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Rate cuts help Myer sales up 1pc in Q1 - The Australian
Nov 15th 2012, 00:16


NEWS.com.au

Rate cuts help Myer sales up 1pc in Q1
The Australian
"While we welcomed the October interest rate cut, there are a myriad of factors currently in the mix and influencing discretionary spend, so we continue to be cautious about the trading environment,'' he said in a statement. Mr Brookes said the company ...
Rate cuts boost Myer sales Perth Now
Myer gets a lift from mild spring The Canberra Times
Myer sales rise The Age

all 41 news articles »

Law makes fighting developments more complex: environmental group - Brisbane Times
Nov 14th 2012, 22:30


Law makes fighting developments more complex: environmental group
Brisbane Times
A leading environmental group believes fighting developments will become more complicated despite a reprieve from state government plans to automatically award costs against community groups that lose in the Planning and Environment Court.

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Coal Stocks Tumble On President Obama's Re-Election - ETF Daily News (blog)
Nov 14th 2012, 22:23


ETF Daily News (blog)

Coal Stocks Tumble On President Obama's Re-Election
ETF Daily News (blog)
The Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSEARCA:KOL) was down 5% the day after the election and individual coal company stocks were hammered even more. The largest U.S. coal producer, Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU), dropped by 9% while the second biggest ...
Romney's Fatal Bet on Coal Daily Beast
Why Coal Isn't Dead The motley Fool (blog)
Many Coal-Fired Power Plants Poised to Retire, Group Says Businessweek
Trefis  - Reuters  - NDTV
all 63 news articles »

Investigate Air Force for Openly Violent, Sexist and Hostile Environment to Women - Huffington Post (blog)
Nov 14th 2012, 21:57


Investigate Air Force for Openly Violent, Sexist and Hostile Environment to Women
Huffington Post (blog)
Active duty Air Force Technical Sergeant Jennifer Smith is a patriot. She has honorably served our nation in Iraq, Kuwait, Korea and Germany with stellar performance reviews. But for 17 years, under different commanders and on different bases, she ...

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Arch Coal Announces Pricing of $375 Million Senior Notes Offering - Equities.com
Nov 14th 2012, 21:57


Arch Coal Announces Pricing of $375 Million Senior Notes Offering
Equities.com
14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) today announced the pricing of $375 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.875% senior notes due 2019 at an issue price of 95.934% of principal amount, resulting in a yield to maturity of 10.75%.

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US Energy Policy: Hesitation Hurts Green Jobs Growth, New Study Shows - Huffington Post
Nov 14th 2012, 21:47


US Energy Policy: Hesitation Hurts Green Jobs Growth, New Study Shows
Huffington Post
Now that the election is behind us, many are anxious to start addressing the pressing issues that have fallen by the wayside. As we've reported previously, controversy over whether to extend the wind tax credit has already led to a loss of green energy ...

SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries Announces Fiscal 2013 First ... - Equities.com
Nov 14th 2012, 21:39


SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries Announces Fiscal 2013 First ...
Equities.com
14, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOK) (the "Company" or "SinoCoking"), a vertically-integrated coal and coke processor, announced today its financial results for the fiscal 2013 first ...
Sinocoking Coal And Coke Chemical Industries (SCOK) Posts Quarterly ... Jags Report

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Michigan's Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs - Heritage.org (blog)
Nov 14th 2012, 21:19


Heritage.org (blog)

Michigan's Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs
Heritage.org (blog)
Michigan voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment last week that would have imposed a mandate requiring the state's utilities to source 25 percent of their electric sales annually from renewable energy by 2025. Proposal 3, dubbed "25 ...

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How To Create A Stress-Free Work Environment - Forbes
Nov 14th 2012, 20:45


Forbes

How To Create A Stress-Free Work Environment
Forbes
"Marketing research has shown that approximately 80% of what we perceive or experience is based upon the visual sense of our environment," she says. "Most office design is uninspired. Therefore, work environments create uninspired and stressful ...

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How Many Coal Miner Deaths Does It Take To Pass Safety Regulations? - Slate Magazine
Nov 14th 2012, 20:33


Slate Magazine

How Many Coal Miner Deaths Does It Take To Pass Safety Regulations?
Slate Magazine
Nestled in the Coal River Valley, Upper Big Branch, known as UBB, had a bad rap for safety—one even worse than usual for cost-cutting and labor-bashing Massey Energy. In 2009, the mine was cited by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration 515 ...

Group says planned port coal facility is bad idea - The Daily Advertiser
Nov 14th 2012, 19:54


Group says planned port coal facility is bad idea
The Daily Advertiser
(AP) — A New Orleans-based consumer group has asked the State Bond Commission to postpone granting permission for a tax-exempt loan to help expand an Ascension Parish coal port facility. The Bond Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on $130 ...

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California Pours Billions into Green Energy Development - Fox Business
Nov 14th 2012, 19:53


California Pours Billions into Green Energy Development
Fox Business
California, long the national leader in clean energy policy, is poised to double down on its investments in the sector, with billions in new subsidies set to flow in over the next few years. California voters last week directed some $2.5 billion to ...

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S&P lowers outlook for Arch Coal - Businessweek
Nov 14th 2012, 19:25


S&P lowers outlook for Arch Coal
Businessweek
S&P also affirmed its ratings for the St. Louis-based coal producer, including its "B+" corporate credit rating, and assigned a "B-" rating with a recovery rating of "6'' to the company's proposed $350 million senior unsecured notes due 2019. The "6 ...

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Environmental Chemicals May Hurt Chances of Pregnancy - Doctors Lounge
Nov 14th 2012, 19:13


First Coast News

Environmental Chemicals May Hurt Chances of Pregnancy
Doctors Lounge
"This suggests that some environmental chemicals might be important for human reproduction, specifically the time it takes couples to get pregnant," said lead researcher Germaine Buck Louis, director of the division of epidemiology, statistics and ...
PCBs, other pollutants may play role in pregnancy delay National Institutes of Health (press release)

all 47 news articles »

What lies beneath? New survey technique offers detailed picture of our changing landscape
Nov 14th 2012, 18:46

A new surveying technique is giving geologists their first detailed picture of how ground movement associated with historical mining is changing the face of our landscape.

Coal-fired plants lift RWE forecasts - Financial Times
Nov 14th 2012, 17:52


Coal-fired plants lift RWE forecasts
Financial Times
RWE, the German utility, nudged up its earnings forecast for the year because its coal-fired power stations are benefiting from lower costs – in contrast to rival Eon, whose gas-fired plants are struggling to make a profit in Europe. Peter Terium ...

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Aerial Photos of Giant Google-Funded Solar Farm Caught in Green Energy Debate - Wired
Nov 14th 2012, 17:50


Aerial Photos of Giant Google-Funded Solar Farm Caught in Green Energy Debate
Wired
"What I've discovered along the way is the issue of building renewable energy is a lot more complicated than one what might assume from afar," says Stillings, who has been photographing Ivanpah since 2010. Known for his photos of other large-scale ...

Oil and Gas Award nominations due Nov. 30 - Wyoming Business Report
Nov 14th 2012, 17:35


Oil and Gas Award nominations due Nov. 30
Wyoming Business Report
The first annual Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Awards nominations will be closing on Nov. 30. So far, the nominations have been coming in at a steady rate, with about 15 nominations per category in the region. That changed when Oil and Gas CEO Daniel ...

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Leases May Come By End Of 2013 - Huffington Post
Nov 14th 2012, 17:17


Telegraph.co.uk

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Leases May Come By End Of 2013
Huffington Post
"We're going to shoot to have that lease sale in that fall time period," Maureen Bornholdt, renewable energy program manager for the U.S. Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, said during a public meeting in Boston. The estimated ...
Wind industry urges Prime Ministers to "get a grip" over energy policy Business Green
Shirley Wind Project noise testing urged Green Bay Press Gazette

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German Law Gave Citizens a Stake in Clean Energy Switch - Bloomberg
Nov 14th 2012, 17:05


Inside Climate News

German Law Gave Citizens a Stake in Clean Energy Switch
Bloomberg
How did wind and solar power take off so fast and so dramatically in one of the world's largest industrialized economies? How did renewable energies of all kinds come to account for more than 25 percent of the power fed into Germany's grid—compared to ...
News bites: Regulations will shutter hundreds of coal power generators, report ... The Hill (blog)

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Oil and Gas Industry Eyes 19 Projects and Counting to Export Natural Gas - eNews Park Forest
Nov 14th 2012, 16:57


New York Times (blog)

Oil and Gas Industry Eyes 19 Projects and Counting to Export Natural Gas
eNews Park Forest
WASHINGTON--(ENEWSPF)--November 14 - A new report released today by the national consumer advocacy organization Food & Water Watch takes aim at the oil and gas industry's claim that fracking and drilling for natural gas and tight oil will deliver U.S. ...
Saudi Arabia Oil and Gas Report Q4 2012 Equities.com
Deloitte Survey: Oil and Gas Professionals See American Self-Sufficiency for ... Sacramento Bee
In Power Shift, National Oil Companies Gain on Western 'Big Oil' New York Times (blog)
Washington Times  - The National  - Rigzone
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Environmental agencies say no lead danger in Chattanooga's Southside - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Nov 14th 2012, 16:40


Chattanooga Times Free Press

Environmental agencies say no lead danger in Chattanooga's Southside
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation are in the midst of a remediation program in the Southside after high levels of lead were found in the soil. The agencies tested 82 homes and found ...

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Company will manufacture oil and gas production equipment in Youngstown - Youngstown Vindicator
Nov 14th 2012, 16:32


Company will manufacture oil and gas production equipment in Youngstown
Youngstown Vindicator
"By combining our global expertise in integrated oil and gas solutions with the technical expertise, quality and local community presence of Brilex, we are well positioned to serve the region," said Nick Sajatovic, vice president manufacturing and ...
Houston Company Partners With Brilex, Creates 30 Jobs WYTV
New plant to build gas equipment in Ohio Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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Barbados going green with island energy - Examiner.com
Nov 14th 2012, 16:10


Examiner.com

Barbados going green with island energy
Examiner.com
That being said, there are currently island countries that had already "gone green" with solar energy. Within the Pacific realms, the island of Tokelau is the world's first solar powered nation. So it stands to reason that islands are discovering the ...

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Colorado oil and gas supporters fight regulations - Businessweek
Nov 14th 2012, 15:59


The Republic

Colorado oil and gas supporters fight regulations
Businessweek
Leaders of chambers of commerce from the Denver area were among about 200 hundred people who gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to show their support for the oil and gas industry. They say energy can be developed responsibly and help the Colorado ...
Colorado Oil And Gas Well Rules To Be Considered By State Commission Huffington Post
Groundwater, setbacks up for discussion at Colorado oil, gas commission The Republic
Drilling regulators hear from critics at meeting San Francisco Chronicle
The Coloradoan
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Wind PTC Stalemate Takes Bite Out Of Green Jobs - Greentech Media
Nov 14th 2012, 15:57


Greentech Media

Wind PTC Stalemate Takes Bite Out Of Green Jobs
Greentech Media
Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Financials... Wind PTC Stalemate Takes Bite Out of Green Jobs. Green-energy job announcement growth is slowing, and the group that tracks the data says the failure to extend the wind power production tax credit is a big reason why.

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Work slowed for Ecology & Environment, profit suffered - Buffalo News
Nov 14th 2012, 15:45


Work slowed for Ecology & Environment, profit suffered
Buffalo News
A steep drop in work on energy-related projects caused Ecology & Environment to lose $946,000 during the fourth quarter, the Lancaster-based environmental services firm said today. The loss stemmed from a 17 percent decline in the company's revenues ...
Ecology and Environment, Inc., Reports a Decrease in Fiscal Year and Fourth ... NASDAQ

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Report calls for revitalized environmental board - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Nov 14th 2012, 15:28


Report calls for revitalized environmental board
Seattle Post Intelligencer
(AP) — Minnesota must fortify a languishing environmental oversight board and make it easier for the public to follow the review process, according recommendations in a new report produced for Gov. Mark Dayton. The Environmental Quality Board includes ...

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Fiscal Cliff Threatens Environmental Protections - Energy Collective
Nov 14th 2012, 15:03


Fiscal Cliff Threatens Environmental Protections
Energy Collective
If Congress fails to reach an agreement, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts would kick in, making it much harder for the government to deliver the health and environmental protections people value. We would feel these punishing cuts in our daily ...

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Murray Energy sank $100K into American Crossroads before layoffs - Politico
Nov 14th 2012, 14:18


ThinkProgress

Murray Energy sank $100K into American Crossroads before layoffs
Politico
Coal executive Robert E. Murray told employees that because Obama had won a second term, "we cannot bleed cash waiting for our competitors to be eliminated," according to a memo to employees. "We must totally go into survival mode and generate all the ...
Weeks After Donating $100000 To Karl Rove's Super PAC, Coal Company Has ... ThinkProgress

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Houston oil and gas company seeks permit to drill well in PA [The Port Arthur ... - Equities.com
Nov 14th 2012, 13:51


Houston oil and gas company seeks permit to drill well in PA [The Port Arthur ...
Equities.com
13--PORT ARTHUR -- A Houston-based oil and gas company believes there is black gold 11,800 feet below ground near 46th Street and state Highway 73, and the city of Port Arthur could benefit from that black gold. Tri-C Resources Inc., which specializes ...

Indonesia will honour oil and gas contracts-president - Reuters
Nov 14th 2012, 11:47


Jakarta Globe

Indonesia will honour oil and gas contracts-president
Reuters
JAKARTA Nov 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia will honour oil and gas contracts after the constitutional court ruled that regulator BPMigas should be dismantled, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday. Yudhoyono said he had signed a decree ...
Indonesian Court Shuts Down Oil and Gas Regulator Asia Sentinel (blog)
Yudhoyono Guarantees Legality of Oil and Gas Contracts After BPMigas ... Jakarta Globe
Indonesia Takes On Energy Oversight After Regulator Wound Up Businessweek
Legal Business Online  - Jakarta Post  - Brisbane Times
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France needs more local power for green energy shift - Reuters
Nov 14th 2012, 11:01


France needs more local power for green energy shift
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Centralised France may lack the clout at local government level to ease its new shift to greener energy, contrasting with the regional and grass-roots power that helped push through the rise of renewables in Germany. France, the world ...

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Amec boosted by oil and gas business, while Evraz falls on bond amendment - The Guardian (blog)
Nov 14th 2012, 10:54


Amec boosted by oil and gas business, while Evraz falls on bond amendment
The Guardian (blog)
A strong performance in the oil and gas market has lifted engineering group Amec. The company, which recently announced executive changes and a restructuring, said trading was in line with expectations and its order book remained strong at £3.6bn.
Strong oil and gas activity lifts AMEC amid mining slowdown CITY A.M.
AMEC PLC : Interim Management Statement 4-traders

all 10 news articles »

Don't sacrifice environment for GDP growth - China Daily
Nov 14th 2012, 09:24


Don't sacrifice environment for GDP growth
China Daily
Pursuing GDP growth at the sake of the environment only creates temporary benefits, but will backfire in the long run, says an article on The Crystal, a newspaper based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Excerpts: The report of the ongoing 18th National ...

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Environmental Hysteria Over Fracking Unfounded - ABQ Journal
Nov 14th 2012, 08:16


Environmental Hysteria Over Fracking Unfounded
ABQ Journal
In reality, hydraulic fracturing has extracted oil and natural gas from our state for more than 60 years, and there are currently more than 1 million wells across America that use this method. Not only have there been no issues with this process here ...

Thermal Coal Swaps Unchanged for Indonesia, China Contracts - Bloomberg
Nov 14th 2012, 08:06


Thermal Coal Swaps Unchanged for Indonesia, China Contracts
Bloomberg
The contract for coal with a heating value of 5,500 kilocalories a kilogram for shipment to South China in the first quarter of next year remained at $84 a ton on a net-as-received basis, the energy broker said. The swap for December stood at $83.80 a ton.

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Methane leaking from coal seam gas field, testing shows - Sydney Morning Herald
Nov 14th 2012, 06:37


Energy Matters

Methane leaking from coal seam gas field, testing shows
Sydney Morning Herald
The coal seam gas industry has previously maintained that gas leakage in Australia is "negligible", and the default assumption has been that about 0.12 per cent of gas leaks out of wells during production. Uncontrolled leaks up through rock fissures ...
CSG study sparks renewed moratorium call ABC Online
Another Black Eye For Coal Seam Gas Energy Matters
CSG study raises questions: green groups The Australian
RenewEconomy  - Weekly Times Now  - Coffs Coast Advocate
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Oil and Gas Commission to offer supervisor position to unnamed applicant - Casper Star-Tribune Online
Nov 14th 2012, 03:41


Oil and Gas Commission to offer supervisor position to unnamed applicant
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Multiple members of the commission confirmed that the group chose an applicant from a pool vying to be the state's next oil and gas supervisor during a closed session Tuesday. The commission will not announce a name until after the job is accepted.
Oil & Gas Commission... Douglas Budget

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Protesters show up at Capitol rally in support of hydraulic fracturing - Daily Camera
Nov 14th 2012, 01:40


Protesters show up at Capitol rally in support of hydraulic fracturing
Daily Camera
Brough said that while misinformation has floated around the issues of hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas development, the industry pumped $1.1 billion into government coffers in 2010. "It is our future to economic prosperity," Brough said. Several ...
Carroll: Chambers draw line on fracking Denver Post

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The Future of Fracking Under Obama's Second Term - Fox Business
Nov 13th 2012, 21:18


The Future of Fracking Under Obama's Second Term
Fox Business
But to get -- you have to -- that will be hydraulic fracturing blasting water and some chemicals into shale rock to release the oil and gas. The process has been blamed for both tremors some water pollution -- what is blamed -- Will the Obama ...
Fracking study will yield solid science Lewistown Sentinel

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Hydraulic fracturing party!
Sep 15th 2012, 01:42

Bring your dust mask or respirator because you may leave with silicosis! Range is once again using their latest and greatest (right!) fracking techniques in western Pennsylvania. Fracking party location: Jonathan Temple Unit Independence Township, Washington County, Pa. GPS: 40.22624 -80.44734 What are the risks of breathing silica dust? ACUTE SILICOSIS: Silicosis that develops a few weeks to 5 years after exposure to high concentrations of respirable silica dust. This is also known as silicoproteinosis. Symptoms of acute silicosis include more rapid onset of severe disabling shortness of breath, cough, weakness, and weight loss, often leading to death. The x-ray usually reveals a diffuse alveolar filling with air bronchograms, described as a ground-glass appearance, and similar to pneumonia, pulmonary edema, alveolar hemorrhage, and alveolar cell lung cancer. SOURCE: Wikipedia
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