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Middle East rumblings boost oil and gas prices - Kansas City Star
Aug 29th 2013, 02:09


Kansas City Star

Middle East rumblings boost oil and gas prices
Kansas City Star
Some energy analysts, however, contend that the oil and gas markets are overreacting because Syria doesn't produce much oil. Still, in the week since a suspected chemical weapons attack against Syrian rebels killed hundreds, oil prices have jumped $7 a ...
Syrian crisis lifting crude oil costs; gas prices to follow? USA TODAY
Factbox: Why small producer Syria matters to oil markets Reuters
MARKET WATCH: Crude soars on talk of military strike against Syria Oil & Gas Journal
Ticker Report  - Battle Creek Enquirer
all 691 news articles »

Around oil and gas fields in Texas, water supplies run thin - Dallas Morning News
Aug 29th 2013, 02:00


Dallas Morning News

Around oil and gas fields in Texas, water supplies run thin
Dallas Morning News
In and around Texas' vast oil and gas fields, the hydraulic fracturing boom is putting a strain on water supplies already reeling under one of the worst droughts in the state's history. A hydraulic fracturing well will pump millions of gallons of water ...
Oil Boom Threatens Fresh Water Supplies ValueWalk

all 2 news articles »

Joy Global's sales, earnings fall as coal demand declines - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aug 29th 2013, 01:17


Dividend.com

Joy Global's sales, earnings fall as coal demand declines
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As a worldwide oversupply of coal pulls down demand for mining machines, Joy Global Corp. said Wednesday its equipment orders fell 36% in its fiscal third quarter and that it will step up cost-cutting measures implemented in 2012. The company said net ...
UPDATE 4-Joy Global warns on revenue as coal glut hits orders Reuters
Joy Global's Gloomy Guidance Fox Business
Joy Global's mining equipment orders fall on weak coal demand bnn.ca

all 55 news articles »

Coal block de-allocation to hit economy: Government to SC - Economic Times
Aug 29th 2013, 00:59


Economic Times

Coal block de-allocation to hit economy: Government to SC
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government has told the Supreme Court that de-allocation of coal blocks will have an adverse impact on the economy, particularly the banking sector, as companies have invested a total of Rs 2,86,677 crore towards exploration, mining and ...
Now, PAC questions failure of Coal Ministry to give documents The Hindu

all 1 news articles »

Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows - The Guardian
Aug 29th 2013, 00:47


The Guardian

Cooling Pacific has dampened global warming, research shows
The Guardian
Cooling waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean appear to be a major factor in dampening global warming in recent years, scientists said on Wednesday. Their work is a big step forward in helping to solve the greatest puzzle of current climate change ...
Global warming hiatus tied to cooler temps in Pacific Science News
Is Global Warming Really Slowing Down? Mother Jones
Pacific cooling explains break in global warming, study shows NBCNews.com (blog)
BBC News  - Christian Science Monitor  - The Age
all 38 news articles »

Harper government touts environmental grants program after cutting red tape - Canada.com
Aug 28th 2013, 22:22


Canada.com

Harper government touts environmental grants program after cutting red tape
Canada.com
OTTAWA-The Harper government touted a special funding program for environmental community projects Wednesday that is seeing its budget reduced, mainly to eliminate administrative costs. Speaking in Winnipeg, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq ...
The Harper Government Announces Investment in Community Environmental ... Canada NewsWire (press release)

all 3 news articles »

Gulf oil and gas lease sale Wednesday attracts second-smallest bid total in ... - NOLA.com
Aug 28th 2013, 21:23


Economic Times

Gulf oil and gas lease sale Wednesday attracts second-smallest bid total in ...
NOLA.com
Gulf oil and gas lease sale Wednesday attracts second-smallest bid total in three decades. atlantis-platform.jpg. Twelve companies submitted $102.4 million in high bids on 53 Gulf blocks offered for mineral leases Wednesday. That was the second ...
21 Million acres offered for oil and natural gas exploration in western GoM PennEnergy (press release)
For Louisiana's senators, one lease sale and two interpretations The Hill (blog)
Lackluster western gulf lease sale draws $102 million in bids Oil & Gas Journal
GCaptain (press release)  - The Advocate
all 62 news articles »

Study documents fish kill from hydraulic fracturing fluid - FuelFix
Aug 28th 2013, 20:16


Study documents fish kill from hydraulic fracturing fluid
FuelFix
Hydraulic fracturing fluids from nearby natural gas wells probably harmed endangered fish in a Kentucky creek, according to two federal agencies. In a joint study, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Fish and Wildlife Service said fracturing fluid — a ...
Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Likely Harmed Threatened Kentucky Fish Species United States Geological Survey (press release)
Hydraulic fracturing responsible for mass fish deaths: USGS MINING.com
Study Finds Fracking Fluid From 2007 Kentucky Spill May Have Killed ... Huffington Post
Forbes  - Seattle Post Intelligencer
all 11 news articles »

A Former 1900s Coal Mine Reborn as a Modernist's Playground - Gizmodo
Aug 28th 2013, 19:51


A Former 1900s Coal Mine Reborn as a Modernist's Playground
Gizmodo
Post-industrial cities have long struggled to find new uses for the (often gargantuan) factory infrastructure that once made their towns boom. Usually, that means a park or a museum. But a few cities—like Genk, Belgium—have tried a more experimental ...
Former coal mine transformed into community hub Australian Mining

all 2 news articles »

Pennsylvania shale oil and gas production: Sweet spot in Susquehanna County - Farm and Dairy
Aug 28th 2013, 18:08


Yahoo!7 News

Pennsylvania shale oil and gas production: Sweet spot in Susquehanna County
Farm and Dairy
SALEM, Ohio — Chesapeake Exploration leads Pennsylvania when it comes to natural gas production from the Marcellus layer. So far in 2013, Chesapeake has produced 305 million cubic feet, an increase from the last half of 2012 production, which was 250 ...
RPT-INSIGHT-To cut natural gas costs, Chesapeake pumps up royalty deductions Reuters

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Missouri town escapes crushing electricity contract tied to coal-fired plant - NBCNews.com (blog)
Aug 28th 2013, 17:47


Missouri town escapes crushing electricity contract tied to coal-fired plant
NBCNews.com (blog)
By Gil Aegerter Staff Writer, NBC News. The small Missouri town where Walt Disney spent his boyhood has freed itself from an expensive electric power contract that threatened it with financial ruin and exemplified problems that some cities in the ...

Broomfield council OKs oil and gas drilling - 9NEWS.com
Aug 28th 2013, 16:39


The Denver Channel

Broomfield council OKs oil and gas drilling
9NEWS.com
BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Broomfield leaders have agreed to allow oil and gas drilling within the city despite pleas to wait until after a vote on a proposed fracking ban. City councilors voted Tuesday night to allow Sovereign Operating Company to drill ...
Broomfield approves agreement with oil and gas operator The Daily Camera
Broomfield seeks to dismiss fracking ballot language complaint Broomfield Enterprise

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The era of climate change 'denial' is over - The Guardian
Aug 28th 2013, 16:37


The era of climate change 'denial' is over
The Guardian
350.org, the US-based environmental campaign group which aims to build a "global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis", has launched a new petition. It wants it supporters to urge the World Meteorological Organization to name hurricanes ...

Producing hydrogen from water with carbon/charcoal powder
Aug 28th 2013, 15:42

In the latest advance in efforts to find an inexpensive way to make hydrogen from ordinary water -- one of the keys to the much-discussed "hydrogen economy" -- scientists are reporting that powder from high-grade charcoal and other forms of carbon can free hydrogen from water illuminated with laser pulses.

Flying low over Greenland, Icepod tracks changes in the ice sheet - The Guardian
Aug 28th 2013, 14:35


The Guardian

Flying low over Greenland, Icepod tracks changes in the ice sheet
The Guardian
The LC-130 Hercules flew low over the ice sheet in a tight grid pattern, Teflon-coated landing skis barely 300 metres above the soft upper layer of snow. At the rear of the plane, scientists clustered round a monitor displaying a regular pattern of ...

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Another defeat for the environment — and for us - The Japan Times
Aug 28th 2013, 14:33


Another defeat for the environment — and for us
The Japan Times
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Wyoming Requests Exemption From BLM Hydraulic Fracking Final Rules - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
Aug 28th 2013, 13:26


International IP and the Public Interest

Wyoming Requests Exemption From BLM Hydraulic Fracking Final Rules
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
On August 19th, Senators Michael B. Enzi and John Barraso, M.D., as well as U.S. Representative Cynthia M. Lummis, wrote to the Secretary of the Interior, The Honorable Sally Jewell, requesting that the Department of the Interior exempt Wyoming, as ...
BLM Proposed Rule on Drilling Technique Criticized as Going Too Far, Not Far ... Bloomberg BNA
Eagle Ford: Craddick: Texas should be exempt from proposed hydraulic ... Wilson County News
Comment to the Bureau of Land Management Regarding Trade Secrecy in ... International IP and the Public Interest
Shopfloor
all 6 news articles »

Fire and Water: China's Looming Coal Problem - Bloomberg
Aug 28th 2013, 13:26


Bloomberg

Fire and Water: China's Looming Coal Problem
Bloomberg
World Resources Institute -- To maintain its economic growth and provide for its massive population, China must reconcile two powerful, converging trends: energy demand and resource scarcity. One prime example of this tension is the country's coal use ...
China's plan to limit coal pollution will benefit the rich but leave the rest ... Quartz
Not All Nations Have Soured on Coal DailyFinance
Wind & solar outpace coal in China by 2030 - Bloomberg Business Spectator
Energy Tribune  - Investing Daily  - PennEnergy (press release)
all 28 news articles »

Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants - Los Angeles Times
Aug 28th 2013, 13:17


Boise Weekly

Mercury fingerprint of Pacific fish points to Asia coal power plants
Los Angeles Times
Mercury found in high levels in deep Pacific Ocean fish such as swordfish has a chemical fingerprint, and it implicates coal-burning power plants in Asia, according to a new study. A research team from the universities of Hawaii and Michigan looked at ...
Doctors Issue New Warning About Skyrocketing Mercury Levels In Some Fish CBS Local
Mercury levels in Pacific Ocean fish on the rise due to India, China coal plants GlobalPost

all 50 news articles »

Scientists Prevent Preterm Birth Caused by Gene-Environment Interactions in Mice - Science Daily (press release)
Aug 28th 2013, 13:02


Scientists Prevent Preterm Birth Caused by Gene-Environment Interactions in Mice
Science Daily (press release)
Aug. 27, 2013 — New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provides evidence that gene-environment interactions are a major contributor to preterm birth and that using a combinatory treatment strategy can prevent preterm delivery in a mouse ...

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UPDATE 1-Norway gives oil and gas firms first chance to drill in its east Arctic - Reuters
Aug 28th 2013, 13:01


UPDATE 1-Norway gives oil and gas firms first chance to drill in its east Arctic
Reuters
OSLO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway invited oil and gas firms on Wednesday to bid for the first licences to drill in the eastern part of its Arctic waters, three years after it settled a border dispute with Russia. With oil production on course to fall to ...

Climate change could turn Greenland green by 2100 - The Guardian
Aug 28th 2013, 12:45


Climate change could turn Greenland green by 2100
The Guardian
Climate change could bring about the greening of Greenland by the end of the century, scientists predict. Today only four indigenous tree species grow on the island, confined to small areas in the south. Three-quarters of Greenland, the world's most ...

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: August 28, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Aug 28th 2013, 11:55


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: August 28, 2013
NewsOK.com
Canadian: Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Roer 8-13-9 No. 8H Well; SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 08-13N-09W; 2,899,000 cu-ft gas per day, 171 barrels oil per day; TD 17,160. Carter: Mack Energy Co.; Pierce Unit No. 15-7 Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 ...

'Acidizing' could rival hydraulic fracturing in oil exploration - Anderson Independent Mail
Aug 28th 2013, 11:00


'Acidizing' could rival hydraulic fracturing in oil exploration
Anderson Independent Mail
SAN FRANCISCO — DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle. Fracking hasn't unleashed an oil production boom in California, at least not yet. Could acid? Companies trying to pry oil from a vast shale formation beneath Central California have been ...
Infocast's Established Water Management for Shale Plays Event Comes to ... OilVoice (press release)

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Badger cull: environment secretary defends move on 'dark day' - The Guardian
Aug 28th 2013, 10:31


The Guardian

Badger cull: environment secretary defends move on 'dark day'
The Guardian
Free-running badgers will be shot by licensed marksmen, rather than being trapped and killed, which is a more expensive option. The environment secretary, Owen Paterson, said on Tuesday that a cull was necessary because a badger vaccine – advocated ...
Badger lovers up in arms after Environment Secretary warns a cull might take ... Mirror.co.uk
Badger cull: protester arrested trying to storm Department of Environment site Telegraph.co.uk
Bovine TB fears spark UK badger cull BigPond News
Huffington Post UK  - BBC News  - The Times (subscription)
all 234 news articles »

Accor toils in 'complex environment' - Financial Times
Aug 28th 2013, 08:32


Accor toils in 'complex environment'
Financial Times
Accor expects full-year operating profits to remain at 2012 levels as the French hotel group continues to tackle what it described as "a complex environment". Europe's largest hotelier by rooms said full-year earnings before interest and tax would be ...

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Texas' fight against fracking - Socialist Worker Online
Aug 28th 2013, 07:11


Socialist Worker Online

Texas' fight against fracking
Socialist Worker Online
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was developed and perfected in our own backyards, literally. Since the early 2000s, gas companies have been trying to sell the "natural gas boom" to Texans as they bid on our mineral rights and gamble on the future of ...

French court orders ban on Mercedes cars be lifted - FRANCE 24
Aug 28th 2013, 05:44


FRANCE 24

French court orders ban on Mercedes cars be lifted
FRANCE 24
"At this point in the investigation, the introduction in France of the vehicles targeted by the challenged decree cannot be considered in itself to constitute a serious threat to the environment," France's Council of State, the country's highest court ...
French Court Overrules Mercedes Sales Ban IndustryWeek
French court sides with Daimler in spat over refrigerant The Olympian

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Doctors, environmental groups want tighter emissions limits on Energy Future ... - Dallas Morning News
Aug 28th 2013, 04:53


Dallas Morning News

Doctors, environmental groups want tighter emissions limits on Energy Future ...
Dallas Morning News
Expecting Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings to file bankruptcy soon, doctors and environmentalists will try Wednesday to force pollution cuts at the company's oldest coal plants — either through costly upgrades or replacement with cleaner energy ...
Coal plants taking heat from Dallas physicians group Dallas Business Journal
Doctors petition state regulators to curtail emissions at three coal-fired ... Fort Worth Star Telegram
Dallas Doctors Ask Texas to Clean Up Luminant's Coal Plants, Citing Asthma ... Dallas Observer (blog)
FOX 4 News
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COLUMN: North America: An oil and gas powerhouse - Farmington Daily Times
Aug 28th 2013, 04:43


ABN Newswire

COLUMN: North America: An oil and gas powerhouse
Farmington Daily Times
An Aug. 19 USA Today editorial concludes with: "the most important gains could come from radical shifts that are as unanticipated as was North America's emergence as an oil and gas powerhouse." It points out "that free enterprise has a way of solving ...
OIL COUNCIL Announces the Houston Oil & Gas Investment and Finance ... ITNews

all 4 news articles »

Energy Department lands new coal, oil-and-gas officials - The Hill (blog)
Aug 27th 2013, 21:58


KHL Group

Energy Department lands new coal, oil-and-gas officials
The Hill (blog)
Paula Gant, a Ph.D. economist and natural-gas industry veteran, will be the deputy assistant secretary for oil and natural gas within the department's Office of Fossil Energy. She arrives as the DOE is vetting controversial industry applications to ...
New oil and gas chief named at Energy Department FuelFix
Gant named deputy assistant US energy secretary for oil, gas Oil & Gas Journal
You Should Buy These 3 Oil And Gas Sweet Spots [Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation ... Seeking Alpha
KHL Group  - PR.com (press release)
all 13 news articles »

Does A New Study Suggest A Link Between Earthquakes And Hydraulic ... - Benzinga
Aug 27th 2013, 20:03


Bloomberg

Does A New Study Suggest A Link Between Earthquakes And Hydraulic ...
Benzinga
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday morning that a study published by the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters showed that small earthquakes that occurred in Texas could be caused by fracking activities in South Texas' Eagle Ford Shale.
Texas Earthquakes Tied to Extraction in Fracking Bloomberg
Study Shines Light on Tremors and Fracking in South Texas' Eagle Ford Shale Wall Street Journal
Turning Eagle Ford well water into drinking water San Antonio Express
Fort Worth Star Telegram
all 19 news articles »

A Change We Didn't See Coming: Hydraulic Fracturing and Sand Mining in ... - The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists
Aug 27th 2013, 18:26


The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists

A Change We Didn't See Coming: Hydraulic Fracturing and Sand Mining in ...
The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists
If someone had told me 10 years ago that the rural landscape just west of my home in Appleton would be stripped down and shipped to states throughout the country, I never would have believed it. In fact, no one here in Wisconsin could have imagined ...

Making Lemonade The Oil And Gas Way - Forbes
Aug 27th 2013, 17:29


Making Lemonade The Oil And Gas Way
Forbes
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Not just a clever little trope, it's good advice for handling life's unwanted and unexpected events. The aphorism rings especially true for business, but few enterprises, much less industries, can turn on a dime.
FGE: US gas price sensitive to LNG exports Oil & Gas Journal

all 2 news articles »

China will soon have 40% more coal than the combined weight of the human ... - Quartz
Aug 27th 2013, 16:17


China will soon have 40% more coal than the combined weight of the human ...
Quartz
Years of excessive investment are catching up with China, and the latest example is coal. Its reserves now contain 220 million tons (200 million tonnes) of coal, as the Hao Hao Report notes. That puts China on track to have as much as 440 million tons ...

A Big Payday For America's Billionaire Coal King - Forbes
Aug 27th 2013, 15:04


A Big Payday For America's Billionaire Coal King
Forbes
The American coal industry is in the doldrums, but there's one bright spot: billionaire Chris Cline and Foresight Energy. As other coal miners go under, Foresight is rolling, with $130 million in 2012 net income on sales of 15 million tons of coal ...

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Obama Climate Plan No War on Coal Says Energy Secretary - Bloomberg
Aug 27th 2013, 14:16


Obama Climate Plan No War on Coal Says Energy Secretary
Bloomberg
President Barack Obama's plan to combat climate change is not, as critics allege, a "war on coal," says U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. In June, Obama outlined policies to lower U.S. pollution blamed for global warming, including limits on ...
TIAHRT: Missing 'green coal' opportunities Washington Times
Energy Secretary: Obama Not at 'War' With Coal National Journal (blog)
New York's choice is a natural one Albany Times Union

all 25 news articles »

AG Objects to Proposed Double Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing - Daily Ardmoreite
Aug 27th 2013, 13:18


AG Objects to Proposed Double Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing
Daily Ardmoreite
What to Watch: New 'Game/Show' on PBS ... Today in the News: George Zimmerman to ask Florida for $200k ... Tulsa football tickets on sale ... What to Watch: New 'Game/Show' on PBS ... AG Objects to Proposed Double Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing ...

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