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Will Caspian Oil and Gas Producers Take Russia's Place in EU? - OilPrice.com
Sep 12th 2013, 01:18


Economic Times

Will Caspian Oil and Gas Producers Take Russia's Place in EU?
OilPrice.com
There may be as much as 48 billion barrels of oil and 292 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in the Caspian region. There's probably even more yet to be discovered. In June, a BP-led consortium operating in the Shah Deniz natural gas field in the ...
Kashagan oil field starts production Oil & Gas Journal
Kazakhstan says Kashagan oil output to start within days Pakistan Daily Times
Oil production started at Kashagan Tengrinews

all 30 news articles »

Wasted Food Around The World Takes Heavy Toll On Environment - NPR (blog)
Sep 12th 2013, 01:01


NPR (blog)

Wasted Food Around The World Takes Heavy Toll On Environment
NPR (blog)
It's one of the great paradoxes of our time: Hundreds of millions of people go hungry, and yet we waste a whopping 1.43 billion tons of food — one third of what we produce. Food waste is a problem in rich countries and poor countries alike, and it's ...
Food waste harms environment, biodiversity – FAO report Vibe Ghana
A third of all food is wasted, say UN Scotland on Sunday
One-third of food wasted worldwide, UN says Los Angeles Times

all 48 news articles »

EPA Plan to Curb New Coal-Fired Power Plants - Wall Street Journal
Sep 11th 2013, 23:38


Wall Street Journal

EPA Plan to Curb New Coal-Fired Power Plants
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration plans to block the construction of new coal-fired power plants unless they are built with novel and expensive technology to capture greenhouse-gas emissions, according to people familiar with a draft proposal.
Obama Said to Ban New Coal Plants Without Carbon Controls Bloomberg
Mitt Romney Warned You, Twice: Obama's War on Coal Continues The Atlantic Wire
Despite Hard Push From Industry, New Coal Plants Could See Serious Carbon ... ThinkProgress
MarketWatch (blog)  - Daily Caller  - ValueWalk
all 17 news articles »

Mining, oil and gas ready to lobby Canberra - ABC Online
Sep 11th 2013, 23:36


Mining, oil and gas ready to lobby Canberra
ABC Online
Industrial relations and wages, streamlining the approvals processes, axing the mining and carbon taxes, stimulating drilling exploration and putting Australia back on the map as a preferred investment destination. They're all reforms the new Coalition ...

BLM OKs plan to drill 150 oil and gas wells in Converse County - Casper Star-Tribune Online
Sep 11th 2013, 23:22


BLM OKs plan to drill 150 oil and gas wells in Converse County
Casper Star-Tribune Online
The Bureau of Land Management on Monday approved a Tulsa, Okla., company's plan to drill in Converse County. Joe Meyer, Casper field manager for the BLM, signed a document finding no significant impact at the existing Scott Field, 20 miles north of ...

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Calculating the true cost of a ton of mountaintop coal
Sep 11th 2013, 22:48

To meet current US coal demand through surface mining, an area of the Central Appalachians the size of Washington, D.C., would need to be mined every 81 days. A one-year supply of coal would require converting about 310 square miles of the region's mountains into surface mines, according to a new analysis.

3 Coal Miners Square Off With Natural Gas - Motley Fool
Sep 11th 2013, 21:08


3 Coal Miners Square Off With Natural Gas
Motley Fool
Coal is one of the most plentiful and least expensive sources of energy on Earth. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's dirty compared to other fuel options like increasingly popular natural gas and renewables. Utilities, however, also ...
1 Coal Miner That Is Changing With The Times DailyFinance

all 3 news articles »

Calculating the true cost of a ton of mountaintop coal - Phys.Org
Sep 11th 2013, 21:08


Calculating the true cost of a ton of mountaintop coal
Phys.Org
A one-year supply of coal would require converting about 310 square miles of the region's mountains into surface mines, according to a new analysis by scientists at Duke University, Kent State University and the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies ...

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A vibrant environment awaits visitors to the 4th Live Green CT festival - Norwalk Citizen
Sep 11th 2013, 20:28


A vibrant environment awaits visitors to the 4th Live Green CT festival
Norwalk Citizen
Pony rides will be among the many activities offered at the Live Green Connecticut! festival in Norwalk, Conn., on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 to 15, 2013. Admission is $5 per car. Food and items will be available for purchase, too. For more ...

Penplusbytes to train Liberian Journalists to police mining, oil and gas sectors - Myjoyonline.com
Sep 11th 2013, 19:23


Myjoyonline.com

Penplusbytes to train Liberian Journalists to police mining, oil and gas sectors
Myjoyonline.com
Monrovia, 10th September 2013, Penplusbytes in association with the National Black Programming Consortium and with funding from Humanity United is extending its successful African mining, oil and gas skills development opportunity to journalists in ...

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SC seeks details on power to allocate coal blocks - Zee News
Sep 11th 2013, 19:01


Economic Times

SC seeks details on power to allocate coal blocks
Zee News
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to clarify as to who had the power to allocate coal blocks - the centre or the states - and sought details about a committee that vetted applications for the allocation of blocks. The ...
Supreme Court seeks clarifications from Centre on Coal block allocations Economic Times
Give details of all meets on coal blocks since 1993: SC Times of India
SC censures govt for having no norms for coal field allocations Livemint
Daily Mail
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Environmentalists: Bury southern Utah coal project - Salt Lake Tribune
Sep 11th 2013, 18:41


Environmentalists: Bury southern Utah coal project
Salt Lake Tribune
"Utah needs another coal mine like we need more bad air," a Sierra Club-led consortium said in a joint statement Tuesday. The proposed expansion of the Coal Hollow Mine would industrialize the lands near Bryce Canyon National Park for the sake of a ...

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Noble Energy discovers oil and gas at Gulf of Mexico site - FuelFix (blog)
Sep 11th 2013, 17:09


Noble Energy discovers oil and gas at Gulf of Mexico site
FuelFix (blog)
Noble Energy has discovered more oil and gas about 90 miles southeast of New Orleans in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, the company said Wednesday. The Houston company's Troubadour exploratory well, which is adjacent to its recent Big Bend discovery ...

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Ganesh visarjan: How it impacts our environment - Daily News & Analysis
Sep 11th 2013, 16:42


Ganesh visarjan: How it impacts our environment
Daily News & Analysis
An increasing number of devotees have switched to celebrating the extremely popular Maharashtrain festival of Ganesh Chathurti in an eco-friendly manner. However, it still leaves out a large population that remains wary of the environmental harms they ...

European biofuels vote delivers 'desperately weak compromise' - The Guardian
Sep 11th 2013, 16:06


The Guardian

European biofuels vote delivers 'desperately weak compromise'
The Guardian
Green groups said that the higher figure would lead to more environmental problems. Robbie Blake, a campaigner for Friends of the Earth, said the result meant biofuel production from food sources would continue to rise causing further deforestation ...
European Parliament votes to limit crop-based biofuels Nature.com (blog)

all 66 news articles »

Investors Can Still Benefit From Going With Coal [Arch Coal Inc, Walter Energy ... - Seeking Alpha
Sep 11th 2013, 15:55


Investors Can Still Benefit From Going With Coal [Arch Coal Inc, Walter Energy ...
Seeking Alpha
The U.S. coal industry has been going through hard times recently, as coal demand and prices have remained weak. In this article, I will be discussing the upcoming met coal benchmark price settlement for 4Q2013. I will also briefly go over the U.S ...

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Oil and Gas: Shell and Baker Hughes develop reservoir modeling platform - PennEnergy (press release)
Sep 11th 2013, 15:49


Oil and Gas: Shell and Baker Hughes develop reservoir modeling platform
PennEnergy (press release)
Shell and Baker Hughes develop reservoir modeling platform Shell and Baker Hughes today announced a software license and joint development agreement to produce a high-end platform for geological and reservoir modeling. The new platform will bring ...

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Parliament questions pesticide ban, mites hit hives, and almond-CCD theory - The Guardian
Sep 11th 2013, 14:57


The Guardian

Parliament questions pesticide ban, mites hit hives, and almond-CCD theory
The Guardian
Stories about the declining bee population and its effects on the environment trickle through the news cycle nearly every day. To keep track of the latest bee news and make sense of the issues, we're highlighting the major bee stories each week, with ...

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Harrison Ford angers ministers in Indonesia with interview on the environment - The Independent
Sep 11th 2013, 14:11


The Independent

Harrison Ford angers ministers in Indonesia with interview on the environment
The Independent
The country - the world's fourth most populous, comprising 17,000 islands - has come under fire from environmental campaigners over forest fires, peatland conservation and palm oil plantations. Presidential adviser Andi Arief said the minister thought ...
Harrison Ford Interviews Indonesia's Leader on Environment TIME
Ford interviews Indonesia's leader on environment Kansas City Star

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Is Arch Coal Destined for Greatness? - Motley Fool
Sep 11th 2013, 14:03


Is Arch Coal Destined for Greatness?
Motley Fool
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating gains, with robust and improving financial metrics that support strong price ...
Coal Miners: More Room to Run? Barron's (blog)
Arch Coal Named Among Top Business Technology Innovators; Earns Eighth ... The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
Market Vectors-Coal ETF (KOL): Coal miners rally not finished, Sterne Agee says Seeking Alpha
DailyFinance  - Insider Monkey (blog)
all 18 news articles »

Oklahoma oil and gas prices: September 11, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Sep 11th 2013, 11:13


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: September 11, 2013
NewsOK.com
Alfalfa: Chesapeake Operating Inc.; Michael 5-24-10 No. 1H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 05-24N-10W; 110 barrels oil per day, 850,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 11,159. SandRidge Exploration & Production LLC; Cheadle 2610 No. 1-8H Well; SW1/4 ...

BofA Cuts Newcastle Coal Forecast as European Prices Set to Fall - Bloomberg
Sep 11th 2013, 11:06


BofA Cuts Newcastle Coal Forecast as European Prices Set to Fall
Bloomberg
Bank of America Corp. cut its forecast for Newcastle thermal coal prices this year and said it expects the fuel to extend declines in Europe this year. The bank reduced its estimate for coal exported from the Australian port by 12 percent to $74 a ...

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California Takes Steps to Ease Landmark Law Protecting Environment - New York Times
Sep 11th 2013, 10:03


New York Times

California Takes Steps to Ease Landmark Law Protecting Environment
New York Times
SACRAMENTO — A landmark law that has been a symbol of California's tough environmental philosophy for more than 40 years is facing an unlikely challenge from Democrats, including Gov. Jerry Brown, who contend that regulations protecting the ...

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Palo Alto announces new director of planning and community environment - San Jose Mercury News
Sep 11th 2013, 07:26


Palo Alto announces new director of planning and community environment
San Jose Mercury News
With residents of Palo Alto on edge about parking shortages and a surge in proposed mega-developments, a new director of planning and community environment is preparing to step into the fray. City Manager James Keene announced his selection Tuesday ...

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How can Britain tackle its mountain of food waste? - The Guardian (blog)
Sep 11th 2013, 06:41


How can Britain tackle its mountain of food waste?
The Guardian (blog)
BBC journalist Kat Arney (right) with Martin Bowman, gleaning co-ordinator for the Gleaning Network. Photograph: Anne-Marie Bullock. Food waste is a big issue. For the UK alone the numbers seem almost too big to comprehend: more than 15m tonnes of ...

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Naomi Klein: 'Big green groups are more damaging than climate deniers' - The Guardian
Sep 11th 2013, 06:41


The Guardian

Naomi Klein: 'Big green groups are more damaging than climate deniers'
The Guardian
Well, I think there is a very a deep denialism in the environmental movement among the Big Green groups. And to be very honest with you, I think it's been more damaging than the right-wing denialism in terms of how much ground we've lost. Because it ...

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PetroChina partner China Oil & Gas denies former executive under investigation - Reuters
Sep 11th 2013, 05:48


PetroChina partner China Oil & Gas denies former executive under investigation
Reuters
Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper said Su Shi Feng, former president of China Oil and Gas' joint venture with Kunlun Energy (0135.HK) - PetroChina's liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution arm - was under investigation in connection with a ...

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Ukraine designates 45 coal mines for sale in privatization push - UPI.com
Sep 11th 2013, 04:39


Ukraine designates 45 coal mines for sale in privatization push
UPI.com
KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Ukraine has designated 45 coal mines for privatization under a law adopted last year meant to modernize the country's chronically unprofitable coal sector. The list, published in a decree issued Friday by the Ukraine ...

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API says oil and gas industry does most to reduce emissions - Youngstown Vindicator
Sep 11th 2013, 04:20


API says oil and gas industry does most to reduce emissions
Youngstown Vindicator
The American Petroleum Institute said Tuesday a new study demonstrates the commitment and underscores the overlooked role that the oil and gas industry plays in reducing U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. The API's study says the industry invested more ...
Environmentalists draft rules on fracking process Mansfield News Journal

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Panda poop microbes could make biofuels of the future
Sep 10th 2013, 18:09

Unlikely as it may sound, giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le in the Memphis Zoo are making contributions toward shifting production of biofuels away from corn and other food crops and toward corn cobs, stalks and other non-food plant material.

EBRD lags behind rivals on trading dirty coal for clean energy - The Guardian
Sep 10th 2013, 14:55


EBRD lags behind rivals on trading dirty coal for clean energy
The Guardian
Earlier this year, Barack Obama pledged that the US would no longer finance overseas coal plants through the US Export-Import Bank. This created a domino effect: the World Bank announced it would drop virtually all support for coal projects, then the ...

We have to innovate to keep North Sea oil and gas ahead of the game, or face ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Sep 9th 2013, 19:07


Telegraph.co.uk

We have to innovate to keep North Sea oil and gas ahead of the game, or face ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Extracting reserves from the deep waters off Africa and South America will require great technical skill and the ability to operate securely in demanding conditions. Yet focusing on distant prospects overlooks the enormous frontier potential much ...

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