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Rep. Fleming Questions Environmental Activist's Call for More Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing
May 9th 2013, 01:07

U.S. Representative John Fleming, M.D., at a committee hearing, questioned Sara Kendall of the Western Organization of Resource Councils about the basis for ...
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Colorado bill to raise oil-and-gas fines dies - Denver Post
May 9th 2013, 00:57


Real Aspen

Colorado bill to raise oil-and-gas fines dies
Denver Post
An attempt to increase fines for oil-and-gas rule violations died in the Colorado legislature Wednesday when its sponsors said they couldn't get a provision for minimum penalties on the most serious violations. The fine bill was one of three seeking ...
Hickenlooper orders state to review oil and gas fines The Coloradoan
Sponsor pulls bill boosting oil and gas fines; Hickenlooper orders review Denver Business Journal (blog)
Oil and gas fines bill dies over mandatory minimums impasse kdvr.com
Real Aspen  - Northern Colorado 5
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Del Monte nominated for state environment award - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
May 9th 2013, 00:29


Del Monte nominated for state environment award
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Del Monte Foods of Plover is one of a dozen businesses across the state nominated for the Business Friend of the Environment Awards, which honor leadership in pollution prevention, environmental innovation and stewardship. / Nathan Vine/Stevens Point ...
WMC to salute Business Friends of the Environment BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)

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Rio Tinto Hopeful Courts Will OK Expansion of Australia Coal Mine - Fox Business
May 9th 2013, 00:21


The Australian Financial Review

Rio Tinto Hopeful Courts Will OK Expansion of Australia Coal Mine
Fox Business
Rio Tinto last month lodged an appeal in Australia's Supreme Court against a state court ruling that blocks plans to extend the life of Mount Thorley Warkworth thermal coal mine in New South Wales state. The expansion of the mine is being opposed by ...
Rio boss calls for government policy to focus on country's best interest The Australian

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Noble Energy fosters creativity to find more oil and gas - FuelFix (blog)
May 9th 2013, 00:08


FuelFix (blog)

Noble Energy fosters creativity to find more oil and gas
FuelFix (blog)
It has also increased its offshore reserves to more than 2.6 billion barrels, far outpacing earlier goals, and has brought new projects, such as its Tamar field, a huge natural gas field off the coast of Israel, online in record time, which Cunningham ...

Senate approves Fewer emission tests for coal-burning power plant - Ct Post
May 8th 2013, 23:51


Senate approves Fewer emission tests for coal-burning power plant
Ct Post
HARTFORD -- Bridgeport's controversial coal-burning power plant would have its emissions testing cut to just once a year under legislation unanimously approved Wednesday in the state Senate. Lawmakers and state environmental officials say that the ...

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Plans shelved for coal export terminal in Oregon - Los Angeles Times
May 8th 2013, 22:55


EarthFix

Plans shelved for coal export terminal in Oregon
Los Angeles Times
SEATTLE — The battle over plans for a series of massive coal export terminals across the Pacific Northwest took a new turn Wednesday when the energy company Kinder Morgan announced it was dropping its plan to build a $200-million facility on the ...
Kinder Morgan Drops Plans for Oregon Coal-Export Terminal Fox Business
Kinder Morgan drops plans to build coal export terminal at Port of St. Helens ... OregonLive.com
Coal Company Drops Plans For Export Terminal On Columbia EarthFix
Portland Tribune  - The Seattle Times  - Longview Daily News
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US Should Export Natural Gas, Not Coal - Bloomberg
May 8th 2013, 22:20


Bloomberg

US Should Export Natural Gas, Not Coal
Bloomberg
LNG exports could also help counter the unsettling increase in American exports of coal to Europe. In 2012, the U.S. sent about 66.4 million short tons (60.2 million metric tons) of coal across the Atlantic, 23 percent more than the year before ...

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Letter: Keep LIPA on track for green energy - Newsday - Newsday
May 8th 2013, 21:57


Newsday

Letter: Keep LIPA on track for green energy - Newsday
Newsday
How ever the Long Island Power Authority ends up being restructured for the "benefit" of Long Island residents, we must insist that the new structure protect and extend the programs LIPA has started for efficient use of electricity and moving toward ...

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Students Compete And Learn About Environment - wnep.com
May 8th 2013, 20:33


Students Compete And Learn About Environment
wnep.com
This was teaching and testing each team's knowledge of the environment. "It's not easy, the stuff they're giving us. There are skulls, furs, owls, a lot of replicas of different animals," said Sal Pelicci of Susquehanna Community High School. Similar ...

New Elk Coal miner who complained to receive $115000 - Denver Post
May 8th 2013, 20:30


New Elk Coal miner who complained to receive $115000
Denver Post
The New Elk Coal Co., has agreed to pay an electrician working at the New Elk Mine in Trinidad $115,000 after his employment was terminated shortly after he filed a hazard complaint, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. The company also ...

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Export coal deal stalls as companies renegotiate - Seattle Post Intelligencer
May 8th 2013, 20:26


San Francisco Chronicle

Export coal deal stalls as companies renegotiate
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Another coal export proposal along the Columbia — a Kinder Morgan, Inc. shipping terminal downstream of Portland — was abandoned this week, when the company said the site it selected was not compatible with its plans. Kinder Morgan said it will look ...
Export coal deal stalls as companies renegotiate Montana mine sale OregonLive.com
Export coal deal stalls as companies renegotiate - KULR 8 Billings KULR-TV

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Academics warn Canada against further tar sands production - The Guardian
May 8th 2013, 19:45


The Guardian

Academics warn Canada against further tar sands production
The Guardian
The Canadian government's promotion of the tar sands industry is setting the world on a course of catastrophic climate change, a group of climate scientists and economists have warned. In a letter made available to the Guardian, the academics urged ...
Government should 'grow up' on climate change, scientist says CBC.ca

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Europe's "Green Energy" Initiatives Don't Want Your Help - OpenMarket.org - OpenMarket.org
May 8th 2013, 19:29


Economic Times

Europe's "Green Energy" Initiatives Don't Want Your Help - OpenMarket.org
OpenMarket.org
As European renewable energy initiatives seek to radically reform their means of energy production, it would make sense that it be done in the most affordable way possible. However, leading European solar groups have teamed up with EU officials to make ...
UPDATE 3-EU agrees China solar panel duties in boldest move yet Reuters
First EU green light for anti-dumping duties on China solar panels Europe Online Magazine
EU Plans Hefty Duties on Chinese Solar Panels Energy Tribune
Business Green
all 62 news articles »

North Carolina Renewable Energy Standards Under Fire In State Legislature - Huffington Post
May 8th 2013, 19:17


North Carolina Renewable Energy Standards Under Fire In State Legislature
Huffington Post
Lacking much of a national policy on clean energy, renewable portfolio standards at the state level are a key tool in promoting development of solar, wind, bioenergy and other renewables. But opponents are waging a broad assault on the laws – which ...

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WTO kills Ontario's green jobs initiative - Grist
May 8th 2013, 18:57


CTV News

WTO kills Ontario's green jobs initiative
Grist
That's the message the World Trade Organization sent this week went it ruled — again — that Ontario's Green Energy Act illegally discriminated against international renewable energy companies. Similar green jobs programs in other countries might also ...
WTO Appellate Body Rules against Canada in Renewable Energy Case Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
WTO Upholds Finding Against Ontario Green Energy Sourcing Rules Bloomberg
Ontarians urged to defy WTO ruling against Green Energy Act CTV News
Law360 (subscription)  - GlobalPost  - Energy Tribune
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Five Utah educators honored by Arch Coal - Salt Lake Tribune
May 8th 2013, 18:07


Five Utah educators honored by Arch Coal
Salt Lake Tribune
Five educators from Utah's coal country received $3,500 checks Wednesday from the Arch Coal Foundation during its seventh annual "Teacher Achievement Awards" program at Gunnison Valley High School in Gunnison. Gov. Gary Herbert accompanied ...

Top Large-Cap Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Picks By Leading Fund ... - Seeking Alpha
May 8th 2013, 17:42


Top Large-Cap Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Picks By Leading Fund ...
Seeking Alpha
The average oil and gas exploration and production company, as represented by the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index (XOP), is up about 10% in the past twelve months, as the price of crude continues to hover in a tight band below $100 a ...
Northern Oil and Gas Beats Analyst Estimates on EPS DailyFinance
Northern Oil and Gas Q1 Revenues and Net Rise Motley Fool
PANHANDLE OIL AND GAS INC. Reports Second Quarter And Six Months 2013 ... Sacramento Bee
PR Newswire (press release)
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China's citizens must act to save their environment - Nature.com
May 8th 2013, 17:01


Nature.com

China's citizens must act to save their environment
Nature.com
Solutions must come from ordinary citizens, who can take responsibility for their environment and express it daily in choices such as riding bicycles or taking public transportation instead of driving. The voice of society is growing, and the ...

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Victory for new age traveller turned green energy tycoon as judge rules he ... - Daily Mail
May 8th 2013, 16:57


Daily Mail

Victory for new age traveller turned green energy tycoon as judge rules he ...
Daily Mail
A penniless hippy turned green energy tycoon has won a court appeal against paying financial compensation to his ex-wife who he divorced 20 years ago before he made his millions. Dale Vince, 51, whose company Ecotricity is now worth millions, launched ...
Eco-energy magnate wins £2m legal battle with ex-wife he divorced 20 years ago WalesOnline
New Age traveller turned millionaire Dale Vince fights off wife's claim on his ... The Times (subscription)

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Why sequestration is good news for the environment - Quartz
May 8th 2013, 16:45


Why sequestration is good news for the environment
Quartz
The mandatory US federal budget cuts known as sequestration may seem like bad news for environmental programs. But there's a green lining to government dysfunction: less money to carry out environmentally damaging policies. Case in point: Citing the ...

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: May 8, 2013 - NewsOK.com
May 8th 2013, 16:41


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: May 8, 2013
NewsOK.com
Canadian: Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Austin No. 2-25H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 25-13N-10W; 2,812,000 cu-ft gas per day, 47 barrels oil per day; TD 17,830. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Austin No. 5-25H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 ...

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Your green energy failure of the day: VPG of Michigan - Human Events
May 8th 2013, 16:31


Human Events

Your green energy failure of the day: VPG of Michigan
Human Events
Your green energy failure of the day: VPG of Michigan. Your green energy failure of the day: VPG of Michigan. By: John Hayward Follow @@Doc_0 5/8/2013 12:24 PM. RESIZE: AAA. Print. Another one of the Energy Department's taxpayer-financed ...
Van Maker That Got Energy Loan Shuts Down Newser
US-backed maker of wheelchair-accessible vans shuts down Reuters AlertNet (blog)

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Hydraulic Fracturing Uses Way Too Much Water - DailyFinance
May 8th 2013, 16:02


Hydraulic Fracturing Uses Way Too Much Water
DailyFinance
Droughts made headlines throughout 2012 due to their harmful affects on our nation's food supply, but privation wasn't the only drag on our fresh water sources. A recent study shows that oil and natural gas fracking has placed great stress on available ...

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Report: Energy Dept. spent $11 million per green job - Daily Caller
May 8th 2013, 15:21


Daily Caller

Report: Energy Dept. spent $11 million per green job
Daily Caller
Despite the Obama administration's generous support for green energy, job creation in the sector has both lagged and come at a hefty cost to taxpayers, according to a new report. According to the Institute for Energy Research, the Department of Energy ...
Department of Energy Spends $11.25 Million to Create Each New Green Job OilPrice.com
The Department of Energy Spends $11 Million Per Job Wind - Canada Free Press Canada Free Press

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Pentagon Awards $7 Billion in Green Energy Contracts - Motley Fool
May 8th 2013, 14:12


Pentagon Awards $7 Billion in Green Energy Contracts
Motley Fool
These five firms are now authorized to bid for individual task orders under an umbrella contract for the procurement of renewable and alternative energy from facilities that are designed, financed, constructed, operated and maintained by private ...

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Big Data And Microseismic Imaging Will Accelerate The Smart Drilling Oil And ... - Forbes
May 8th 2013, 13:25


Big Data And Microseismic Imaging Will Accelerate The Smart Drilling Oil And ...
Forbes
Looking for good news in American innovation? Over the past five years, technology has improved the productivity of the typical oil or gas rig on America's shale fields between 200 and 300 percent according to industry experts at Bentek. This stunning ...

Hoosiers have a target-rich environment - ESPN
May 8th 2013, 13:01


Hoosiers have a target-rich environment
ESPN
Hoosiers have a target-rich environment. May, 8, 2013. May 8. 9:00. AM ET. By Brian Bennett | ESPN.com. Recommend0 · Tweet0 · Comments0 · Email · Print. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana led the Big Ten in passing yards last year, and by a pretty wide ...

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California Oil And Gas Lease Auctions Postponed Until October - Huffington Post - Huffington Post
May 8th 2013, 12:45


California Oil And Gas Lease Auctions Postponed Until October - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal land managers have postponed all oil and gas lease auctions in California until October, citing budget problems and low staffing as well as the toll of environmental litigation. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently ...

UN says trade in environment-friendly products to almost triple to $2.2 ... - Washington Post (blog)
May 8th 2013, 12:20


UN says trade in environment-friendly products to almost triple to $2.2 ...
Washington Post (blog)
The U.N. Environment Program says trade in organic food and beverages is likely to reach $105 billion by 2015, up from $62.9 billion in 2011. Seafood farmed according to certified sustainability standards is forecast to rise to $1.25 billion from $300 ...

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Ed Davey hits out against coalition climate change sceptics - The Guardian
May 8th 2013, 12:17


The Guardian

Ed Davey hits out against coalition climate change sceptics
The Guardian
The Liberal Democrats have long sought to be seen as strong on the environment, a core issue for the party's voters. But they have suffered setbacks in government as the Treasury has cut renewable energy support and an increasingly vocal number of ...
Can California Cap And Trade If Brussels Stumbles‎ Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
EU ministers urge July decision on carbon market: draft Reuters
Europe's Carbon Market Fix Set for July Second-Chance Vote (1) Businessweek

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Experiments to Do with Kids to Teach Them About Green Energy - Living Green Magazine
May 8th 2013, 11:45


Living Green Magazine

Experiments to Do with Kids to Teach Them About Green Energy
Living Green Magazine
Teaching children about the benefits of green energy may be the key to the continuation of the species. Our current methods of producing power are poisoning the landscape and putting ourselves at potential risk on a regular basis. As we have seen a ...

Green Energy Innovation—From the Crowd [Infographic] - Living Green Magazine
May 8th 2013, 11:40


Living Green Magazine

Green Energy Innovation—From the Crowd [Infographic]
Living Green Magazine
In today's world, more and more people are becoming concerned with the environment – some to the point of dedicating their lives to trying to come up with innovative solutions to the world's problems. Unfortunately, many of these people with great ...

New York court upholds local hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas development ... - Lexology (registration)
May 8th 2013, 10:05


The Pike County Courier

New York court upholds local hydraulic fracturing and oil and gas development ...
Lexology (registration)
Last Friday, a four judge panel of a New York appeals court upheld two local zoning laws that prohibit activities related to oil and gas exploration and development, including hydraulic fracturing. The decisions in Norse Energy Corp. USA v. Town of ...
Appeals court upholds local fracking bans in NY Auburn Citizen
Fracking ban upheld in Dryden Evening Sun (subscription)

all 11 news articles »

Shale Oil and Gas: The Contrarian View - Forbes
May 8th 2013, 09:30


Texas GOP Vote

Shale Oil and Gas: The Contrarian View
Forbes
But the big change in the last two decades is shale gas and "tight oil" – a liquid, trapped in shale (rock), where it doesn't flow naturally but can be extracted by horizontal drilling and "fracking". Fracking uses high-pressure water to fracture the ...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds statewide oil and gas conveyance rules Lexology (registration)
Oil-and-gas industry experts descend on ETx Oil Museum Kilgore News Herald
Shale development stunting push for green energy Business First of Columbus
Wall Street Journal (press release)
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Granite discovery off Brazil may be evidence of hidden continent – video - The Guardian
May 8th 2013, 08:38


The Guardian

Granite discovery off Brazil may be evidence of hidden continent – video
The Guardian
Scientists have discovered a 10-metre-high rock of granite deep in the Atlantic, suggesting a continent may have existed off the Brazilian coast. As granite is usually only found on land, the discovery points to a previously unknown landmass that was ...

Sides argue over who pays for sabotage - Financial Times
May 8th 2013, 07:36


Sides argue over who pays for sabotage
Financial Times
Little surprise then that the senator, a former governor of the western state of Kwara, has seized on the issue of oil spills. The oil industry's dismal environmental record has helped fuel militancy, separatism and, more recently, rampant theft in the ...

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Federal agency postpones all oil and gas lease auctions in California, citing ... - Washington Post (blog)
May 8th 2013, 00:17


NBC Bay Area

Federal agency postpones all oil and gas lease auctions in California, citing ...
Washington Post (blog)
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal land managers have cited the toll of environmental litigation — as well as budget problems and low staffing — in postponing all oil and gas lease auctions in California until October. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management ...
BLM Postpones All California Oil and Gas Lease Sales After Fracking Legal Victory Center for Biological Diversity (press release)

all 41 news articles »

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