"Koch Brothers Cashing In 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings"
"Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/21/2012
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"Health Concerns. Pollution. The Case for Closing Reid Gardner"
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has called on NV Energy to close the coal-biurning Reid Gardner electric power plant near Las Vegas.
Source: Las Vegas City Life, 09/20/2012
Montana Coal Plant To Be Mothballed Due To EPA Rules: Company
"A coal-fired power plant in Billings, Montana, will be mothballed starting in April 2015 because it will cost too much to comply with new emissions reductions required by the government, plant owner and operator PPL Montana said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 09/20/2012
"Environmental Group Sues NY Over Drilling Records"
"ALBANY, N.Y. — An environmental group is suing the Cuomo administration over public records pertaining to the state's communications with energy industry interests hoping to drill for shale gas in New York using hydraulic fracturing."
Source: AP, 09/20/2012
"Fracking: Boom or Doom"
"America's hydraulic fracturing gold rush portends the greatest environmental disaster of a generation. ... The natural gas industry has spent $747 million lobbying state and federal officials over the past decade, allowing it to continue drilling in 34 states. Few Americans are any richer. But a whole lot more have horror stories to tell."
Source: Village Voice, 09/19/2012
"BP Shuts Down Norwegian Oil Field After Leak"
"BP shut a Norwegian oil and gas field after a potentially dangerous leak, the company said on Tuesday, six days after the incident forced the emergency shutdown of the facility."
Source: Reuters, 09/19/2012
"Fire at Mexico Pemex Gas Facility Kills 26"
"At least 26 people were killed and as many injured when a Pemex gas facility burst into flames in northern Mexico on Tuesday, one of the worst accidents to hit the state oil monopoly in recent years."
Source: Reuters, 09/19/2012
"Keystone XL Pipeline Raises Tribal Concerns"
"CUSHING, Okla. -- In energy circles, the town of Cushing is well known as the hub used by New York oil traders to set the benchmark price for all U.S. crude oil. Row after row of giant oil storage tanks are lined up around a moribund downtown and a shopping strip. At the edge of town stands a sign made of white pipes declaring: 'Pipeline Crossroads of the World.'"
Source: Wash Post, 09/18/2012
"Shell Delays Arctic Oil Drilling Until 2013"
"HOUSTON -- With the prospect of rich new oil fields in tantalizing reach, Shell Oil announced on Monday that it was forced to put off completing wells in the Alaskan Arctic for another year after a spill containment dome was damaged during a testing accident."
Source: NY Times, 09/18/2012
Summer Raised Questions: How Might Power Plants Fare in Warming World?
"Rising seawater temperatures forced an unprecedented shutdown last month of a nuclear reactor on the Connecticut coast."
Source: Greenwire, 09/17/2012
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