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DiCaprio to fly around the world 'for the environment' - Washington Times
Jan 24th 2013, 00:59


Washington Times

DiCaprio to fly around the world 'for the environment'
Washington Times
"I've done three films in two years and I'm just worn out," DiCaprio said, proclaiming that he's going to focus more on global environmental issues than acting, The New Zealand Herald reports. "I would like to improve the world a bit. I will fly around ...

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Surat Municipal Corporation to switch to green energy - Times of India
Jan 24th 2013, 00:37


Surat Municipal Corporation to switch to green energy
Times of India
SURAT: Riding on green energy, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to meet almost 82% of its power needs from non-conventional sources by 2013-14. The civic body plans to generate nearly 14.34 crore units from its bio-gas, wind, solar and solid ...

GFA Commits To Green Energy with FIFA - Pacific News Center
Jan 24th 2013, 00:29


GFA Commits To Green Energy with FIFA
Pacific News Center
Harmon, Guam - Guam Football Association President Richard Lai and General Secretary Tino San Gilofficially signed the organization's commitment to fulfill a Solar Energy installation projectas part of FIFA's Income Generating Program Wednesday morning ...
Solar panels will save $5K per month Pacific Daily News

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Oil and gas lobbyists push support for increased drilling in Ohio - Columbus Dispatch (blog)
Jan 23rd 2013, 22:56


PennEnergy (press release)

Oil and gas lobbyists push support for increased drilling in Ohio
Columbus Dispatch (blog)
"Investments in oil and natural gas are refueling Ohio's economy," said Robert Eshenbaugh, legislative director of the Ohio Petroleum Council, which sponsored the lunch with the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and the Ohio Shale Coalition. "The ...
Natural gas, oil industry to rally at Statehouse today Canton Repository
Natural Gas, Oil Industry Hold Lobby Day WKBN/WYFX-TV
Natural gas development expansion urged in Ohio PennEnergy (press release)
NDTV  - Livemint  - Hindustan Times
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Genes and Environment Combine to Bring on Mental Illness - PBS NewsHour (blog)
Jan 23rd 2013, 22:13


PBS NewsHour (blog)

Genes and Environment Combine to Bring on Mental Illness
PBS NewsHour (blog)
Koki Ito, a postdoctoral researcher at Johns Hopkins University, inserts DNA containing a mutated DISC1 gene into a mouse fetus. Schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses typically manifest during young adulthood or late adolescence. But what ...

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.@KJWines Joins Green‑e @greenemarktplc with 100% #Renewable #Energy ... - Justmeans
Jan 23rd 2013, 21:52


.@KJWines Joins Green‑e @greenemarktplc with 100% #Renewable #Energy ...
Justmeans
By participating in Green-e Marketplace, Kendall-Jackson can now display the Green-e logo to inform its customers of its commitment to clean, renewable energy. "Kendall-Jackson has a longstanding focus on environmental responsibility, and awareness of ...

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North American Market Weighs Down Oil and Gas Services - Motley Fool
Jan 23rd 2013, 21:00


North American Market Weighs Down Oil and Gas Services
Motley Fool
The second of the "big three" oil and gas service companies, Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI ) , released its fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2012 this morning. Much like its larger peer, Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB ) , Baker Hughes witnessed continued ...

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Major Gulf Coast Coal Power Plant Suspended - StateImpact Texas
Jan 23rd 2013, 20:51


abc13.com

Major Gulf Coast Coal Power Plant Suspended
StateImpact Texas
After losing its air permit last summer, the Las Brisas coal power plant proposed for Corpus Christi has been suspended, according to a statement sent to the Caller-Times from the company behind the project. "Chase Power … has opted to suspend efforts ...
Proposed Texas coal-fired power plant halted abc13.com

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United Hunter Oil and Gas Corp. Announces Director Resignation - Marketwire (press release)
Jan 23rd 2013, 20:46


United Hunter Oil and Gas Corp. Announces Director Resignation
Marketwire (press release)
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Jan. 23, 2013) - United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UHO) ("UHO"). United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (the "Corporation"), announces the resignation of Mr. Daniel Bloch from the Corporation's board of directors ...

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Buffet's Utility Closes Coal Plants in Sierra Club Settlement - SustainableBusiness.com
Jan 23rd 2013, 20:45


Daily Caller

Buffet's Utility Closes Coal Plants in Sierra Club Settlement
SustainableBusiness.com
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy utility has agreed to a landmark settlement with the Sierra Club that pushes solar forward, while continuing to reduce coal burning in the US. MidAmerican will phase out seven coal-fired plants, install pollution ...
Buffett-owned company, Sierra Club lawsuit settlement endangers coal Daily Caller
Iowa utility agrees to stop using coal at five generators Minneapolis Star Tribune
Riverside plant to switch from coal to gas Quad City Times
KMEG 14  - San Francisco Chronicle  - Blog for Iowa (blog)
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300-Million-Year-Old Tooth Wheel Found In Russian Coal: Scientists - Huffington Post
Jan 23rd 2013, 20:18


300-Million-Year-Old Tooth Wheel Found In Russian Coal: Scientists
Huffington Post
The piece of coal in question originated from the Chernogorodskiy mines of the Khakasis region. The Voice of Russia, an international Russian broadcasting service, reported that since the coal deposits in this region of the country can be dated to 300 ...

Wind Energy Company Clean Green Energy LLC Secures $25 Million in Project ... - Marketwire (press release)
Jan 23rd 2013, 20:08


Wind Energy Company Clean Green Energy LLC Secures $25 Million in Project ...
Marketwire (press release)
BRIGHTON, MI--(Marketwire - Jan 23, 2013) - Clean Green Energy LLC ("CGE") announces that they have secured $25 million in project financing enabling full funding of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) installations of their WINDe20® vertical axis wind ...

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Goreham: Carbon Tax Won't Help Economy, Environment - Fox Business
Jan 23rd 2013, 19:56


Goreham: Carbon Tax Won't Help Economy, Environment
Fox Business
Goreham: Carbon Tax Won't Help Economy, Environment. Advertisement. Details. Description. Steve Goreham of Climate Science Coalition of America on efforts to curb global warming and speed up energy independence. Duration 4:34; Date Jan 23, 2013 ...

A New Green Energy at ISM - QW Energy! - The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Jan 23rd 2013, 19:32


A New Green Energy at ISM - QW Energy!
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
ISM International, Inc. is a holding of a number of small businesses including a Flea Market / Mini-Stores complex and Instigator Film studio, is a developer of Green Energy products, organic non-toxic products for consumers, and is actively seeking to ...

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Health and Environment: A Closer Look at Plastics - Science Daily (press release)
Jan 23rd 2013, 19:25


Health and Environment: A Closer Look at Plastics
Science Daily (press release)
Rolf Halden, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute has been following the chemical trail of plastics, quantifying their impact on human health and the environment. In a new overview appearing in the journal Reviews on ...

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Greece Shows Us How Poverty Degrades the Environment - Huffington Post (blog)
Jan 23rd 2013, 19:22


Greece Shows Us How Poverty Degrades the Environment
Huffington Post (blog)
Environmentalists' hearts surely rose when they read recently Greek air pollution levels had decreased by 40 percent from 2008 levels thanks to the ongoing recession there. Fewer people were using their cars or trucks, and, as a result, levels of ...

Lobbying Cutbacks by Some in Oil and Gas Industry - Center for Responsive Politics
Jan 23rd 2013, 19:05


MarketWatch

Lobbying Cutbacks by Some in Oil and Gas Industry
Center for Responsive Politics
The two companies in the oil and gas industry that spent the most on lobbying in 2011 cut back in 2012, one of them significantly, according to lobbying disclosure reports filed Tuesday. The industry's trade group also spent far less last year than it ...
Technical Analysis on Chevron and Exxon Mobil: A Bearish Trail for the Industry PR Newswire UK (press release)

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Oceanic Announces Ruling of Federal Minister of Environment - Marketwire (press release)
Jan 23rd 2013, 18:57


Oceanic Announces Ruling of Federal Minister of Environment
Marketwire (press release)
Peter Kent, Minister of Environment, has provided a ruling on January 18, 2013 referring the marine portion of the Hopes Advance project to the Nunavik Marine Region Impact Review Board ("NMRIRB") for a Part 5 Review in association with the Canadian ...

Will Coal Surpass Oil as the World's Top Energy Source? - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
Jan 23rd 2013, 18:28


National Post

Will Coal Surpass Oil as the World's Top Energy Source?
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
If current trends continue, coal is poised to match – or potentially overtake – oil as the world's most widely used energy resource in the next five years. However, demand is expected to weaken in the U.S. due to the shale gas boom, causing ...
Coal, not oil sands, biggest climate villain: Greenpeace National Post
Report: Coal export in the Northwest holds heavy CO2 emissions potential Sustainable Business Oregon
Australian coal mining threatens CO2 target Sydney Morning Herald
Reuters  - CoalGuru.com  - Market Intelligence Center
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The art and poetics of a domestic environment - The Japan Times
Jan 23rd 2013, 18:05
CSX sees trouble for coal -- or does it? - MSN Money
Jan 23rd 2013, 17:40


RailwayAge Magazine

CSX sees trouble for coal -- or does it?
MSN Money
CSX warned that its coal shipment volumes to power plants in the United States could be down by 5% to 10% in 2013. This is after domestic coal shipments were down 21% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier. The trends were like that all year, with a ...
Railroads: Coal shipments probably won't improve in 2013 State Journal
CSX says coal demand will remain weak through 2013 and 1Q shipping volume ... Washington Post
CSX railroad's 4Q profit slips on weak coal demand U.S. News & World Report
PR Newswire UK (press release)  - Progressive Rail Roading
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Inside oil and gas industry, serious disgruntlement - Egypt Independent
Jan 23rd 2013, 17:30


Inside oil and gas industry, serious disgruntlement
Egypt Independent
International oil and gas companies see great potential in Egypt, but say they are frustrated with the current state of concession agreements, which in some cases provide "perverse incentives" and discourage investment, among other challenges, industry ...

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MWCD negotiates oil and gas lease for Seneca Lake property - The Free Press Standard
Jan 23rd 2013, 17:01


MWCD negotiates oil and gas lease for Seneca Lake property
The Free Press Standard
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) has negotiated an oil and gas lease for 6,700 acres of its property at Seneca Lake in Guernsey and Noble counties. The lease agreement between the MWCD and Antero Resources of Colorado was ...

McKim & Creed, Inc. Launches Renewable Energy Design/Build/Maintain Firm - Amerisurv
Jan 23rd 2013, 16:26


McKim & Creed, Inc. Launches Renewable Energy Design/Build/Maintain Firm
Amerisurv
Raleigh, NC—McKim & Creed, Inc., in partnership with AXvantage, Inc., announced today that it has launched McKim & Creed Green, a firm focused on the design, construction and maintenance of renewable energy generation systems and microgrids.

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Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals - Forbes
Jan 23rd 2013, 15:51


Forbes

Smart Grid May be Shortest Route to Obama's Green Energy Goals
Forbes
The smart grid's relevance is becoming increasingly clear as Congress grapples with the role that renewable energy will play. It will also be an integral part of any climate mitigation strategies and energy efficiency goals to emerge from Congress ...

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Green energy and organized crime: A match made in heaven - Washington Examiner
Jan 23rd 2013, 15:32


Green energy and organized crime: A match made in heaven
Washington Examiner
The still-emerging links of the mafia to the once-booming wind and solar sector here are raising fresh questions about the use of government subsidies to fuel a shift toward cleaner energies, with critics claiming huge state incentives created ...

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Algeria crisis highlights oil and gas vulnerability - PublicServiceEurope.com
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:29


PublicServiceEurope.com

Algeria crisis highlights oil and gas vulnerability
PublicServiceEurope.com
The Algerian gas plant hostage crisis has yet again highlighted the vulnerability of oil and gas plants around the world. Although a wide majority of attacks on oil and gas incidents have happened in the Middle East and North Africa recently, the ...
The Perils of Oil & Gas Extraction Barron's (blog)
Working the Oil Fields of Africa PRI's The World

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Government withdraws de-allocation of three coal mines to NTPC - Economic Times
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:17


Zee News

Government withdraws de-allocation of three coal mines to NTPC
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government today said it has written to state-owned power major NTPC informing it that the de-allocation of the company's three coal blocks in Jharkhand has been withdrawn. The Coal Ministry said it conveyed to NTPC that it has decided ...
NTPC gets back 3 coal blocks Daily News & Analysis
Govt to reallocate 3 coal blocks to NTPC: Scindia The Hindu
Law Min approves re-allocation of coal blocks to NTPC Zee News
Fox Business  - Moneycontrol.com  - Deccan Herald
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Private oil-and-gas utility lines could hinder public utilities - Wichita Business Journal
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:02


Private oil-and-gas utility lines could hinder public utilities
Wichita Business Journal
The state of Kansas, its utilities and the oil and gas companies operating in the state are continuing to work through a problem outlined in the Wichita Business Journal last week: Oil and gas companies drilling in rural Kansas need more high-voltage ...

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Colombia Minister: Glencore New Coal-Export Port Ready in 'Few Months' - Fox Business
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:02


Colombia Minister: Glencore New Coal-Export Port Ready in 'Few Months'
Fox Business
Colombia is among the world's top coal exporters, and is dominated by coal powerhouses such as BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP, BHP.AU) and Anglo American PLC (AAUKY, AAL.LN), as well as Glencore. The South American country has seen a huge boom in coal ...
New Colombian coal port to be ready in a 'few months' - govt Reuters

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SBMA to ignore protests, sign deal with coal plant builders - Inquirer.net (blog)
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:58


Inquirer.net (blog)

SBMA to ignore protests, sign deal with coal plant builders
Inquirer.net (blog)
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – Despite widespread protests and an almost unanimous rejection by Subic stakeholders, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) is set to ratify tomorrow (Friday) a lease development agreement (LDA) with RP Energy Inc., the ...

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Coal Train, Part Two: An insider's guide to the coal port's environmental review - Crosscut
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:07


Crosscut

Coal Train, Part Two: An insider's guide to the coal port's environmental review
Crosscut
The project developer, SSA Marine of Seattle, plans a $664 million facility capable of handling up to 54 million tons a year of bulk commodities; 48 million of those tons will be coal. When SSA Marine applied for a permit to build the terminal in March ...
Gov. Mead voices support for coal exports Wyoming Business Report
Mead voices support for West Coast coal export facility The Sheridan Press (subscription)
Coal export terminals public concerns deadline CoalGuru.com

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Build a snowman by order of the GOVERNMENT! Environment Agency urges ... - Daily Mail
Jan 23rd 2013, 12:36


Daily Mail

Build a snowman by order of the GOVERNMENT! Environment Agency urges ...
Daily Mail
A spokesman for the Environment Agency later said Mr Stokes was joking and added: 'While building snowmen is great fun, sadly it is unlikely to make a significant difference to the overall rate at which the snow melts. 'The most important thing anyone ...
Environment agency's advice to stop thaw flood? Build army of snowmen Evening Standard
UK Environment Agency tells Brits to build snowmen to stop floods Herald Sun
Thaw blimey! Build a SNOWMAN to help stop your home from flooding, Brits ... Mirror.co.uk

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Oil and Gas Disposal Wells May Be to Blame for Texas Quakes - The Takeaway
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:58


Oil and Gas Disposal Wells May Be to Blame for Texas Quakes
The Takeaway
While the cause of these quakes has yet to be officially determined, scientists and citizens are sure that leftover liquid in oil and gas disposal wells are causing plates to shift underground. That translates into an earthquake on land. And Texas has ...

Willow trees adapted for green energy - Cordis News
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:37


Cordis News

Willow trees adapted for green energy
Cordis News
Willow trees, traditionally grown for wicker furniture and baskets, are now being viewed as an important source for energy and the environment. It has recently been discovered that willows cultivated for green energy can yield five times more biofuel ...

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Italian Mafia deeply involved in corrupt green energy subsidy programs - Washington Examiner
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:16


Esquire

Italian Mafia deeply involved in corrupt green energy subsidy programs
Washington Examiner
The Washington Post's Anthony Faiola reports that the Italian mafia is deeply involved with Italy's green energy subsidy programs. According to court documents, wiretap transcripts and interviews with officials familiar with the investigations, mafia ...
Taxing the Rich to Fund Cronyism National Review Online (blog)

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Andean glaciers melting at 'unprecedented' rates - The Guardian
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:08


The Guardian

Andean glaciers melting at 'unprecedented' rates
The Guardian
"Glacier retreat in the tropical Andes over the last three decades is unprecedented," said Antoine Rabatel, the lead author of the study and a scientist with the Laboratory for Glaciology and Environmental Geophysics in Grenoble, France. The ...
Massive melting of Andes glaciers BBC News
Bolivia: Andes glaciers are melting fast The Independent
Andes Glaciers Melting Faster due to Climate Change Science World Report

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Containers Buoy Profit at Rails Grappling With Coal Slump - Bloomberg
Jan 23rd 2013, 06:48


The Sanatoga Post

Containers Buoy Profit at Rails Grappling With Coal Slump
Bloomberg
(NSC), the two largest U.S. eastern railroads, topped analysts' fourth-quarter profit estimates as gains in container cargoes helped counter sliding coal volumes. Intermodal-container shipments, which can move via highway, ocean or rail, rose 2.8 ...
Weak Coal Shipments Hurt Railroads Wall Street Journal
Shift away from coal hits US rail groups Financial Times
Norfolk Southern financial results impacted by declining coal shipments; plans ... Progressive Rail Roading
State Journal  - Huntington Herald Dispatch  - Fox Business
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Oil and gas, livestock prices for Jan. 23 - NewsOK.com
Jan 23rd 2013, 06:01


Oil and gas, livestock prices for Jan. 23
NewsOK.com
Dewey: Chesapeake Operating Inc.; South Family 22-16-20 No. 1H Well; S1/2 S1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 22-16N-20W; 225 barrels oil per day, 219,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 12,760. Tillman: AC Operating Co. LLC; Thomas Gaines No. 1A Well; SW1/4 NE1/4 ...

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Europe 'has failed to learn from environmental disasters' - The Guardian
Jan 23rd 2013, 06:00


Europe 'has failed to learn from environmental disasters'
The Guardian
Europe has failed to learn the lessons from many environmental and health disasters like Chernobyl, leaded petrol and DDT insecticides, and is now ignoring warnings about bee deaths, GM food and nanotechnology, according to an 800-page report by the ...

Hydraulic Fracturing Pumps Prime Up [HD]
Jan 23rd 2013, 04:15

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Just add water: How scientists are using silicon to produce hydrogen on demand
Jan 22nd 2013, 19:32

Super-small particles of silicon react with water to produce hydrogen almost instantaneously, without the need for light, heat or electricity, according to new research.

Marginal lands are prime fuel source for alternative energy
Jan 16th 2013, 21:37

Marginal lands ­-- those unsuited for food crops -- can serve as prime real estate for meeting the U.S. alternative energy production goals. Marginal lands represent a huge untapped resource to grow mixed species cellulosic biomass, plants grown specifically for fuel production, which could annually produce up to 5.5 billion gallons of ethanol in the Midwest alone.

High plutonium breeding of light water cooled reactors
Jan 16th 2013, 13:48

Scientists have developed the world's first conceptual nuclear reactor design of high plutonium breeding by light water cooling.

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