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Temporary truce in coal conflict - Calcutta Telegraph
Apr 5th 2013, 23:17


Calcutta Telegraph

Temporary truce in coal conflict
Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, April 5: The coal ministry today asked Coal India Ltd (CIL) to continue supplying at least 50 per cent of NTPC's fuel needs for the time being to prevent a shutdown of the power generator's units. Eastern Coalfields, a subsidiary of Coal ...
Coal Strike Looms as Workers Protest Stake Sale: Corporate India Bloomberg
Continue supplying at least 50% coal to NTPC: Coal min to CIL Hindustan Times
India to frame incentives for underground coal mining investments Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
Livemint  - NDTV
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Coalition Supports Oil and Gas Industry - WYTV
Apr 5th 2013, 23:11


Coalition Supports Oil and Gas Industry
WYTV
The coalition credits the work that was put into the Community Bill of Rights, but said it puts the community in jeopardy of missing out of the opportunities that come with the oil and gas industry. "We also thing that it definitely sends the wrong ...

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This Week in Energy News for April 5, 2013 - Jetson Green
Apr 5th 2013, 21:27


This Week in Energy News for April 5, 2013
Jetson Green
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, we're celebrating the 13th birthday of LEED, reporting on renewable energy in Germany, Australia, and the United States, talking about why incandescent bulb sales are declining, and checking out a molten salt ...

GA coal plant rushes to beat new EPA emissions rules - Daily Caller
Apr 5th 2013, 20:10


Daily Caller

GA coal plant rushes to beat new EPA emissions rules
Daily Caller
Developers of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia said they are in a "dead sprint" to start building their new plant to be exempted before new Environmental Protection Agency emissions regulations are finalized on April 13. Allied Energy Services, the ...
New emissions standards would fuel shift from coal to natural gas EurekAlert (press release)
Study: EPA rules will fuel shift away from coal The Hill (blog)
Gas continues to price out coal Investor's Business Daily
Washington Examiner  - Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (blog)
all 43 news articles »

Garden bird killers - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 20:01


Garden bird killers
The Guardian
I have lived in or near the same small village for over 65 years. I have watched jackdaw numbers grow from eight or nine pairs around the village to mobs of well over a hundred birds ('Alarming' loss of garden birds, 28 March). The reason is that they ...

Brown panel recommends divestment from coal companies - The Providence Journal
Apr 5th 2013, 19:42


Brown panel recommends divestment from coal companies
The Providence Journal
An oversight committee at Brown University has recommended that the Ivy League institution cease investing in the country's 15 largest coal companies. Wednesday's vote by The Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies ...
Advisory committee votes to recommend coal divestment The Brown Daily Herald
Big win for Brown divest coal movement Providence.thephoenix (blog)

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Highest international oil and gas salaries - Houston Chronicle
Apr 5th 2013, 18:46


Houston Chronicle

Highest international oil and gas salaries
Houston Chronicle
English estate inspired home is stylish and scenic · Houston seeing big boost in temporary housing market · First convention as Prudential franchisee was 'a great time'. Highest international oil and gas salaries. April 5, 2013. 1of16. View All ...

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4 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now - Investorplace.com
Apr 5th 2013, 18:09


4 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Now
Investorplace.com
The grades of four Oil and Gas stocks are better this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these stocks has an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy") rating. Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) is bettering its rating of C ...

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All those oil and gas deposits everyone wants in the South China Sea may not ... - Foreign Policy (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 17:46


Foreign Policy (blog)

All those oil and gas deposits everyone wants in the South China Sea may not ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
As it stands, six countries claim conflicting territorial rights in the long-simmering South China Sea dispute. As anyone will tell you, one of the main drivers of this conflict is the "sizable deposits of oil and gas" believed to reside in the area ...

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Nevada utility: screw this, coal is more trouble than it's worth - Grist Magazine
Apr 5th 2013, 17:43


StandardNet

Nevada utility: screw this, coal is more trouble than it's worth
Grist Magazine
John Upton mentioned this here yesterday, but I wanted to pause for a closer look, as I have been following this story for a while. Last year, I wrote about the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant in Nevada; the Paiute Native American tribe being ...
NV Energy proposes to shut Nevada coal-fired power plants Reuters
Coal out, renewables in with NV Energy's new plan Reno Gazette-Journal
Coal Being Phased Out in Nevada KCET (blog)
KVVU Las Vegas  - The National Law Review  - StandardNet
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BLOG: Green energy to cost Silver State residents a lot of green - FoxReno.com (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 17:29


U.S. News & World Report

BLOG: Green energy to cost Silver State residents a lot of green
FoxReno.com (blog)
Environmentalists would like you to think it's because "renewable" energy production will save the planet and make all the trees and grass greener. But in reality it's because it's so darned expensive and will ending up costing each and every one of us ...
US Energy Information Administration: Energy-related Carbon Dioxide ... Green Energy News

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Hundreds of wild boars face cull in Forest of Dean - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 17:18


The Guardian

Hundreds of wild boars face cull in Forest of Dean
The Guardian
Nobody knows how many it can sustain," said Martin Quayle, the district council cabinet member for the environment. "They make a hell of a mess of the verges. Some people say the place is so untidy that it's begun to look like a tip. On my lane, they ...

US carbon emissions drop as gas displaces coal - The Hill (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 17:13


U.S. News & World Report

US carbon emissions drop as gas displaces coal
The Hill (blog)
"Lower natural gas prices resulted in reduced levels of coal generation, and increased natural gas generation — a less carbon-intensive fuel for power generation, which shifted power generation from the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel (coal) to the ...
Nevada Does U-Turn Away From Coal, Toward Renewables, Gas SustainableBusiness.com
More On The Dramatic Drop In Coal CO2 Emissions In 2012 Seeking Alpha
Competition, not regulation, leads to lowest carbon emissions since 1990s Washington Examiner
Futures Magazine  - FoxReno.com (blog)  - U.S. News & World Report
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Delay polls until suitable environment prevails, demands Altaf - DAWN.com
Apr 5th 2013, 15:54


DAWN.com

Delay polls until suitable environment prevails, demands Altaf
DAWN.com
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain Friday demanded to postpone the May 11 polls by 15 to 30 days so that an environment suitable for holding general elections can be created in the country, DawnNews reported. Speaking to ...
Delay polls until conducive environment prevails in Pak: MQM Business Standard

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Petro Vietnam wants to increase foreign oil and gas production - PennEnergy (press release)
Apr 5th 2013, 15:09


PennEnergy (press release)

Petro Vietnam wants to increase foreign oil and gas production
PennEnergy (press release)
Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, or Petro Vietnam, recently announced it will continue to buy foreign oil and gas assets to produce nearly 100,000 barrels of oil a day overseas by 2020, The Wall Street Journal reported. The state-owned energy company said by ...
PetroVietnam CEO: Territorial Disputes Not Impacting Exploration Wall Street Journal- India (blog)

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Two convicted of Amazon activists' murders - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 14:39


The Guardian

Two convicted of Amazon activists' murders
The Guardian
Their assassinations in May 2011 generated international condemnation, and were compared by many with the killings of Chico Mendes 25 years ago, and of another environmental campaigner, the American-born nun Dorothy Stang, in 2005. The couple had ...

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Dunn-Norman selected to advisory panel for EPA hydraulic fracturing research ... - Missouri S&T News and Research
Apr 5th 2013, 14:14


Dunn-Norman selected to advisory panel for EPA hydraulic fracturing research ...
Missouri S&T News and Research
Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman, associate professor of petroleum engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was named to the Environmental Protection Agency's independent Science Advisory Board's new Hydraulic Fracturing Research ...

Charles Scott Howard, Whistleblowing Miner, Wins Another Round Against Arch ... - Huffington Post
Apr 5th 2013, 12:52


Charles Scott Howard, Whistleblowing Miner, Wins Another Round Against Arch ...
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- A panel of federal judges ruled Thursday that a Kentucky miner who was fired two years ago after alleging unsafe conditions at his mine deserves to keep his job, delivering yet another legal victory to a highly public coal-industry ...

Renewable energy rollback moves forward in NC House - WRAL Tech Wire
Apr 5th 2013, 12:49


MSNBC

Renewable energy rollback moves forward in NC House
WRAL Tech Wire
Critics of the bill included solar developers, small farmers, hog producers and green energy experts from the public and private sectors. All said they had benefited from 2007's Senate Bill 3, which established requirements for utility companies to ...
NC House subcommittee amends, approves bill to eliminate green-energy rules Charlotte Business Journal (blog)
N.C. House subcommittee OKs bill eliminating green-energy rules Triangle Business Journal (blog)
NC renewable energy law diminished in House bill Businessweek
StarNewsOnline.com  - Business Green  - Budget & Tax News
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Renewable Energy for Power Security - AllAfrica.com
Apr 5th 2013, 12:07


Renewable Energy for Power Security
AllAfrica.com
President Hifikepunye Pohamba said this week, Namibia must take advantage of the development in the renewable energy sector to promote security of power supply. The Polytechnic of Namibia through the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Institute ...

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Whistleblower Claims Australian Govt Censored Environment Concerns Prior To ... - De Smog Blog (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 12:00


De Smog Blog (blog)

Whistleblower Claims Australian Govt Censored Environment Concerns Prior To ...
De Smog Blog (blog)
Environment assessment specialist Simone Marsh, who had been on secondment to the Queensland Government's Department of Infrastructure and Planning when the projects were being assessed in early 2010, has spoken of a process where approval of ...

Coal India may cut supplies to NTPC as quality row escalates - Reuters India
Apr 5th 2013, 11:45


Coal India may cut supplies to NTPC as quality row escalates
Reuters India
The row underscores the difficulties India faces in extracting coal quickly and efficiently enough to eliminate power shortages that hurt economic growth, and to reduce its reliance on costlier imports. The head of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a ...

Oklahoma oil and gas prices: April 5, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Apr 5th 2013, 10:37


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: April 5, 2013
NewsOK.com
Oklahoma oil and gas prices: April 5, 2013. No Author Published: April 5, 2013 Oklahoman Comment on this article Leave a comment. email. OIL AND GAS PRICES. Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Thursday: Oklahoma Sweet: Advertisement. Sunoco ...

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UK fuel sales plummet as motorists embrace efficiency - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 10:07


The Guardian

UK fuel sales plummet as motorists embrace efficiency
The Guardian
Forecourts in the UK have seen the volume of fuel they sell fall significantly over the past five years with sales of petrol dropping more than 20 per cent as oil prices have climbed and motorists have switched to more efficient vehicles. New research ...

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climate-finance - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 09:42


climate-finance
The Guardian
In the early years this financial assistance was channelled through the Global Environment Facility (GEF), either directly or through dedicated funds which the GEF administers (in particular, the Least Developed Country Fund and the Special Climate ...

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NTPC under pressure on coal shortage concerns - Economic Times
Apr 5th 2013, 09:17


Economic Times

NTPC under pressure on coal shortage concerns
Economic Times
Meanwhile, Coal India sources have told ET Now that Coal India and NTPC are likely to resolve coal quality issue in next 1-2 days. Coal India already hired agencies to test coal quality before dispatch. The coal supply may be continued normally from ...

Fukushima cooling system fails for second time in a month - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 08:42


The Guardian

Fukushima cooling system fails for second time in a month
The Guardian
The cooling system for a fuel storage pool at one of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant has failed, Japanese regulators have said. There was no immediate danger from the failure, the second at the plant in a month, they said. The Fukushima ...

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What Does Oil And Gas Discoveries Mean For Mozambique? - Ventures Africa
Apr 5th 2013, 08:02


Ventures Africa

What Does Oil And Gas Discoveries Mean For Mozambique?
Ventures Africa
The oil & gas industry prompts dreams of employment growth and opportunity. Ricardo tells Ventures Africa how he likes working in the oil industry and constantly receives inquiries from friends, friends of friends, and strangers about how to get into ...

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Bee-harming pesticides should be banned, MPs urge - The Guardian
Apr 5th 2013, 06:38


Telegraph.co.uk

Bee-harming pesticides should be banned, MPs urge
The Guardian
"The environment department seems to be taking an extraordinarily complacent approach to protecting bees given the vital free service that pollinators provide to our economy," said Joan Walley, the chair of the EAC. "We believe that the weight of ...
Ban pesticides linked to bee deaths, say MPs BBC News
MPs call for ban on 'nerve agent' neonicotinoid pesticides to protect ... The Independent
MPs: Ban pesticides to save bees ITV News
Times of India  - The Times (subscription)
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Feds assess oil-and-gas prospects under Pawnee National Grassland - Denver Post
Apr 5th 2013, 06:12


Feds assess oil-and-gas prospects under Pawnee National Grassland
Denver Post
While oil-and-gas drilling is not new to the Pawnee grassland — 62 active wells are already there — new technology and a better understanding of the potential for oil discovery are driving more interest from companies. The oil-and-gas leasing ...

Coal trains violate Clean Air Act: Green groups - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 01:20


My Ballard (blog)

Coal trains violate Clean Air Act: Green groups
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Several environmental groups plan to put lumps of coal into the stockings of railroads and the coal industry, just as Big Coal is seeking permission to build major export terminals for shipping coal to China at Longview and at Cherry Point north of ...
Is there coal under Ballard Rail Bridge? My Ballard (blog)
Editorial: Lawsuit not needed over coal dust The Spokesman Review (subscription)

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Green Energy Financing On Boylan's PBS Show - Honolulu Civil Beat (blog)
Apr 5th 2013, 01:03


Green Energy Financing On Boylan's PBS Show
Honolulu Civil Beat (blog)
Host Dan Boylan moderates this discussion on legislative proposals to fund the state's clean energy infrastructure. According to House Bill 856, financing a "green infrastructure" at the lowest possible cost is a key step, as Hawaii moves toward its ...

Construction workers switching to oil and gas industry, Texas builders chief says - ReporterNews.com
Apr 5th 2013, 00:47


Construction workers switching to oil and gas industry, Texas builders chief says
ReporterNews.com
"What happened was a lot of people (workers) have gone when the industry slowed down, and the workers got out of the industry and went to oil and gas," Martin said. "So those people aren't going to be available as framers, carpenters, and roofers ...

The limits of renewable energy - Washington Post
Apr 4th 2013, 23:53


Quartz

The limits of renewable energy
Washington Post
The case for "we've got all the renewables we need" recently received a boost from a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study, which concluded: "Renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, ...
Bill to Repeal State Support for Renewable Energy Passes Subcommittee Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute (blog)
China is about to become the world's biggest green-energy market, but it's ... Quartz
Renewable Energy Tax Credits News Briefs Novogradac Company LLP
energybiz  - Heritage.org (blog)  - AltEnergyMag (press release)
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Operator of suburban coal plants gets 2-year break on emissions cuts - Chicago Tribune
Apr 4th 2013, 23:37


Chicago Tribune

Operator of suburban coal plants gets 2-year break on emissions cuts
Chicago Tribune
Four months after filing for bankruptcy protection, the owner of three coal-fired power plants in suburban Chicago on Thursday won a two-year reprieve from tough state limits on their lung-damaging emissions. The ruling from the Illinois Pollution ...
Midwest Generation gets more time to clean up Illinois coal plants Midwest Energy News

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Obama Tells Donors of Tough Politics of Environment - New York Times
Apr 4th 2013, 22:02


New York Times

Obama Tells Donors of Tough Politics of Environment
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Appearing at the home of an outspoken critic of the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama on Wednesday night told a group of high-dollar donors that the politics of the environment "are tough." ...
Harsanyi: On the Environment, the Alarmists Are Still Losing GOPUSA

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Green Energy Billionaire Threatens to Destroy Democratic Senators Who Stand ... - FrontPage Magazine
Apr 4th 2013, 19:34


French Tribune

Green Energy Billionaire Threatens to Destroy Democratic Senators Who Stand ...
FrontPage Magazine
Coincidentally, that billionaire's fortune, comes from Green Energy "investments" which go big thanks to government intervention and the myth of Global Warming\Climate Change\Sky is Falling. But I'm sure that's a complete coincidence. In other ...
Australian Cabinet Merger is Actually Better For Climate Change Mitigation Energy Collective

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New Panel to Review EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Research Study - AOL Energy
Apr 4th 2013, 17:05


New Panel to Review EPA's Hydraulic Fracturing Research Study
AOL Energy
On March 25, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) independent Science Advisory Board announced formation of a panel of independent experts to review the agency's hydraulic fracturing research report,which is to be completed in 2014.
Sidley Austin LLP | This Week in Hydraulic Fracturing Linex Legal (registration) (press release)

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Renewable energy - The Economist
Apr 4th 2013, 16:59


The Economist

Renewable energy
The Economist
Today Drax is home to one of the most impressive pieces of engineering in Britain, a power station with a value to its owners of £2.5 billion. But it does not have much woodland. And, given the way Europe's renewable-energy subsidies work, the ...

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Oil and gas expo planned for Denver in December - Denver Post
Apr 4th 2013, 16:59


The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Oil and gas expo planned for Denver in December
Denver Post
The North American Prospect Expo, which currently hosts the world's largest oil-and-gas exploration exposition twice a year in Houston, is expanding and will hold a new regional show in Denver in December. Specifically, the expo is for people involved ...
Big oil and gas show coming to Denver Denver Business Journal (blog)

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IAR's Hydraulic Fracturing Task Force
Apr 4th 2013, 15:31

Members of a special committee examining the state's approach to hydraulic fracturing met in Marion, Ill., on March 28, 2013. Hear from some of those who att...
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Mafia Laundering Funds Through Green Energy Scheme - Fast Company
Apr 3rd 2013, 23:04


Fast Company

Mafia Laundering Funds Through Green Energy Scheme
Fast Company
More than $1.6 billion in assets were stripped from an Italian green energy tycoon today due to alleged mafia money laundering ties. Police seized Vito Nicastri's assets; in a statement, they said the 57-year-old wind power entrepreneur was engaged in ...
Italian police seize $1.7 billion from alleged green energy Mafioso Daily Caller
Italy makes huge haul of mafia assets in green energy case Reuters UK

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Eagle-Killing, Investment-Wasting 'Renewable' Energy - Wizbang (blog)
Apr 3rd 2013, 23:02


Eagle-Killing, Investment-Wasting 'Renewable' Energy
Wizbang (blog)
The "Green Energy" sector has been hit with a series of setbacks over the last few years. From a wind farm being cited for killing an endangered eagle, to solar energy's tumble from investor favor over dismal performance, to a growing list of companies ...

How it Works: Hydraulic Fracturing
Oct 23rd 2012, 19:11

Reporter Scott Tong delivers part two today in his series on Ohio's oil and gas boom. In the meantime, watch our quick video explainer and read part one in t...
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