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Mayor names new director for DC's Department of the Environment - Washington Examiner
Jan 21st 2013, 01:02


Mayor names new director for DC's Department of the Environment
Washington Examiner
Mayor Vincent Gray has picked a successor to Christophe Tulou, the former director of the District's Department of the Environment whom the mayor fired in August. Keith Anderson, who served as Tulou's chief of staff, was chosen by Gray to run the office.

Seymour says Qld development has plenty of coal, but quality is key - BRW (subscription)
Jan 21st 2013, 00:34


BRW (subscription)

Seymour says Qld development has plenty of coal, but quality is key
BRW (subscription)
The 72-year-old made his $550 million fortune in property and through a diverse range of investments including Tatts Group shares and mining-related companies including Ausenco and Macarthur Coal. But he's now ramping up his coal and gas investments.

Coal seam protests forcing gas prices up: industry - ABC Online
Jan 20th 2013, 23:15


Coal seam protests forcing gas prices up: industry
ABC Online
The head of clay and concrete manufacturer Brickworks is warning of a severe gas shortage in Australia, as the bulk of locally produced gas is exported. Brickworks' managing director, Lindsay Partridge, says Australian gas producers are getting top ...

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Birdwatch: Rock pipit - The Guardian
Jan 20th 2013, 22:30


The Guardian

Birdwatch: Rock pipit
The Guardian
Britain's 12,000 or so miles of coastline support some of our greatest wildlife spectacles, including vast and noisy colonies of breeding seabirds – once memorably described by ornithologist Roy Dennis as "Britain's Serengeti". Yet one coastal bird is ...

Resources council says more coal jobs to go - Yahoo!7 News
Jan 20th 2013, 22:00


Resources council says more coal jobs to go
Yahoo!7 News
Michael Roche from the Queensland Resources Council says the figures are based on the latest survey of company employment projections. He says about 3,400 coal jobs have already been lost in the past six months. "I think the good news is there is signs ...
Tradies will lose out as fluctuating coal fortunes puts at least 1000 mining ... Courier Mail

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Experts lament vagueness of Constitution's environmental articles - Egypt Independent
Jan 20th 2013, 20:54


Experts lament vagueness of Constitution's environmental articles
Egypt Independent
The few articles that refer to the environment in the newly-passed Constitution have caused disappointment within the community of environmental experts and activists. Mohamed Kawashty is the founder and general coordinator of the National Project for ...

Key's green credentials boosted by Antarctic trip - 3News NZ
Jan 20th 2013, 20:39


3News NZ

Key's green credentials boosted by Antarctic trip
3News NZ
Tweet. Key's environmental cred boosted. 3 News. Mon, 21 Jan 2013 9:31a.m. John Key stands in front of a new pou whenua, or carved post, which was unveiled during a short ceremony at New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica (AAP). By Dan Satherley ...

EPA-proposed air pollution clean-up to cost Navajo nation coal plant $500 million - Daily Caller
Jan 20th 2013, 19:28


Daily Caller

EPA-proposed air pollution clean-up to cost Navajo nation coal plant $500 million
Daily Caller
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to cut Grand Canyon air pollution by requiring a coal power plant in Arizona to install pollution control equipment that could cost more than $1 billion, reports the Arizona Republic. Federal regulators ...

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3 firefighters hurt in NJ apartment building fire - abc27
Jan 20th 2013, 19:20


The Republic

3 firefighters hurt in NJ apartment building fire
abc27
Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. Now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by natural gas.More >>. Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas ...
Natural gas that's unlocked by hydraulic fracturing is now being used to power ... WCHS-TV8

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Coal transport priority - Shanghai Daily (subscription)
Jan 20th 2013, 18:26


Coal transport priority
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
China's railway ministry said yesterday it will enhance the support for thermal coal transport this year in an effort to ensure coal supply to the country's power companies. The ministry said it will arrange more transport capacity for thermal coal ...

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Support net metering for green energy - AberdeenNews.com
Jan 20th 2013, 17:40


Support net metering for green energy
AberdeenNews.com
I am urging support for the coming bill sponsored by Sen. Jason Frerichs and Dakota Rural Action to bring net metering to South Dakota. Net metering is a policy whereby individuals who produce "green energy" (wind or solar power) would be reimbursed by ...

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Four dead, four missing in Russian coal mine blast - Press TV
Jan 20th 2013, 17:24


Press TV

Four dead, four missing in Russian coal mine blast
Press TV
A regional emergency center has been set up at the mine, owned by the Siberian Coal Energy Company, and specialists are extracting gas to prevent other explosions caused by high methane concentration. This is the latest of similar incidents in Russia; ...
Four dead in Russia coal mine accident BBC News
4 Die as Fumes Fill Coal Mine The Moscow Times
Four dead, four missing as fumes fill Russian coal mine Reuters UK
Global Times  - CRIENGLISH.com
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Hydrocarbon industry reviews security - Financial Times
Jan 20th 2013, 15:50


Hydrocarbon industry reviews security
Financial Times
The bloodshed at In Amenas has left the oil and gas industry struggling to come to terms with what it might mean for investment in risky countries. Bob Dudley, BP's chief executive says the company, which had 18 workers at the remote Sahara gas plant, ...

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Modern-day coal miner: Dennis Bouwens - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Jan 20th 2013, 13:02


Modern-day coal miner: Dennis Bouwens
Steamboat Pilot & Today
Dennis Bouwens had planned on being an architectural engineer but ended up spending his career as a miner. At the end of his senior year at Basalt High School in 1968, Bouwens needed to save money for school and was working graveyard mining shifts.

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King Coal: The underground economic engine that is Routt County's Twentymile ... - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Jan 20th 2013, 13:02


King Coal: The underground economic engine that is Routt County's Twentymile ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today
"They live right here with all this, and they don't even know," said John Papierski, a Twentymile Coal Co. miner who works three 13-hour shifts each week repairing the machines that build the tunnels that weave through a major coal seam beneath Routt ...

Council backs heritage over environment as residents weigh challenge - NEWS.com.au
Jan 20th 2013, 11:13


Council backs heritage over environment as residents weigh challenge
NEWS.com.au
Mr Chumbley said that the case raised questions for councils across Victoria. "This is really something they should all be considering for future generations." Many people on social media came to the support of the two families. "The environment is ...

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Libyan officials say country's oil and gas installations are secure - Al-Bawaba
Jan 20th 2013, 08:45


Al-Bawaba

Libyan officials say country's oil and gas installations are secure
Al-Bawaba
The President of the National Congress visited a number of cities in remote areas in Libya including oil fields at Ras Lanuf, Braiga, Al-Wahat and Aagaila and he was accompanied by the a number of ministers including the deputy minister of oil and the ...
'Grave fears' for energy industry in North Africa The Independent
The west has let negligence in the Sahel turn into a nightmare Financial Times
Will Oil Majors Pull out of Algeria after its Security Reputation is Shattered? OilPrice.com
Telegraph.co.uk  - TIME  - Australia Forum
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Gender diversity in oil and gas rising at slow rate - Tulsa World
Jan 20th 2013, 08:25


Gender diversity in oil and gas rising at slow rate
Tulsa World
Gender diversity in the oil and gas business also is rising, but at a much slower rate. Female geoscience graduates constituted less than 20 percent of the workforce at independent oil and gas firms seven years ago, according to a report by Schlumberger.

Coal Ministry queries CIL on pacts with power companies - Economic Times
Jan 20th 2013, 06:59


Coal Ministry queries CIL on pacts with power companies
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Coal Ministry has questioned state-owned CIL for considering fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with 11 power developers, worth 5,935 MW capacity, as they are yet to achieve critical milestones related to their projects. The list includes ...

Bucks for green energy - The Hindu
Jan 20th 2013, 05:23


The Hindu

Bucks for green energy
The Hindu
In a pre-budget exercise, the Climate Parliament group of Members of Parliament asked the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram to incorporate a series of financial measures for renewable energy in the Budget 2013-14, so that the targets set in the National ...

Coal miner exodus pressures industry - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Jan 20th 2013, 05:11


Coal miner exodus pressures industry
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Hang out with enough coal miners and chances are you'll be attending quite a few retirement parties in the next couple years. But the exodus of workers who started going underground 40 years ago has left coal companies with little to celebrate. Hiring ...
Thousands of Miners' Benefits In Jeopardy As Patriot Coal Claims Bankruptcy De Smog Blog (blog)
Meeting addresses Patriot Coal issue MENAFN.COM

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Pfister Energy Partners with Urban Green Energy - Today's Energy Solutions
Jan 20th 2013, 05:06


Pfister Energy Partners with Urban Green Energy
Today's Energy Solutions
Pfister Energy Inc., a leading renewable energy company known for its "stackable" green energy solutions, announced a partnership with Urban Green Energy (UGE), the world's leading manufacturer of vertical axis wind turbines. Under the master ...

Parties present environmental agedna - Ynetnews
Jan 20th 2013, 05:00


Parties present environmental agedna
Ynetnews
Nevertheless, Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan was instrumental in promoting green legislation during the outgoing Knesset term, and his ministry has been able to secure funding for various environmental projects, such as a national ...

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Explore Baram interior for oil and gas reserves - The Star Online
Jan 20th 2013, 03:53


Malaysia Chronicle

Explore Baram interior for oil and gas reserves
The Star Online
Baram MP and International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan told The Star yesterday that it was very likely that Baram had the same geological structure with Miri, and since oil and gas had been found inland here, the ...
Petronas in Malaysian onshore oil and gas find after 24 years Reuters
Petronas announces oil and gas discovery offshore Sarawak Sin Chew Jit Poh
First onshore oil & gas find in Malaysia in 24 years Business Times - Malaysia
Bernama  - Malaysia Chronicle  - Rigzone
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The great garden worm count finds our underground allies are thriving - The Guardian
Jan 20th 2013, 00:07


The Guardian

The great garden worm count finds our underground allies are thriving
The Guardian
Britain's underground army is in top shape. A remarkable public survey of earthworms has revealed that they are thriving in the nation's backyards and gardens. The discovery was made thanks to a series of projects carried out by the Open Air ...

Can oil save the rainforest? - The Guardian
Jan 20th 2013, 00:05


The Guardian

Can oil save the rainforest?
The Guardian
American biologist Kelly Swing thwacks a bush with his butterfly net and a dozen or so bugs and insects drop in. One is a harvester, or daddy-long-legs, another a jumping spider which leaps on to a leaf where two beetles are mating. This is the ...

Belgium to build 'battery island' to store wind farm energy - RT
Jan 19th 2013, 08:44


RT

Belgium to build 'battery island' to store wind farm energy
RT
Belgium plans to build a horseshoe-shaped artificial island off its North Sea coast to store energy generated by its wind farms. The project will also double as attraction for sea birds (and possibly flocks of tourists). The ambitious undertaking was ...
Artificial Donut-Shaped Island Will Store Belgian Offshore Wind Power IEEE Spectrum

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Vitter: 'Political purposes' behind EPA fracking study - The Hill (blog)
Jan 17th 2013, 11:15


Vitter: 'Political purposes' behind EPA fracking study
The Hill (blog)
Political motives and shoddy science marred a controversial Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study that first linked hydraulic fracturing to water pollution, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) wrote in a Thursday letter obtained by The Hill. The EPA ...
Vitter, Inhofe Call EPA's Report on Hydraulic Fracturing in Wyoming a Failure PoliticalNews.me (press release)
Senators Bash EPA for Delaying Decision on Pavillion Report NGI's Shale Daily (subscription)

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