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NC forestry highlighted in green-energy bill - WRAL.com
May 14th 2013, 00:21


NC forestry highlighted in green-energy bill
WRAL.com
RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill sought by North Carolina's forest products industry has cleared the House despite opposition by legislators worried it could harm a Charlotte-based steel company. The House gave its final approval Monday evening to legislation ...

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"Coal Mafia" stokes India's power crisis - Reuters India
May 14th 2013, 00:20


"Coal Mafia" stokes India's power crisis
Reuters India
The shooting was the latest gangland killing between rival coal clans, both with the surname Singh. They have fought for years to control rackets that prey upon the coal industry in the impoverished state of Jharkhand, home to some of the nation's ...

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BC Election 2013: Alberta's Oil And Gas Industry May Be Impacted By Outcome - Huffington Post Canada
May 13th 2013, 23:50


CBC.ca

BC Election 2013: Alberta's Oil And Gas Industry May Be Impacted By Outcome
Huffington Post Canada
British Columbia's looming provincial election is expected to affect the fate of Alberta's pipelines going west, including the Northern Gateway pipeline and Kinder Morgan project. Not all of B.C.'s election candidates support the development of these ...
BC vote risks oil-sands exports Financial Post
BC election: More vision needed for clean, green jobs rabble.ca

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Coal trains, pipelines, climate: British Columbia vote mirrors US - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
May 13th 2013, 23:30


Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Coal trains, pipelines, climate: British Columbia vote mirrors US
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — If you hear B.C. Premier Christy Clark on the campaign trail, the economic future of Canada's Pacific province is all about exporting resources, treating "Beautiful British Columbia" B.C. as a Northwest version of Texas ...

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The EU green hell - Financial Post
May 13th 2013, 23:00


The EU green hell
Financial Post
The European Union's utopian scheme of transforming itself into a green energy powerhouse is faltering as its fantasy plan is colliding with reality. As the EU's economic and financial crisis deepens and unemployment continues to rise, what used to be ...

Ted Turner Taking Coal Funds to Create Solar Odd Couple: Energy - Businessweek
May 13th 2013, 22:00


Ted Turner Taking Coal Funds to Create Solar Odd Couple: Energy
Businessweek
Yet Atlanta businessman Ted Turner, a climate-change crusader, and Southern Co. (SO), the second-largest utility in the U.S. by market value, have found a common interest developing giant solar farms, mostly in southwestern U.S. deserts. As investment ...

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Youth focus on humanity, charity and environment - Gulf times - Gulf Times
May 13th 2013, 21:16


Gulf Times

Youth focus on humanity, charity and environment - Gulf times
Gulf Times
Another environmental activity took place in Ras Laffan on Saturday, where more than 50 youths helped conduct wildlife research about the dhub (lizard) with Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI). The volunteers found more than 50 ...

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Green energy loans have been a black hole for US tax dollars, government data ... - Deseret News
May 13th 2013, 19:35


Deseret News

Green energy loans have been a black hole for US tax dollars, government data ...
Deseret News
Unlike previous green energy investment announcements from the Obama administration, this one was offered very quietly by the DOE and attracted little interest from most media outlets. Critiques focused in part on the usual suspect belly-up ventures ...

Have a say in oil and gas leasing of Pike forest - Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
May 13th 2013, 19:20


Have a say in oil and gas leasing of Pike forest
Colorado Springs Independent (blog)
Yet none of the U.S. Forest Service's five meetings to solicit comments on an the environmental impact of oil and gas leasing in the forests and grasslands will be held in Colorado Springs. Maybe they're counting on anyone from here with any interest ...

Goshen College Turns to Green Energy - Inside INdiana Business (press release)
May 13th 2013, 18:47


Goshen College Turns to Green Energy
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Goshen, Ind. – Goshen College President Jim Brenneman announced today that the college has taken a major step by voluntarily purchasing all of its electricity from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. This single action will reduce ...
Goshen College switches to 100 percent renewable energy South Bend Tribune

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Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in Indiana farmer's GM seeds case - The Guardian
May 13th 2013, 18:07


The Guardian

Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in Indiana farmer's GM seeds case
The Guardian
The US Supreme Court came down solidly on the side of the agricultural giant Monsanto on Monday, ruling unanimously that an Indiana farmer could not use patented genetically modified soybeans to create new seeds without paying the company. The case ...

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Healthy foods are destroying the environment - Salon
May 13th 2013, 17:51


Salon

Healthy foods are destroying the environment
Salon
A study, published in the May 6 edition of Nature, measured changes farmers and growers made to the environment between 2005 and 2009. Using satellite images from the National Agriculture Imagery Program, researchers broke the 15,000-hectare study ...

Brazil's Vale Moatize Coal Shipments Again Halted By Protests - Fox Business
May 13th 2013, 17:50


Brazil's Vale Moatize Coal Shipments Again Halted By Protests
Fox Business
The brickmakers have been blocking the railroad out of Moatize with stones and scrap metal since around 1200 GMT Sunday, an official at the mining complex said by telephone. Between 10,000 and 12,000 metric tons of coal are shipped daily from Moatize ...

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Oil and Gas Report - Banner-News - Banner News (subscription)
May 13th 2013, 17:47


Oil and Gas Report - Banner-News
Banner News (subscription)
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission issued 21 drilling permits, 19 well completions, and three well recompletions during the last week. Area activity included the following: Drilling permits. Columbia: Weiser-Brown Operating Co. of Magnolia for Donahou ...

Breed insects to improve human food security: UN report - The Guardian
May 13th 2013, 17:15


The Guardian

Breed insects to improve human food security: UN report
The Guardian
The best way to feed the 9 billion people expected to be alive by 2050 could be to rear billions of common houseflies on a diet of human faeces and abattoir blood and grind them up to use as animal feed, a UN report published on Monday suggests. Doing ...
Insects for dinner? UN recommends eating bugs for nutrition, environment CTV News
Put more insects on your table: UN pushes edible ones as good for nutrition ... Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Join the debate: America's first climate refugees - The Guardian (blog)
May 13th 2013, 16:16


Join the debate: America's first climate refugees
The Guardian (blog)
The people of Newtok, on the west coast of Alaska and about 400 miles south of the Bering Strait that separates the state from Russia, are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village ...

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Avoiding double taxation in the oil and gas industry - Oil & Gas Financial Journal
May 13th 2013, 16:13


Avoiding double taxation in the oil and gas industry
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Given the significant expansion of oil and gas companies globally, the need for industry players to align and coordinate local operations with corporate strategy has never been greater. As a result, the majority of US-based multinational energy ...

AES to shut or convert coal power plants in Indiana and Ohio - Reuters
May 13th 2013, 16:06


AES to shut or convert coal power plants in Indiana and Ohio
Reuters
May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. power company AES Corp said its units expect to retire or repower several coal-fired units in Indiana and Ohio, and possibly build a natural gas plant over the next several years. AES is not alone in shutting coal plants in the ...

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Farm Bill Wastes More Taxpayer Money on Green Subsidies - Heritage.org (blog)
May 13th 2013, 15:51


Heritage.org (blog)

Farm Bill Wastes More Taxpayer Money on Green Subsidies
Heritage.org (blog)
The Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Program includes grants "to assess energy use in a rural community, evaluate ideas for reducing energy use, and develop and install integrated renewable energy systems." In other words, more wasteful green subsidies.

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Oil and gas transaction appetite down slightly as confidence in economic ... - Oil & Gas Financial Journal
May 13th 2013, 15:36


Oil and gas transaction appetite down slightly as confidence in economic ...
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
The bi-annual Oil & Gas Global Capital Confidence Barometer released today highlights that nearly half (44%) of the 152 oil and gas company executives surveyed believe the global economic situation is improving, up from 27% in October 2012. Notably ...

Orphaned oil and gas wells on the rise in Wyoming - Sheridan Media (press release)
May 13th 2013, 15:34


Orphaned oil and gas wells on the rise in Wyoming
Sheridan Media (press release)
Oil and gas companies are walking away from non-productive or marginally-commercial wells at an increasing rate here in Wyoming. Dustin Bleizeffer. There are some 1,200 "orphaned" wells in Wyoming that have not been properly plugged and reclaimed, ...

Shift attitudes on oil and gas development in Colorado - Daily Camera
May 13th 2013, 15:09


San Francisco Chronicle

Shift attitudes on oil and gas development in Colorado
Daily Camera
Hickenlooper said he is constantly being attacked for being in the pockets of the oil and gas industry. With all due respect, what does he expect? I attended the talk at CU on May 2 and Gov. Hickenlooper did little to calm my nerves about the safety of ...
New Colorado law sets stricter standards for reporting oil spills Longmont Daily Times-Call

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Oil and Gas Permits - Minot Daily News
May 13th 2013, 14:51


Oil and Gas Permits
Minot Daily News
Development, 2,210 feet ground, tight hole, Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., SMOKEY 3-17-20-14H3A NENW 17-149N-98W, McKenzie County. Development, 1,949 feet ground, tight hole, Slawson Exploration Co. Inc., WALLEYE FEDERAL 2-12-11H LOT11 ...

Whoever wins in BC needs to take early action on environment - Globe and Mail
May 13th 2013, 12:52


Globe and Mail

Whoever wins in BC needs to take early action on environment
Globe and Mail
Whatever happens in the election this week, it is clear the newly elected premier, whether it is Adrian Dix or Christy Clark, will have to put the environment high on the agenda for early action. Pipelines and liquefied natural gas development emerged ...

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Oil and gas sector benefits from record investment - Business7
May 13th 2013, 12:35


Scotsman (blog)

Oil and gas sector benefits from record investment
Business7
The 18th Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce Oil and Gas survey found that activity, investment and confidence in the sector is continuing to rise in the North Sea . Progressive changes to tax allowances coupled with increasing international ...
Third of oil and gas operators 'concerned about independence vote' stv.tv
Independence: Vote affecting oil investment plans Scotsman (blog)
North Sea oil 'revival continues' Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Telegraph.co.uk
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Winners Recap: Wageworks Inc, Trius Therapeutics, Yingli Green Energy Hold ... - Openglobe
May 13th 2013, 12:25


Winners Recap: Wageworks Inc, Trius Therapeutics, Yingli Green Energy Hold ...
Openglobe
Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR)(NYSE:YGE)moved up 12.44% and closed at $2.44.Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. agreed to supply 220 megawatts of photovoltaic modules to China Power Investment Corp. for five power projects. The modules ...

Lions' playtime in Kruger national park - in pictures - The Guardian
May 13th 2013, 11:46


Lions' playtime in Kruger national park - in pictures
The Guardian
Subscribe. Subscribe to the Guardian · iPhone app · iPad edition · Kindle · Extra · Guardian Weekly · Digital edition · The Guardian home. The Guardian, Environment, User comments. News · Sport · Comment · Culture · Business · Money · Life & style ...

Space tourism won't hurt environment: Richard Branson - Raw Story
May 13th 2013, 11:42


Raw Story

Space tourism won't hurt environment: Richard Branson
Raw Story
British billionaire Richard Branson said Monday that rocket-powered space tourism flights by his firm Virgin Galactic would have only a minor impact on climate change. More than 500 people have already reserved seats — and paid deposits on the $200 ...
Space tourism won't hurt environment: Branson Toronto Sun
Space tourism won't hurt environment, says Branson Zee News

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EU's 'wasteful' fish discards policy nears the end of the line - The Guardian
May 13th 2013, 11:39


The Guardian

EU's 'wasteful' fish discards policy nears the end of the line
The Guardian
Crucial negotiations in Brussels in the next few days will decide one of the thorniest European environmental issues of the past four decades – the wasteful practice of throwing millions of healthy fish back into the sea each year after they have been ...

UK government to oppose 2025 European vehicle emissions target - The Guardian
May 13th 2013, 11:01


UK government to oppose 2025 European vehicle emissions target
The Guardian
The UK government is to oppose a proposal for a tough new EU-wide target on carbon emissions from vehicles, provoking protests from environmental campaigners. The proposal for a 2025 target, by which emissions per car should not exceed 70g of carbon ...

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Uzbeks turn to green power - Zawya (registration)
May 13th 2013, 09:52


Uzbeks turn to green power
Zawya (registration)
The recent focus on solar and renewable energy is part of Uzbekistan's efforts to diversify and liberalize its economy. The country suffers from a terrible reputation in the international business community as it is ranked as the world's least ...

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Column - India's coal import boom has limited beneficiaries: Clyde Russell - Reuters India
May 13th 2013, 08:57


Column - India's coal import boom has limited beneficiaries: Clyde Russell
Reuters India
LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) - India's record coal imports in the past fiscal year, and the virtual certainty they will rise again this year, look bullish for coal markets, but the likelihood is only a select few producers will benefit. This is ...

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Glencore Xstrata Shelves Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal - Wall Street Journal
May 13th 2013, 07:31


Sky News Australia

Glencore Xstrata Shelves Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal
Wall Street Journal
The proposed Balaclava Island Coal Export Terminal, which was designed to ship 35 million tons a year from a site 40 kilometers south of the city of Rockhampton, would have opened up a new route for coal exports from the resource-rich Bowen and Surat ...
Glencore Xstrata scraps plans for Australia coal export terminal Reuters
Coal industry has been smashed, says Xstrata The Australian
Glencore Xstrata Halts Work on Balaclava Coal Port in Australia Bloomberg
UPI.com  - The Age
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants - Los Angeles Times
May 13th 2013, 03:57


Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
Los Angeles Times
Although new coal-fired plants are rare, administration officials have said they want rules for new plants to be in place before the Environmental Protection Agency devises rules for existing plants. That clock is ticking slowly. The administration ...

China's Sichuan Province Halts All Coal Mines After Explosion - Bloomberg
May 13th 2013, 02:33


The Hindu

China's Sichuan Province Halts All Coal Mines After Explosion
Bloomberg
"All coal mines across the province should be suspended immediately to have a comprehensive overhaul and thorough checks," the State Administration of Work Safety said in a statement dated yesterday on its website. The province aims to close 500 small ...
27 miners killed in coal mine blast in southwest China Fox News
China: 28 miners killed in coal mine explosion CNN International
Two explosions in 24 hours claim the lives of 40 coal miners Shanghaiist
MiamiHerald.com  - The Hindu  - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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