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Regional lawmakers call for 'safe, respectful' meetings on coal terminals - Longview Daily News
Aug 7th 2013, 01:38


Regional lawmakers call for 'safe, respectful' meetings on coal terminals
Longview Daily News
The upcoming hearings on the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal dock should provide a "safe and respectful forum" for members of the public to speak, a bipartisan group of 14 Southwest Washington lawmakers wrote Monday to regulators. In a letter ...
Environmental review of Cherry Point coal port The Seattle Times
Coal Train Impact Study to Reach Beyond WA SanJuanIslander.com
State to undertake sweeping review of coal terminal plan near Bellingham CoalGuru.com

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Coal Miner Killed in Eastern Ky., 2 More Injured - ABC News
Aug 7th 2013, 01:15


WCHS-TV8

Coal Miner Killed in Eastern Ky., 2 More Injured
ABC News
A coal miner has been killed and two more injured in an apparent wall collapse in an underground eastern Kentucky mine. State officials said the workers were inside a Harlan County mine operating a continuous miner machine Tuesday and became trapped ...
One coal miner killed, two injured in Harlan County accident Lexington Herald Leader
Harlan County Coal Miner Dies in Underground Accident WFPL
Wise County coal miner killed in Harlan Co., Ky., mine accident TriCities.com

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Tens of thousands of fish die thanks to recent heatwave: Environmental ... - Daily Mail
Aug 7th 2013, 01:08


Daily Mail

Tens of thousands of fish die thanks to recent heatwave: Environmental ...
Daily Mail
And in Tiptree village pond, Essex, the Environment Agency responded to reports of hundreds of fish in distress and 50 dead, and found oxygen levels down to 3 per cent. With aeration pumps they were able to boost levels to a healthy 40 per cent ...

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Divestitures drive Q2 oil and gas M&A deals - Houston Business Journal (blog)
Aug 7th 2013, 00:49


Wall Street Journal (blog)

Divestitures drive Q2 oil and gas M&A deals
Houston Business Journal (blog)
Divestitures were behind the majority of merger and acquisition deals made in the oil and gas sector during the second quarter 2013, an analysis by Pricewaterhouse Coopers shows. For the three-month period ended June 30, there were 39 oil and gas deals ...
Rocky Mountain oil and gas deals surged in Q2 Denver Business Journal (blog)
PE Firms Took Foot Off Oil and Gas Pedal During Second Quarter Wall Street Journal (blog)
Divestitures Drive U.S. Oil & Gas Deal Activity During the Second Quarter 2013 ... PR Newswire (press release)
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Energy Today acquires oil and gas companies - Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Aug 7th 2013, 00:17


Energy Today acquires oil and gas companies
Oil & Gas Financial Journal
Energy Today Inc. (OTCQB: NRGT) has signed an agreement to acquire Rosdanex Ltd., a Cyprus-based oil and gas holding company. Rosdanex owns two oil and gas companies in Russia: Kumskaya Neft LLC (Kuma Oil) and Rufyeganneftegaz LLC ...

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UPDATE 2-Drummond, Colombia workers fail to end strike at coal mines, port - Reuters
Aug 6th 2013, 22:58


UPDATE 2-Drummond, Colombia workers fail to end strike at coal mines, port
Reuters
BOGOTA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. coal miner Drummond Co Inc and striking workers in Colombia failed to reach agreement on Tuesday to end a 14-day work stoppage that stalled about one-third of the output in the Andean nation, the main union and company ...
Drummond, Colombia workers to resume strike talks: union GlobalPost

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Germany Becomes World's Renewable Energy's Grand Champion - The Desert Sun
Aug 6th 2013, 20:42


Germany Becomes World's Renewable Energy's Grand Champion
The Desert Sun
Although worldwide renewables (wind, solar, biofuels, geothermal) are still primarily tax-subsidized and only supplemental to fossil fuels, Germany, Europe's largest economy and among global gross domestic product leaders, has set very ambitious long ...

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CODELs Send Members of Congress to Hostile Environment - Roll Call (blog)
Aug 6th 2013, 20:19


CODELs Send Members of Congress to Hostile Environment
Roll Call (blog)
Some think Congress is a hostile environment, but two dozen representatives recently traveled in congressional delegations to a real hostile environment in Afghanistan. Committees of Congress often send members of Congress and staff on government-paid ...

University of Minnesota study finds working in cluttered environment makes you ... - Daily Mail
Aug 6th 2013, 20:06


Daily Mail

University of Minnesota study finds working in cluttered environment makes you ...
Daily Mail
During experiments, people working in a tidy environment were more likely to choose the healthy option of an apple rather than a chocolate bar when given the choice. Researchers claim that this means clean desks can promote a healthier lifestyle ...
Messy or Tidy Office Environment? Doesn't Matter: Both Offer Benefits Science World Report
A Clean Environment Leads To Healthier Behavior, But A Messy Desk Inspires ... Medical Daily
Clean desk or messy desk? Both have benefits, study finds New York Daily News

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Revealing: Obama Administration Spends $500 Million on Green Energy Jobs ... - Town Hall (blog)
Aug 6th 2013, 19:49


Town Hall (blog)

Revealing: Obama Administration Spends $500 Million on Green Energy Jobs ...
Town Hall (blog)
A recent Government Accountability Office report revealed that the Obama Administration spent $501 million of taxpayer money on 'green energy training programs' for jobs that do not exist in the green energy sector. The half-a-billion dollar training ...

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New Zealand's Environment-Friendly Image Marred By Dairy Contamination - Huffington Post
Aug 6th 2013, 19:37


New Zealand's Environment-Friendly Image Marred By Dairy Contamination
Huffington Post
Dairy farming, which has a lot riding on New Zealand's strong environmental reputation, has been a significant cause of poor river quality due to fertiliser and effluent runoff. Unlike many other countries, New Zealand cows are kept on grassy pastures ...

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Explorer to go back to the South Pole using only Green Energy - Times of India
Aug 6th 2013, 19:22


Explorer to go back to the South Pole using only Green Energy
Times of India
PUNE: "You are only as good as your last hit," believes polar explorer Robert Swan, who is the first man to walk to the south and north poles. Thirty years after he first walked to the South Pole, Swan wants to repeat the feat - this time relying only ...

Coal producer rejected mines bid in favour of restructuring - Financial Times
Aug 6th 2013, 19:04


Coal producer rejected mines bid in favour of restructuring
Financial Times
UK Coal rejected a bid to buy its surface mines and run its deep mines under contract in favour of a restructuring that could cost British companies millions in pension payments, documents show. The revelation is contained in the report to creditors ...

API: Senate bill empowers states on hydraulic fracturing - PennEnergy (press release)
Aug 6th 2013, 17:38


API: Senate bill empowers states on hydraulic fracturing
PennEnergy (press release)
API: Senate bill empowers states on hydraulic fracturing API President and CEO Jack Gerard expressed his support for the Empower States Act, which was introduced by Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.). The legislation would ...
Measure Is a States-First Approach to Managing Hydraulic Fracturing PoliticalNews.me (press release)

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Colorado oil and gas attorney Ken Wonstolen joins Bill Barrett Corp. - Denver Business Journal (blog)
Aug 6th 2013, 17:31


Colorado oil and gas attorney Ken Wonstolen joins Bill Barrett Corp.
Denver Business Journal (blog)
"Ken's extensive transactional experience, work as an oil and gas trade association executive and experience as counsel to several oil and gas industry clients position him as a leader in the field, and we are very pleased to have him on our team ...

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Will EPA Protect Our Families From Toxic Coal Water Pollution? - Huffington Post
Aug 6th 2013, 17:06


Will EPA Protect Our Families From Toxic Coal Water Pollution?
Huffington Post
But even as EPA was promulgating maximum standards for every other industry that year, powerful operatives for the big utilities and King Coal were able to persuade Ronald Reagan's EPA to omit prohibitions on the worst sources of toxic water pollution ...

Coal-Gate: Supreme Court orders government to share files with CBI - NDTV
Aug 6th 2013, 17:05


NDTV

Coal-Gate: Supreme Court orders government to share files with CBI
NDTV
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ordered the government to "co-operate" and urgently share any documents requested by the CBI as part of its investigation into how coal mining licenses were issued to private firms. The CBI complained that the Coal ...
Cooperate with CBI in coal scam probe, SC tells Centre Times of India
Supreme Court asks govt. to cooperate with CBI in coal case probe The Hindu
Give documents to CBI without delay, SC tells Centre Livemint
Zee News
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Oil and Gas Helped Fuel Record Year for Oklahoma Tax Revenue - StateImpact Oklahoma
Aug 6th 2013, 16:34


Bartlesville Radio

Oil and Gas Helped Fuel Record Year for Oklahoma Tax Revenue
StateImpact Oklahoma
One of the tax sectors that showed the most growth over the last was gross production taxes on oil and natural gas, Miller said. The state is benefitting from high oil prices and rebounding natural gas prices, which concerned state revenue officials ...
State revenue at all-time high Norman Transcript

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EPA alters oil and gas tank storage standards - Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
Aug 6th 2013, 16:25


IEEE Spectrum

EPA alters oil and gas tank storage standards
Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
The Environmental Protection Agency released an update Monday to its April 2012 standards for oil and natural gas storage tanks setting a phased deadline for emissions controls for companies operating these tanks. The standards govern emissions of ...
EPA updates oil and gas standards for storage tanks Hattiesburg American
EPA Updates Oil and Gas Storage Standards Helicopter Association International
EPA Provides More Time to Comply With Air Standards for Oil, Gas Storage Tanks Bloomberg BNA
Law360 (subscription)
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Living with climate change in Greenland - in pictures - The Guardian
Aug 6th 2013, 15:37


Living with climate change in Greenland - in pictures
The Guardian
Joe Raedle joined Getty Images in 2000 and is based in Miami. His work has varied from outlandish festivities in the bayous of Louisiana, to the mountain peaks of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq. Here, he covers the landscape again, capturing ...

Enel Green secures Chile renewable energy projects - Business News Americas
Aug 6th 2013, 14:35


Enel Green secures Chile renewable energy projects
Business News Americas
Enel Green Power also holds a majority stake ( 51%) in one of Chile's most advanced geothermal ventures, the 50MW Cerro Pabellón (Apacheta) project developed by Geotérmica del Norte, which also comprises state oil company Enap (44%) and state ...
Enel Green Power agrees $100m loan for Chilean investments NewNet

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Is the state holding your oil and gas royalties? - FuelFix
Aug 6th 2013, 14:31


FuelFix

Is the state holding your oil and gas royalties?
FuelFix
The state of Texas is holding $3 billion in unclaimed property, including $461.1 million in unclaimed oil and gas royalties — money that's reported to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and turned over to the state by companies when they can't ...

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US firm reports oil and gas discoveries in Egypt - Daily News Egypt
Aug 6th 2013, 13:59


US firm reports oil and gas discoveries in Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The US firm Apache Corporation reported on 1 August seven oil and gas discoveries over the last three months that indicate the geologic and geographic diversity of resources in Egypt's Western Desert. By Doaa Farid. The US firm Apache Corporation ...

How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs - The Guardian
Aug 6th 2013, 13:49


How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs
The Guardian
"Here we show how power is likely to be burning up your pounds by 2020," The Sun wrote in July, under their graphic of RWE npower's consumer energy forecast. Likely is clearly a subjective word, but a careful examination of the graphic suggests the UK ...

How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs - The Guardian
Aug 6th 2013, 13:49


How The Sun got it wrong on green energy costs
The Guardian
"Here we show how power is likely to be burning up your pounds by 2020," The Sun wrote in July, under their graphic of RWE npower's consumer energy forecast. Likely is clearly a subjective word, but a careful examination of the graphic suggests the UK ...

Australia's coal miners feel the heat as China investment cools - Financial Times
Aug 6th 2013, 13:40


ABC News

Australia's coal miners feel the heat as China investment cools
Financial Times
... dropping into the general store to buy a snack or something for lunch. The store's owners, Mike and Toni Silk, would like to see that trickle of customers turn into a flood, but they realise that is not likely because of the tough times facing the ...
Decade-long Australia mining boom turns to bust The Advocate

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Quest to save the snow leopard - The Guardian
Aug 6th 2013, 13:02


The Guardian

Quest to save the snow leopard
The Guardian
He was working for an environmental conservation organisation attempting to better understand one of the most vulnerable species in the world. After Karmal caught the animal, it would be tagged with a GPS collar and tracked as it traversed Afghanistan ...

Concord Green Energy to Acquire Five Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants from ... - MarketWatch
Aug 6th 2013, 12:21


Concord Green Energy to Acquire Five Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants from ...
MarketWatch
"Concord Green Energy is always looking at a variety of investment opportunities in green energy production to fulfill our mission of creating sustainable communities," said Cliff McCracken, Senior Vice-President Concord Pacific. "Critical to our ...

SOMALIA: Federal Government signs Oil and Gas Agreement with Soma Oil ... - Horseed Media
Aug 6th 2013, 11:53


Horseed Media

SOMALIA: Federal Government signs Oil and Gas Agreement with Soma Oil ...
Horseed Media
Soma Oil & Gas Exploration Limited announces that it has signed an agreement with the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia to assist in the development of the country's hydrocarbons sector. This represents the first agreement in Somalia's oil ...
SOMALIA: Government has signed Again an Agreement with Unknown Oil and ... Raxanreeb Online
Somalia allows UK company to explore for oil and gas Business Daily
New UK explorer Soma in deal to develop Somalia's oil, gas sector Platts
Washington Post  - FRANCE 24  - Yahoo! News UK
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Honduras: Expanding Palm Oil Empires In The Name Of 'Green Energy' And ... - Upside Down World
Aug 6th 2013, 11:12


Honduras: Expanding Palm Oil Empires In The Name Of 'Green Energy' And ...
Upside Down World
From 6th-8th August, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is holding its 4th Latin American Conference on so-called sustainable palm oil in Honduras [1]. (Conference website: http://rspo2013.com/). Environmental and social campaigners have ...

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Dethroning King Coal - Project Syndicate
Aug 6th 2013, 11:00


Dethroning King Coal
Project Syndicate
MELBOURNE – Earlier this year, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million (ppm). The last time there was that much CO2 in our atmosphere was three million years ago, when sea levels were 24 meters higher than ...

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Oil and gas industry turns attention to Upper Devonian shale formation - Youngstown Vindicator
Aug 6th 2013, 04:32


Oil and gas industry turns attention to Upper Devonian shale formation
Youngstown Vindicator
However, exploration and production companies, better equipped to unleash oil and gas trapped in the impermeable rock underground with horizontal hydraulic fracturing, have been keenly aware of the Upper Devonian's presence in Pennsylvania, Ohio and ...
Gas leaks from shale wells rare Columbus Dispatch
Shale Gas: Why Reality has not Lived Up to the Dream OilPrice.com

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Letter: Why shouldn't oil and gas companies pay? - The Advocate
Aug 6th 2013, 03:09


Letter: Why shouldn't oil and gas companies pay?
The Advocate
That lawsuit claims that 97 oil and gas companies who built pipeline canals for nearly a century should pay to repair the marred coastal wetlands they damaged by building those canals. Their lawsuit also claims those damages caused by the oil and gas ...

Group turns in petitions seeking 5-year pause on hydraulic fracturing in Fort ... - Daily Journal
Aug 5th 2013, 22:01


Group turns in petitions seeking 5-year pause on hydraulic fracturing in Fort ...
Daily Journal
FORT COLLINS, Colorado — Supporters of a five-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Fort Collins have submitted petitions to try to put the proposal on the November ballot. The Coloradoan reports (http://noconow.co/15Isi4u ) Representatives of ...
Fort Collins fracking moratorium supporters submit 8000 signatures The Coloradoan
Fort Collins Group Wants Voters To Decide Fracking Moratorium KUNC

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