy Standards Survive Lobby's Anti-Mandate Blitz - Huffington Post Jun 24th 2013, 18:45 Government Technology Renewable Energy Standards Survive Lobby's Anti-Mandate Blitz Huffington Post This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. For renewable energy supporters, this was supposed to be ... Europe's Renewables Hype Implodes As German Solar Goes Belly Up Energy Tribune Global warming: you can act locally Packet Online Dominion offers solar net metering alternative Fierce Energy Red, Green, and Blue all 24 news articles » Denationalise coal: Halfway measures like captive mining don't meet shortages - Times of India Jun 24th 2013, 18:34 Economic Times Denationalise coal: Halfway measures like captive mining don't meet shortages Times of India Industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal is due to be grilled by the CBI this week, on charges of his firm illegally colluding with former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayana Rao to garner coal block allocations for itself. Similarly, there ... Coal Ministry avoids CBI queries on blocks allocated through JV Economic Times CBI questions coal allocations, says policy vague Hindustan Times Indian coal mining scam- PSUs to face CBI heat in coal scam CoalGuru.com all 4 news articles » MARKET WATCH: Oil, gas prices continue falling - Oil & Gas Journal Jun 24th 2013, 18:30 MARKET WATCH: Oil, gas prices continue falling Oil & Gas Journal Oil and gas prices continued falling June 21 with the new front-front August contract for crude down on the New York futures market. "Another bout of dollar strength took oil prices down another peg," said Marc Ground at Standard New York Securities ... Oil And Gas Tumble On Lower Demands FX Empire Light Crude Oil Prices Drop Further Today; Oil and Gas Price Trends ... Learning and Finance Domestic gas output down 18.7% in May Hindu Business Line all 175 news articles » Google Launches Cloud Playground, A Browser-Based Environment For Trying ... - TechCrunch Jun 24th 2013, 16:21 Google Launches Cloud Playground, A Browser-Based Environment For Trying ... TechCrunch Google's Cloud Platform is slowly becoming ay fully featured environment for running complex web apps, but it's not easy to just give it a quick try. To get started with Cloud Platform, after all, you have to first install the right SDK and other tools ... and more » Obama Should Tell Ex-Im Bank To Move Beyond Coal - ThinkProgress Jun 24th 2013, 15:22 ThinkProgress Obama Should Tell Ex-Im Bank To Move Beyond Coal ThinkProgress The problem is OPIC can't make up for the billions the administration's other overseas investment agencies are providing to coal and other fossil fuels. It's time the administration brought other agencies up to the OPIC clean energy standard and ... Coal cost pass-through positive for IPPs: Nomura - Economic Times Jun 24th 2013, 15:18 Economic Times Coal cost pass-through positive for IPPs: Nomura Economic Times MUMBAI: The government's recent decision to allow Independent Power Producers( IPP) to pass on the hike in the cost of imported coal to consumers would be positive for the industry, brokerage firm Nomura has said. The Cabinet Committee on Economic ... and more » Eagles Die in Name of Green Energy - Big Sky Business Journal Jun 24th 2013, 14:07 Eagles Die in Name of Green Energy Big Sky Business Journal Part of the American heritage is the symbolic eagle, points out Dennis Blank, Editor of the Oil Patch Hotline, in a recent editorial. The eagle, he says "is a magnificent bird that represents freedom, determination and strength. It is also safeguarded ... Coal output needs to be ramped up to rein in imports: PMEAC - Economic Times Jun 24th 2013, 14:01 Economic Times Coal output needs to be ramped up to rein in imports: PMEAC Economic Times India imported 110.42 million tonnes (MT) of coal between April 2012 and January 2013. Projecting imports to touch 185 MT by 2017, Planning Commission had earlier said there was an urgent need to take effective measures for stepping up coal production. Bloating coal import bill raises clamor for domestic supply in India CoalGuru.com all 7 news articles » Obama's EPA Gets Supreme Court Hearing on Coal Pollution - Bloomberg Jun 24th 2013, 13:48 Power Engineering Magazine Obama's EPA Gets Supreme Court Hearing on Coal Pollution Bloomberg By Greg Stohr - 2013-06-24T16:58:18Z. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider reviving an Environmental Protection Agency rule that would curb emissions from coal-fired power plants, in a clash over the Obama administration's biggest air-quality effort. Supreme Court to Review EPA Rule on Air Pollution Across State Lines EPA Lloyd's List all 43 news articles » Homeland Resources Announces Two Spud Dates at Liberty Ridge Oil and Gas ... - MENAFN.COM Jun 24th 2013, 12:32 Homeland Resources Announces Two Spud Dates at Liberty Ridge Oil and Gas ... MENAFN.COM ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Jun 24, 2013 (Menafn - Marketwired via COMTEX) --Homeland Resources Ltd. (otcqb:HMLA), an emerging oil and gasexploration and production company, is pleased to announce the nexttwo spud dates for drilling at the Liberty Ridge ... Homeland Provides Liberty Ridge Drilling Update Oil and Gas Investor (registration) all 4 news articles » Lower pollution levels linked to worse hurricanes - The Guardian Jun 24th 2013, 11:39 The Guardian Lower pollution levels linked to worse hurricanes The Guardian Scientists from Britain's Meteorological Office have fingered a new suspect in their attempt to solve the mystery of tropical storms. It is, unexpectedly, air quality. If North Atlantic hurricanes are more destructive or more frequent, it may be linked ... Want fewer hurricanes? Pollute the air New Scientist Cleaner air may have brought more storms Science News Air Pollution May Have Suppressed Storms, Research Suggests New York Times (blog) all 36 news articles » Were India's floods caused by reckless human greed? - The Guardian Jun 24th 2013, 11:17 Were India's floods caused by reckless human greed? The Guardian Development in the Himalayas has long been contentious. Both the ruling Congress party and the opposition BJP party have insisted that the people of Uttarakhand want, nay need, development. On 18 December 2012 the Ministry of Environment and Forests ... and more » China's Coal Conundrum - Forbes Jun 24th 2013, 09:37 WCHS-TV8 China's Coal Conundrum Forbes "It is very unlikely that demand for thermal coal in China will peak before 2030," said William Durbin, the Beijing-based president of global markets with Wood Mackenzie, an energy research and consulting firm, in a statement accompanying the release ... Concerned that EPA can't regulate coal ash Asheville Citizen-Times EPA says King Coal Highway mine ignored less damaging options Charleston Gazette EPA: King Coal Highway environmental analysis falls short State Journal Tribune-Review  - San Antonio Express all 15 news articles » Solar gardens give access to green energy to more Coloradans - Denver Post Jun 24th 2013, 08:39 Solar gardens give access to green energy to more Coloradans Denver Post Tom Sweeney, CEO of Clean Energy Collective, walks beside the newly completed community solar array in unincorporated Boulder County on Friday. Clean Energy Collective, a Carbondale-based company, is developing 11 Xcel Energy solar gardens. Q&A: India-US Green Energy Cooperation - Wall Street Journal (blog) Jun 24th 2013, 08:33 Wall Street Journal (blog) Q&A: India-US Green Energy Cooperation Wall Street Journal (blog) ... the group's India initiative, answered questions via email about the significance of U.S Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to the Indian capital of New Delhi, where climate change and cooperation on renewable energy are expected to top the ... and more » The Coal Train Chugs Along - National Review Online (blog) Jun 24th 2013, 08:09 The Coal Train Chugs Along National Review Online (blog) U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions are falling largely because of a huge drop in coal consumption, which was down a whopping 11.9 percent in 2012. Domestic coal use is plummeting for several reasons. Among them are increasing regulatory burdens, ... Kathleen Wynne backing away from McGuinty's Ontario Green Energy Act - National Post Jun 24th 2013, 06:16 Kathleen Wynne backing away from McGuinty's Ontario Green Energy Act National Post This week's announcement was only the latest instance in which some element of the Green Energy Act, once a centerpiece of the McGuinty government, has been revised, downgraded or otherwise scrapped. Premier Kathleen Wynne isn't just backing away ... Recalibrating green energy Hamilton Spectator Editorial: The winds of change Law Times Samsung and Ontario row back on renewables commitment pv magazine all 6 news articles » Oil and gas ad campaign builds industry support - Youngstown Vindicator Jun 24th 2013, 04:18 Proactive Investors Australia Oil and gas ad campaign builds industry support Youngstown Vindicator You've seen the commercials that run daily on local networks and cable television throughout Ohio. Some feature an oil and gas worker riding in an American-manufactured pickup through a bucolic community where he knows the people he lives and works ... US Oil and Gas Exploration & Production spending reaches new heights ... Zawya (registration) (press release) Variables, uncertainties still shape world energy outlook Oil & Gas Journal China: significant energy challenges ahead Energy Global Proactive Investors Australia  - Arab News  - EconoMonitor (blog) all 57 news articles » My Turn: New Hampshire lawmakers raid renewable energy fund - Concord Monitor Jun 24th 2013, 04:05 My Turn: New Hampshire lawmakers raid renewable energy fund Concord Monitor Ratepayers take notice: Once again, state legislators are raiding the New Hampshire renewable energy funds, which are financed via increased electricity rates paid by you for purported green programs like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI ... North Circular air pollution worst in London, emissions figures show - The Guardian Jun 23rd 2013, 23:05 The Guardian North Circular air pollution worst in London, emissions figures show The Guardian Parliament's environmental audit committee estimates that outdoor air pollution causes 29,000 deaths a year in the UK, compared with fewer than 2,000 a year caused by road traffic accidents. Simon Birkett, director of Clean Air in London, which applied ... and more » UK's nuclear clean-up programme to cost billions more than expected - The Guardian Jun 23rd 2013, 18:15 The Guardian UK's nuclear clean-up programme to cost billions more than expected The Guardian The public body charged with overseeing the dismantling of Britain's network of atomic power and research stations will reveal on Monday that its estimates for the lifetime cost of the programme has risen by billions of pounds. Despite this, the ... and more » EPA drops plan to confirm hydraulic fracturing is linked to Wyo. pollution ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune Jun 20th 2013, 23:30 EPA drops plan to confirm hydraulic fracturing is linked to Wyo. pollution ... Minneapolis Star Tribune CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it is dropping its longstanding plan to have independent scientists review its finding that hydraulic fracturing may be linked to groundwater pollution in central Wyoming. EPA abandons plan link Wyoming groundwater pollution to hydraulic fracturing - Billings Gazette Jun 20th 2013, 21:25 EPA abandons plan link Wyoming groundwater pollution to hydraulic fracturing Billings Gazette CHEYENNE — The Environmental Protection Agency is abandoning its plan to confirm hydraulic fracturing is linked to groundwater pollution in central Wyoming. A draft news release obtained Thursday by The Associated Press says the EPA won't have ... How it Works: Hydraulic Fracturing June 27- October 20, 2013 - Santa Paula Times Jun 20th 2013, 16:52 How it Works: Hydraulic Fracturing June 27- October 20, 2013 Santa Paula Times Diagrams, models and products used for hydraulic fracturing will be displayed. With this topic being so prominent in the news today, this exhibit will provide insight for those interested in learning more about the production process. Museum hours Wed ...

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