"China To Spend $1.8 Billion On Green Car Subsidies By 2012"
"China will spend at least $1.76 billion to subsidize smaller, fuel efficient cars by 2012."
Source: NYTimes, 06/04/2010
Energy & Fuel
Cleanup Workers' Contract: Don't Talk to Media
Workers in the "Vessels of Opportunity" Gulf spill cleanup program had to sign a contract prohibiting them from talking to the news media or disclosing "proprietary and confidential" information.
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BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss
Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.
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Dispersants Remain a Mystery to Public, Despite Fake "Disclosure"
Dispersant manufacturer Nalco failed to disclose the chemical identity of the ingredients to the news media or public, and ignored a US EPA order to stop using the product in the Gulf.
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Top Kill Operation Succeeds in Killing Much of BP's Credibility
US EPA withheld information, and twice during the five-day operation BP cut off the mud pumps for long periods without letting the public know, making statements that left the impression the operation was ongoing.
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Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed
The WatchDog's special Gulf oil spill issue includes stories on media access problems, withholding of information by US EPA and misleading statements by BP, mystery dispersant ingredients, BP's new ex-Cheney spokesperson, prohibiting cleanup workers talking to media, and detaining rig survivors till they sign two statements.
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"Make Love Not Gas"
The BP Gulf oil spill is inspiring re-evaluation of how to prevent low-probability but highly catastrophic environmental risks. In Oregon, the terminals and pipelines proposed for handling imported liquified natural gas are getting a very hard look.
Source: Eugene Weekly, 06/01/2010
Enviros Challenge 49 Gulf Drilling Exemptions in Court
"The Center for Biological Diversity Thursday filed a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the Minerals Management Service to strike down the agency's exemption of 49 Gulf of Mexico drilling projects from all environmental review."
Source: ENS, 06/01/2010
Utilities Worry Over the Communications Part of 'Smart' Grid
"The smart grid of the future will require new rivers of data flowing between utilities and customers. But who will carry the data, and how will it be channeled?"
Source: ClimateWire, 05/27/2010
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