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Speculative coal bubble must be popped - Business Spectator
May 13th 2013, 00:54


Speculative coal bubble must be popped
Business Spectator
Speculative coal bubble must be popped. The 400 parts per million CO2 threshold has been crossed, a timely reminder that our fossil fuel addiction rests on a speculative bubble of climate denial, indifference or dreaming.

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State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose - Chicago Tribune
May 13th 2013, 00:44


State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose
Chicago Tribune
Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting ...

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Communities 'being killed off' by coal industry - Scotsman
May 12th 2013, 23:41


Scotsman

Communities 'being killed off' by coal industry
Scotsman
The warning came as it was confirmed that energy and waste company Hargreaves Services – revealed last weekend as the frontrunner to take over the remaining operational Scottish Coal sites – is the preferred bidder for six opencast mines which were ...

Ted Turner Taking Coal Funds to Create Solar Odd Couple: Energy - Bloomberg
May 12th 2013, 23:26


Ted Turner Taking Coal Funds to Create Solar Odd Couple: Energy
Bloomberg
They're unlikely business partners: a billionaire environmentalist and one of the largest coal-burners in the U.S.. Yet Atlanta businessman Ted Turner, a climate-change crusader, and Southern Co. (SO), the second-largest utility in the U.S. by market ...

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European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 22:23


The Guardian

European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal
The Guardian
One of Europe's most influential government-owned investors in the energy industry has hinted it may expand funding of high-carbon coal projects despite mounting pressure from climate change campaigners to rule out such investments. Riccardo Puliti ...

European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 22:23


The Guardian

European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal
The Guardian
He said the EBRD had funded about 200 energy projects between 2006 and 2012 with only two related to coal. Those two were designed to improve efficiency while at least 80 of the 200 schemes were related directly to renewable energy, sustainability or ...

100 years ago: Picking bluebells is good for you - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 22:17


The Guardian

100 years ago: Picking bluebells is good for you
The Guardian
How many thousands of bluebells have been picked this week? The withered flowers are scattered along all the country roads which lead to the stations, dropped from weary, hot, and grimy hands; but there are far more which have reached their intended ...

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Coking Coal Contracts Seen Slipping to Record Low, Survey Shows - Bloomberg
May 12th 2013, 21:16


Coking Coal Contracts Seen Slipping to Record Low, Survey Shows
Bloomberg
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world's biggest exporter of steelmaking coal, may face a drop in contract prices to a record low in the third quarter amid rising supply and weaker Asian demand. Asian buyers will probably pay $165 a metric ton for hard ...

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Green energy projects at science fair impress MI students on judging panel - Gulf Today
May 12th 2013, 20:44


Green energy projects at science fair impress MI students on judging panel
Gulf Today
Abu Dhabi: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MI) announced on Sunday that its three student judges found the participating projects in sustainability and green energy at the first-ever Taaleem Science Fair highly creative and innovative. The ...

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Environment protection areas may be zoned residential - Northern Star
May 12th 2013, 20:36


Environment protection areas may be zoned residential
Northern Star
THE STATE Government is planning to rezone critical environment protection zones into rural and residential zones by 2014. That's the conclusion of a group of ecologists called Save North Coast Nature after examining the Government's planning white ...

Parts of UK Coal may be nationalised after colliery fire closes pit - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 20:15


The Guardian

Parts of UK Coal may be nationalised after colliery fire closes pit
The Guardian
The future of UK Coal, which runs three of Britain's last remaining deep pits, was plunged into uncertainty in February when a fire broke out causing the closure of its largest deep-pit colliery, Daw Mill in Warwickshire. The underground blaze, which ...
Ministers consider bail-out for UK Coal after pit blaze Telegraph.co.uk
Taxpayers to bail out stricken coal giant - CoalGuru CoalGuru.com
Midlands blaze sparks crisis for UK Coal's North East mine staff ChronicleLive

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Hydraulic Fracturing Is A Dead-End Path - Jamestown Post Journal
May 12th 2013, 18:14


Hydraulic Fracturing Is A Dead-End Path
Jamestown Post Journal
Hydraulic Fracturing Is A Dead-End Path. May 12, 2013. By Glenn Whal (editorial@post-journal.com). Save | Comments (7) | Post a comment |. In the 1960s the tobacco industry tried to counter evidence that smoking had serious health impacts by spending ...

Green energy boss Dale Vince accuses Government of risking energy security ... - The Independent
May 12th 2013, 18:06


The Independent

Green energy boss Dale Vince accuses Government of risking energy security ...
The Independent
The founder of Britain's first green electricity provider has accused the Coalition of risking the UK's future energy security through a "disastrous" inconsistency in policies. Ecotricity boss Dale Vince accused the Government of hugely undermining ...

16 oil and gas wells are now obsolete - Londonderry Today
May 12th 2013, 17:53


16 oil and gas wells are now obsolete
Londonderry Today
16 oil and gas wells are now obsolete. By Kevin Mullan Published on 12/05/2013 18:45. SIXTEEN oil and gas wells drilled off our coast since 1965 have either been abandoned or plugged. Envronment Minister Alex Attwood said: "A total of sixteen wells ...

Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi - The Nation
May 12th 2013, 17:30


Egat wants coal plants in Cambodia, Myanmar, Krabi
The Nation
Energy Minister Pongsak Ruktapongpisal has given the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) the green light to proceed with a plan to build coal-powered plants in Myanmar and Cambodia - providing Thailand with 10,000 megawatts of electricity.

Better oil price needed for emissions controls to work: environment minister - globalnews.ca
May 12th 2013, 16:57


Calgary Herald

Better oil price needed for emissions controls to work: environment minister
globalnews.ca
OTTAWA – The ability of the oil and gas sector to absorb tough government controls on their greenhouse gas emissions depends on Canada getting a better price for its oil, Environment Minister Peter Kent says. The extra revenue would allow companies to ...
Canada's Environment Minister to Meet with Officials during European Tour Canada NewsWire (press release)

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Fracking's risks greatly overstated - Baltimore Sun (blog)
May 12th 2013, 16:33


Fracking's risks greatly overstated
Baltimore Sun (blog)
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater ...

UW chemist talks coal trains - The Seattle Times (blog)
May 12th 2013, 14:28


UW chemist talks coal trains
The Seattle Times (blog)
I live in Interbay, where multiple railroad track bisect the area between Magnolia and Queen Anne. Downtown Ballard is directly north. These centers have become very densely populated in the past few years under several city administrations ["Coal ...
Westneat: UW chemist's coal project gets crowdfunded — in record time Longview Daily News

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Oil and Gas: Brewer-Warnock wells good oil and gas producers for Bonanza Creek - Magnoliareporter
May 12th 2013, 13:12


Oil and Gas: Brewer-Warnock wells good oil and gas producers for Bonanza Creek
Magnoliareporter
The biggest oil producer of the past two weeks has been the Brewer-Warnock No. 8. It is producing 84 barrels of oil and 193 mcf of gas in the Dorcheat-Macedonia Field for Bonanza Creek. The recompleted Fee "B" No. 1 is making 80 barrels of oil for ...

ElectraCard: data in fraud compromised outside its environment - Fox Business
May 12th 2013, 12:50


Livemint

ElectraCard: data in fraud compromised outside its environment
Fox Business
MUMBAI – India's ElectraCard Services said on Sunday that a data breach in a series of ATM fraud attacks in December appears to have happened outside of its "processing environment." According to a U.S. official and a bank employee, who both spoke on ...
Data breach in ATM fraud outside our environment, says ElectraCard Business Standard

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Whatcom County's senators try unity, end up in discord on environment - Bellingham Herald
May 12th 2013, 12:02


Bellingham Herald

Whatcom County's senators try unity, end up in discord on environment
Bellingham Herald
Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, showed signs early in the session of working together to pass environmental legislation. With the regular session over and a locally important environmental bill still alive for the special session that starts Monday, May ...

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Sewage treatment co Mapal Green Energy raises £1.5m - Jewish Business News
May 12th 2013, 11:48


Sewage treatment co Mapal Green Energy raises £1.5m
Jewish Business News
Mapal Green Energy Ltd., Sewage treatment technology developer, has raised £1.5 million (NIS 8.3 million) in its second financing round from British private equities fund Charles Street Securities Europe LLP. Which invested NIS 9 million in the company ...

James River Coal Company - Finally A Buy - Seeking Alpha
May 12th 2013, 09:08


James River Coal Company - Finally A Buy
Seeking Alpha
It's easy to see that the coal industry has suffered devastating losses during the past two years. Shares of James River Coal Company (JRCC) have shed over 90% of their value during the downturn in the industry for a multitude of reasons, namely lower ...

Are plastic jars worse for the environment? - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 07:50


The Guardian

Are plastic jars worse for the environment?
The Guardian
We are told to avoid sweating the small stuff. But I say no, sweat the small stuff all you like. The small stuff cumulatively becomes big stuff. The average household buys 4,000 packaged products a year, including food. If each of those products comes ...

OIL AND GAS REPORT - NWAOnline (subscription)
May 12th 2013, 07:31


OIL AND GAS REPORT
NWAOnline (subscription)
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission last week issued 21 drilling permits, 19 well completions and 3 well recompletions. By county, they were: DRILLING PERMITS CLEBURNE — SEECO Inc. of Houston for Johnston Family Trust No. 09-11 5-6 H7 to TVD: ...

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'Indian regulatory environment supportive of biz growth' - Economic Times
May 12th 2013, 07:28


Economic Times

'Indian regulatory environment supportive of biz growth'
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Buoyed by reform initiatives, majority of senior corporate executives are convinced that the current regulatory environment is supportive of business growth in the country, according to an E&Y survey. Global consultancy Ernst & Young's ...

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China: 28 miners killed in coal mine explosion - CNN International
May 12th 2013, 06:22


NEWS.com.au

China: 28 miners killed in coal mine explosion
CNN International
(CNN) -- A coal mine explosion in China's southwestern Sichuan province killed 28 miners, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. A total of 108 miners were working underground when the gas explosion occurred near the city of Luzhou on Saturday, ...
At least 27 dead in coal mine blast in southwestern China - GlobalPost GlobalPost
27 miners killed in coal mine blast in southwest China Fox News
40 miners die in 2 coal mine blasts in SW China The Seattle Times

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Beetle-kill pellets find new purpose in absorbing oil and gas spills - Denver Post
May 12th 2013, 06:02


Beetle-kill pellets find new purpose in absorbing oil and gas spills
Denver Post
biodegradable beetle-kill product that cleans up oil, gas and solvent spills better and cheaper than the widely used clay-based products, such as cat litter. The company's Eco-Sponge is becoming popular with oil and gas operations across the country ...

Navajo oil and gas company may be exempt from fuel tax - Farmington Daily Times
May 12th 2013, 02:42


Navajo oil and gas company may be exempt from fuel tax
Farmington Daily Times
The company, which is owned by the tribe, may finance infrastructure development near the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino — specifically a gas station and a convenience store. If that happens, it would be exempt from paying the tribe's fuel excise tax for ...

Climate change 'will make hundreds of millions homeless' - The Guardian
May 12th 2013, 00:05


The Guardian

Climate change 'will make hundreds of millions homeless'
The Guardian
It is increasingly likely that hundreds of millions of people will be displaced from their homelands in the near future as a result of global warming. That is the stark warning of economist and climate change expert Lord Stern following the news last ...
'Prehistoric climate' alert issued Scotsman
CO2 at historic high, paves way for 'prehistoric' climate - Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald

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Dubai tops list of places to live among oil and gas professionals - The National
May 11th 2013, 20:12


Dubai tops list of places to live among oil and gas professionals
The National
Dubai is establishing itself as a firm favourite among oil and gas professionals as the city successfully positions itself as a hub for energy companies. Ease of living, the absence of taxes and a good infrastructure appeal to expats working in the ...

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David Attenborough opens Essex nature reserve built on London's waste - The Guardian
May 11th 2013, 19:41


The Guardian

David Attenborough opens Essex nature reserve built on London's waste
The Guardian
But creating this haven from a rubbish tip – carried out by the wildlife trust and the landfill company Cory Environmental – has not been easy. First the rubbish had to be compacted. Then a thick layer of clay, known as a pie-crust, was placed over ...
Where there's Mucking, there's grass: For 50 years an old quarry was a giant ... The Independent

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Harry Tells Green Energy Boss That Wind Turbines Are An Eyesore - Daily Beast
May 11th 2013, 17:39


Daily Beast

Harry Tells Green Energy Boss That Wind Turbines Are An Eyesore
Daily Beast
According to a report in The Daily Telegraph today, Harry told Susan Reilly, chief executive officer of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, that he was concerned about the 'visual impact' of the green energy devices. I love the way the royals go ...

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Colorado oil and gas drilling critics ponder new strategies - Daily Camera
May 11th 2013, 05:51


San Francisco Chronicle

Colorado oil and gas drilling critics ponder new strategies
Daily Camera
"We had 23 oil and gas lobbyists working against bills that we tried to bring for the people of the state of Colorado," said House Democratic Leader Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, who sponsored an unsuccessful bill to increase water testing requirements in a ...
Colorado court strikes down local fees for oil and gas wells Denver Business Journal (blog)
Legislative session passes with no oil, gas drilling regulations - KKCO KKCO-TV
Winners and losers of the 2013 Colorado General Assembly Denver Post
kdvr.com
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California Lawmakers Making a Strong Push to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing—Michael Mills
May 9th 2013, 19:35

For more than a year, hydraulic fracturing has been one of the country's biggest hot-button issues—both inside and out of the legal space. The cry from oppon...
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Rep. Bill Flores: Proposed federal regulations for fracking a 'solution in ... - Houston Chronicle (blog)
May 8th 2013, 21:50


Rep. Bill Flores: Proposed federal regulations for fracking a 'solution in ...
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Industry experts told members of Congress the Interior Department's potential regulations to hydraulic fracturing – fracking — on federal lands is a threat to jobs and energy security and an effort they consider "duplicative." Texas Rep. Bill Flores ...

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