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The Shale Boom Is Immunizing US Oil And Gas Production From Hurricanes - Houston Chronicle
Jun 12th 2013, 01:34


The Shale Boom Is Immunizing US Oil And Gas Production From Hurricanes
Houston Chronicle
The EIA says the growth of onshore oil and gas production — i.e. the shale boom — is immunizing the U.S. from rig closures caused by hurricanes. And that's good news because this hurricane season could be really bad. The National Oceanic and ...

Undervalued Coal Leases Seen as Costing Taxpayers - New York Times
Jun 12th 2013, 01:27


EarthFix

Undervalued Coal Leases Seen as Costing Taxpayers
New York Times
The report, the product of one of a series of investigations under way of federal coal leasing and royalty collection, indicated that significant problems remained in a program that has periodically been hit by scandal and that has not undergone a ...
IG: Undervalued Coal Leases Cost US $62 Million ABC News
US coal sold too low, taxpayers lose millions -government watchdog Reuters
Government Report: Coal Companies Are Pocketing Millions At Taxpayers ... EarthFix

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BLM Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule - Idaho State Journal
Jun 12th 2013, 00:31


BLM Extends Public Comment Period on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Rule
Idaho State Journal
WASHINGTON D.C. — Bureau of Land Management officials have extended the public comment period with regards to a revised rule proposal meant to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public and Indian trust lands. According to a news release, ...

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Environment ministry relaxes fire safety norms for high-rise buildings - Economic Times
Jun 11th 2013, 23:36


Economic Times

Environment ministry relaxes fire safety norms for high-rise buildings
Economic Times
These guidelines were prepared by the statutory environment clearance panel, the Expert Advisory Committee, in response to the increased pace of construction of high-rise buildings in urban centres, and a spate of fatal fires. Almost immediately, these ...

Libya and Tunisia agree major oil an gas deal - Libya Herald
Jun 11th 2013, 23:26


Your Middle East

Libya and Tunisia agree major oil an gas deal
Libya Herald
Libya has agreed to provide Tunisia with 450,000 barrels of oil a month at preferential rates as of August until the end of 2013 and 650,000 barrels of a month during 2014. The deal was signed today in Tripoli by Libya's Oil and Gas Minister Abdulbari ...
Libya to establish new oil companies, refinery in south: minister Platts
Libya oil sit-ins cause 250000 bpd production deficit Your Middle East

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State using coal taxes for Rupp Arena project, upsetting coal-county leaders - Lexington Herald Leader
Jun 11th 2013, 22:49


Lexington Herald Leader

State using coal taxes for Rupp Arena project, upsetting coal-county leaders
Lexington Herald Leader
Gov. Steve Beshear's administration is taking $2.5 million from shrinking coal severance tax funds and giving it to Lexington to help pay for the planning and design of Rupp Arena's renovation. The decision to divert coal tax money to downtown ...

Glencore Said to Study Combining Australian Coal Assets With Rio - Bloomberg
Jun 11th 2013, 22:37


Economic Times

Glencore Said to Study Combining Australian Coal Assets With Rio
Bloomberg
Glencore Xstrata Plc (GLEN), the biggest exporter of power-station coal, is studying a plan to combine some of its Australian coal operations with mines run by Rio Tinto Group, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Glencore and Rio own some of ...
Aditya Birla Group, Coal India said to eye bids for Rio coal assets Reuters India
China, Aditya Birla Group said to eye bids for Rio Australia coal mines Economic Times
UPDATE 1-Shenhua, Aditya Birla Group said to eye bids for Rio coal assets Reuters
Reuters UK  - Sydney Morning Herald  - South China Morning Post
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Wyo. gov to talk coal exports on trip to Canada - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Jun 11th 2013, 21:58


Wyo. gov to talk coal exports on trip to Canada
Seattle Post Intelligencer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Looking for ways to export coal mined in Wyoming, Gov. Matt Mead said he will tour port facilities in British Columbia as part of a weeklong trade trip to Canada. Mead will meet with provincial leaders and talk to coal and rail ...

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Aruba Continues Push For 100 Percent Green Energy By 2020 - Caribbean Journal
Jun 11th 2013, 20:12


Aruba Continues Push For 100 Percent Green Energy By 2020
Caribbean Journal
The government announced Tuesday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with BYD Company Limited on a zero-carbon footprint and energy independence initiative based entirely on green power sources. The MOU covers four areas: ...
Aruba Partners with BYD in Zero-Emissions Initiative, Energy Independence by ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

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Renewable Energy in Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] - Energy Collective
Jun 11th 2013, 18:44


Renewable Energy in Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Energy Collective
About 17% of our worldwide energy consumption comes from renewables. And that share has not increased in recent years. However, in coming years, wind energy and solar energy will probably bring that share of renewables up. Though the possibilities ...

'War On Coal' Campaign Against Obama Has Failed, Coal Lobby Concedes - Huffington Post
Jun 11th 2013, 18:21


'War On Coal' Campaign Against Obama Has Failed, Coal Lobby Concedes
Huffington Post
The leading lobbying group for coal companies has acknowledged that the industry's relentless "War on Coal" mantra used to attack the Obama administration has been a failure. In a screed against alleged regulatory overreach by federal judges in ...

Ocean Currents Lecture - University of Delaware
Jun 11th 2013, 17:52


University of Delaware

Ocean Currents Lecture
University of Delaware
"When land meets sea, a conversation happens," said Jack Gallagher, professor emeritus of marine biosciences and co-director of the Halophyte Biotechnology Center (HBC) in the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.

More Growth for This Oil and Gas Junior - Motley Fool
Jun 11th 2013, 17:44


More Growth for This Oil and Gas Junior
Motley Fool
In the video below, Motley Fool analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman discuss a recent operational update from Halcon Resources (NYSE: HK ) , showing even stronger growth than the company had projected. Joel highlights a few recent wells for the ...

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Ecuadorean Amazon oil slick heads towards Peru - The Guardian
Jun 11th 2013, 16:55


The Guardian

Ecuadorean Amazon oil slick heads towards Peru
The Guardian
The Peruvian environment minister, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, described the slick as a "very serious problem" and said Peru could seek compensation if the damage proved extensive. Brazil, which is located many hundreds of miles downstream, has put its navy ...
Oil Spilled Into Ecuador's Rivers Reaches Peru Environment News Service

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Coal Ministry serves show cause notices on 12 firms - The Hindu
Jun 11th 2013, 16:50


Economic Times

Coal Ministry serves show cause notices on 12 firms
The Hindu
The Coal Ministry, on Tuesday, slapped show cause notices on 12 companies, asking them to explain their failure to develop the coal blocks allocated to them by June 30, failing which their coal assets would face de-allocation. "You are hereby called ...
'Seek legal views on coal links to cos whose mines cancelled' Economic Times
12 firms get notices for keeping coal blocks unused Deccan Herald
Coal Ministry slaps notice on NTPC, SAIL, 10 others Hindu Business Line

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Commentary: Fracking energy mess — Deconstructing the green agenda - FuelFix
Jun 11th 2013, 16:18


MIT Technology Review

Commentary: Fracking energy mess — Deconstructing the green agenda
FuelFix
Yet, because of angst-ridden theoretical speculation – note: not empirical science – the modern green agenda has affected an intellectual disconnect. It is a disconnect that has seen eco-theories eclipse energy realities such that national leaders ...
US EIA lowers French shale gas estimates by 24% to 137 Tcf as government ... Platts
EIA Says Worldwide Shale Oil And Gas Potential Is Huge MIT Technology Review

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Stricter mining standards needed to protect environment - Bangor Daily News
Jun 11th 2013, 15:54


Stricter mining standards needed to protect environment
Bangor Daily News
I was proud to sponsor a measure that would protect Maine's water quality from metal mining pollution and even prouder when it recently won overwhelming bipartisan support in the Maine House of Representatives. The bill, LD 1302, strengthened the state ...

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City plan suffers green energy setback - Sydney Morning Herald
Jun 11th 2013, 14:18


City plan suffers green energy setback
Sydney Morning Herald
A deal to provide low-emissions ''green energy'' for Sydney's massive new Green Square development has collapsed, in a setback for lord mayor Clover Moore's plan to take the city off the coal-fired energy grid. The City of Sydney said on Tuesday its ...
A Renewables Powered Sydney Achievable Energy Matters
City of Sydney pull plug on $500m trigeneration deal with Cogent Government News
Sydney shelves trigen plan, but still aims for 100% local power RenewEconomy
ABC Local
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EP Tibet Intergroup to hold Tibet environment conference - Phayul
Jun 11th 2013, 13:45


EP Tibet Intergroup to hold Tibet environment conference
Phayul
DHARAMSHALA, June 11: A conference on Tibet's environment titled, "Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating" will be held on Wednesday, June 19 in Brussels, coinciding with the European Parliament's Tibet Intergroup's 97th meeting.
Tibet's Environment: Denuding, Degrading & Depopulating UNPO

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Yingli Green Energy joins SolarAid to spread light for learning in Africa - Renewable Energy Focus
Jun 11th 2013, 12:15


Yingli Green Energy joins SolarAid to spread light for learning in Africa
Renewable Energy Focus
Chinese energy company Yingli Green Energy announced in a joint statement with Solar Roof Systems, Kingspan and Atama Solar Energy that together they have raised a total of €24,000 for SolarAid, the London-based charity using solar power to help ...

Environmental Organizations Don't Want Clean Coal. It's Making Fossil Energy ... - Forbes
Jun 11th 2013, 12:05


Environmental Organizations Don't Want Clean Coal. It's Making Fossil Energy ...
Forbes
Pressure groups led by the Sierra Club have filed a barrage of lawsuits to revoke approval of a $4.3 billion clean coal power plant in Kemper County, Mississippi that will demonstrate commercial CO2 removal technology to help save the planet from (gasp ...

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: June 11, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Jun 11th 2013, 11:54


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: June 11, 2013
NewsOK.com
Alfalfa: Chesapeake Operating Inc.; TDR 12-25-12 No. 1H Well; NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 12-25N-12W; 255 barrels oil per day, 3,152,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 10,688. Sundance Energy Oklahoma LLC dba SEO LLC; Leon Pecha No. 1-11H Well; C ...

Sir Robert Smith replaces Yeo as interim chair of climate committee - The Guardian
Jun 11th 2013, 10:36


The Guardian

Sir Robert Smith replaces Yeo as interim chair of climate committee
The Guardian
Sir Robert Smith has been appointed as temporary chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, after Tim Yeo stepped down pending an investigation into allegations he breached parliamentary rules by advising a subsidiary of one of the ...

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White lion breeding at UK wildlife parks linked to 'canned hunting' - The Guardian
Jun 11th 2013, 09:58


White lion breeding at UK wildlife parks linked to 'canned hunting'
The Guardian
They are a rare and beautiful variant of an ordinary lion, a big cat with a recessive gene that gives it striking white fur. But two British wildlife parks have been accused of unethical practices for breeding white lions taken from a farm linked to ...

Coal scam: CBI books Naveen Jindal, ex-MoS coal Rao for cheating, graft - Times of India
Jun 11th 2013, 08:59


NDTV

Coal scam: CBI books Naveen Jindal, ex-MoS coal Rao for cheating, graft
Times of India
NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment to the Congress, its MP Naveen Jindal and former minister of state for coal Dasari Narayan Rao have been accused of alleged cheating and graft by CBI in its fresh FIR in the coal scam. After registering the 12th FIR ...
Coal scam: why CBI alleges Naveen Jindal paid kickbacks NDTV
Strict action against those found guilty: Sriprakash Jaiswal, Coal Minister Economic Times
CBI books Naveen Jindal, Dasari in coal blocks allocation scam The Hindu
Calcutta Telegraph  - Indian Express
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New York hydraulic fracturing moratorium extension bill remains stalled in Senate - Lexology (registration)
Jun 11th 2013, 08:33


New York hydraulic fracturing moratorium extension bill remains stalled in Senate
Lexology (registration)
Activity, or inactivity in this case, has continued in recent weeks on the decision over the future of hydraulic fracturing in New York. As the New York Senate's summer recess approaches, the Senate bill proposed in early March that would formally ...

Missouri Lawyer Brings Nuisance Claims to Fracking Arena - Bloomberg
Jun 11th 2013, 05:35


Bloomberg

Missouri Lawyer Brings Nuisance Claims to Fracking Arena
Bloomberg
(CVX) and units of The Williams Companies Inc. and WPX Energy Inc. (WPX) over hydraulic fracturing-related claims have turned to a Missouri lawyer who has used nuisance allegations to win cases against commercial animal feed operations. The Fayette ...

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'ENVEX 2013' Kicks off, Presenting Green Energy Solutions - PR Newswire (press release)
Jun 11th 2013, 03:07


'ENVEX 2013' Kicks off, Presenting Green Energy Solutions
PR Newswire (press release)
SEOUL, South Korea, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 35th International Exhibition on Environmental Technology & Green Energy will be held at COEX from June 11th to 14th. The exhibition is expected to provide a place where all the advanced green ...

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Pollinators easily enhanced by flowering agri-environment schemes - Science Daily (press release)
Jun 11th 2013, 02:24


Pollinators easily enhanced by flowering agri-environment schemes
Science Daily (press release)
June 10, 2013 — Agri-environment schemes aimed to promote biodiversity on farmland have positive effects on wild bees, hoverflies and butterflies. Effects on diversity and abundance were strongest when agri-environment schemes prescribed sowing ...

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Daybreak Oil and Gas Strikes Oil in East Slope Project in California - Rigzone
Jun 10th 2013, 21:04


Daybreak Oil and Gas Strikes Oil in East Slope Project in California
Rigzone
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (Daybreak Oil and Gas), a Washington corporation, announced the drilling results of the seventh well in the current drilling program at the East Slopes Project in Kern County, California. The Ball #2-11 well was drilled to 2 ...
Daybreak Drills an Additional Successful Oil Well at California Oil Project MarketWatch

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