Latest fine in '07 Utah coal mine collapse seen as slap on wrist – and slap in ... Fox News Six years after a Utah coal mine collapsed, entombing six miners and killing three would-be rescuers, a $100,000 fine levied against an engineering company that negligently approved the operation — allowing the weight of a 10,000-foot mountain to ...
Suit: Rizza Cadillac created hostile environment for Muslim, Arab staff Chicago Tribune The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has alleged Rizza Cadillac Inc. of Tinley Park with violating federal law by allegedly encouraging a work environment that was hostile and offensive to Muslim and Arab sales staff. The lawsuit filed ...
Power producers make a killing on giveaway coal The Hindu Ministry of Power documents reveal that the government has consistently failed to protect consumers from high electricity tariffs witnessed since 2007, despite being aware of the huge profit margins earned by power producers thanks to captive coal...
NV Energy could break promise to close coal plants by 2014 Las Vegas Sun In the midst of a high stakes effort to pass a major piece of energy legislation earlier this year, NV Energy promised Nevadans it would begin eliminating its coal-fired power plants on a tight schedule starting next year. But now, groups like the ...
Environment ban reimposed on polluted Vapi Times of India AHMEDABAD: Vapi and the industrial estate in its vicinity have once again made it to the list of the most polluted place in the country. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday re-imposed the ban on any permission to any new or ... Expansion ban on 10 clusters lifted Business Standard
Oil And Gas Industry Searching Out Spills Amidst Receding Waters KUNC Credit Nathan Heffel / KUNC. An oil and gas site next to the St. Vrain river, Sept. 19 2013. Reports are surfacing of damage to a handful of oil and gas wells in the region after Colorado's historic floodwaters swamped large portions of the eastern ...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, The Environment and Climate Change Brookings Institution But economic growth can result in increased consumption of non-renewable resources and greater environmental harms, such as increasing air pollution and worsening water quality. On the other hand, increased economic growth can generate the resources ...
Keep environment first, development will last Hindustan Times Environmentalist GD Agarwal's fast for a free-flowing, dam-free Ganga enters the 100th day today. Yet it -- as well as the June disaster in Uttarakhand that killed more than 4,000 people and destroyed the infrastructure in the state -- has failed to ...
Gazprom expands oil and gas developments in Tajikistan Stockhouse The Russian energy company said the Sarykamysh alone holds an estimated 630 billion cubic feet of natural gas and at least 50 million barrels of recoverable oil reserves. Gazprom started surveying parts of Tajikistan in 2008. Its first well was drilled ...
Billionaire Rejected In Novel Plan To Clean Up Illinois Coal Plants Forbes Chris Cline is willing to foot the bill to overhaul two old coal-fired plants, if they agree to buy coal from his Foresight Energy. Dynegy is in the process of acquiring five coal-fired power plants from power generator Ameren Ameren. These are old ...
Oil and gas industry research targets nanotechnology Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine The statement "there is no more easy oil" is commonplace in the oil and gas industry. It is an interesting observation: what the industry now considers "easy" was anything but when the technologies were introduced that opened up what now are considered ...
How coal can help the president help the middle class The Hill (blog) The slow recovery in the U.S. job market is leaving more Americans without work. The August jobless rate dropped slightly to 7.3 percent. That's only because the number of Americans looking for work dropped. Wages adjusted for inflation also declined, ...
Oklahoma oil and gas prices: September 19, 2013 NewsOK.com Blaine: Devon Energy Production Co. LP; CKR 24-15-10 No. 1H Well; SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 24-15N-10W; 540,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 15,718. Canadian: Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Austin No. 4-25H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) ...
Sea bass stocks fall to their lowest in 20 years The Guardian Lisa Readdy, from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Agriculture Science (Cefas), who took part in the ICES assessment, said: "This year's assessment of the bass stocks shows a declining population, with a drop of more than 20% when compared ...
FTTN explores hottest oil and gas plays in US Your Oil and Gas News (press release) (OTCBB: FTTN) executives will be attending what industry insiders consider the event of the season next month in Houston as the company looks to continue adding lucrative assets to its oil and gas portfolio. FTTN leaders will be among the over 1,000 ...
Environment Groups Set for New Fight Over Drilling on US-Managed Utah Land New York Times But the announcement that dozens of parcels would be auctioned off in the Swell, a largely untouched geologic formation, came as a surprise to environmental groups, who are worried that the administration's energy strategy is shifting away from its ...
Coal's future darkens around the world Kingsport Times News Coal has been the dominant fuel for power generation for a century because it is cheap, plentiful, and easy to ship and store. But it emits a host of pollution-forming gases and soot particles, and double the greenhouse gas emissions of its closest ...
Colorado's oil and gas inspectors head into the field to assess damage at ... Denver Business Journal (blog) Colorado's state agency charged with oversight of oil and gas operations has deployed four inspection teams of engineers, inspectors and environmental protection specialists to survey wells that were in the path of floodwaters that devastated roads ...
Environmental Groups Set Stage For Litigation Challenging BLM's Proposed ... Mondaq News Alerts (registration) Eighteen environmental organizations – lead by the Sierra Club – are claiming that the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") will violate the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") if it finalizes its proposed rulemaking related to hydraulic fracturing...
Trade and Environment Review 2013 UNCTAD Developing and developed countries alike need a paradigm shift in agricultural development: from a "green revolution" to a "truly ecological intensification" approach. This implies a rapid and significant shift from conventional, monoculture-based and ...
Study of hydraulic fracturing in state puts off suit San Francisco Chronicle The Obama administration has tentatively settled an environmental lawsuit over oil and gas drilling in Monterey and Fresno counties with an agreement to conduct a statewide study of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and its possible effects on water ...
A Sigh of Relief for the White House on Fracking National Journal A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science concludes that hydraulic fracturing--the controversial technique behind the nation's recent oil and gas boom--doesn't appear to contribute significantly to global warming, as many ...
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