"Judge Orders Action on 6 Gulf Drilling Permits"
"A federal judge has given the Obama administration 30 days to act on six permits for deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 05/11/2011
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"U.S. Nuclear Plants To Step Up Emergency Plans: INPO"
"Some U.S. nuclear plants are not in full compliance with rules set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to respond to explosions and fires, a self-regulatory body for the nuclear industry has found."
Source: Reuters, 05/11/2011
Dems Aim To Cut Big Oil Tax Breaks for Deficit Reduction
"Leading Senate Democrats have coalesced around a political strategy in their uphill battle to repeal billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks: Make it all about the deficit."
Source: E2 Wire, 05/11/2011
"Update: Peabody Punked by Fake 'Coal Cares' Asthma Site"
"Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, is not, repeat, NOT, giving kids free asthma inhalers decorated with pictures of Justin Beiber, My Little Pony or Miley Cyrus."
Source: Edison 2.0, 05/11/2011
"Japan to Cancel Plan to Build More Nuclear Plants"
"Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to 'start from scratch' in creating a new energy policy."
Source: NY Times, 05/11/2011
"Renewables Key for Climate, World Energy Supply: IPCC"
"Renewable energy could meet nearly 80 percent of the world's energy needs by mid-century and play a crucial role in fighting global warming, the UN's climate scientists said Monday in a major report."
Source: AFP, 05/10/2011
"US Task Force To Check If Gas Prices Drop as Oil Falls"
"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday directed a special task force to look into whether gasoline prices are falling in the wake of the drop in oil prices and if not, whether it was because of fraud or market manipulation."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2011
'Fracking' for Natural Gas Is Polluting Ground Water: Study
"Methane levels were 17 times higher in ground water near areas where shale-gas 'fracking' wells had been drilled in Pennsylvania, compared with areas where no gas drilling had occurred, a new study has found."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/10/2011
Wisconsin: "Walker, GOP Reversing Green Initiatives"
"Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican Legislature have moved quickly to weaken a string of environmental and energy programs as they contend with a budget deficit and make economic development their top priority."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/09/2011
"House Passes a Bill to Expand Offshore Oil Drilling"
"With rising gasoline prices and skyrocketing oil company profits as a backdrop, the House approved a bill on Thursday to force the Obama administration to accelerate oil lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Virginia."
Source: NY Times, 05/06/2011
