"Brown Acts To Halt Surging California Gasoline Prices"
"Gov. Jerry Brown calls for the immediate release of a cheaper, but less environmentally friendly, blend of gasoline in an effort to bring down pump prices."
Source: LA Times, 10/08/2012
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"Matt Damon Fracking Film Lights Up Petroleum Lobby"
"The premiere of a Hollywood film featuring hydraulic fracturing is months away, but the energy industry already is preparing for battle."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/08/2012
Washington Supreme Court Upholds State's Hazardous Substances Tax
"OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that the state's hazardous substances tax is constitutional."
Source: AP, 10/05/2012
"Some States Score High on Energy Efficiency Efforts, Some Not So Good"
"Massachusetts and California are the two most energy-efficient states, according to a report this week from a group that promotes new energy policies, technologies and investments."
Source: Medill, 10/05/2012
"Glut of Solar Panels Poses a New Threat to China"
"BEIJING -- China in recent years established global dominance in renewable energy, its solar panel and wind turbine factories forcing many foreign rivals out of business and its policy makers hailed by environmentalists around the world as visionaries. But now China’s strategy is in disarray. Though worldwide demand for solar panels and wind turbines has grown rapidly over the last five years, China’s manufacturing capacity has soared even faster, creating enormous oversupply and a ferocious price war."
Source: NY Times, 10/05/2012
"Vital U.S. Energy Data Held Hostage By Budget Fight: EIA"
"The U.S. federal budget fight might prevent a timely study of the country's new energy bonanza, a senior official said, and stands in the way of data that could help ease volatility that is costly to energy companies and traders alike."
Source: Reuters, 10/05/2012
"Argus Energy Mine Spill In Lincoln County, West Virginia Kills Fish"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State regulators in West Virginia have ordered Argus Energy to repair a water treatment system at a Lincoln County mine site after a blackwater spill killed fish."
Source: AP, 10/04/2012
"Standard Bulbs Phased Out; Alternatives Can Be Turnoff for Shoppers"
"It's lights out for the standard 100-watt incandescent light bulb after new national energy-efficiency laws took effect Monday."
Source: Island Packet, 10/04/2012
GOP Climate Sceptics Face Reelection Battle as Green Groups Hit Back
"It is the issue most notable by its absence in the 2012 presidential race. But the environment may yet have an impact this election as campaign groups target the vulnerable congressional seats of Republicans who dismiss the dangers of climate change."
Source: Guardian, 10/04/2012
"Debate: Obama Backs Green Energy, Romney Backs Black"
"DENVER -- The deep division between President Barack Obama’s green energy policies and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s preference for coal and tar sands oil were apparent in their first presidential debate tonight in Denver."
"Challenged by Obama to explain his plan for the country if he is elected on November 6, Romney replied, 'My plan has five basic parts. One, get us energy independent, North American energy independent. That creates about four million jobs.'
Source: ENS, 10/04/2012
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