"Buffett’s $26 Billion Power Bet in West Seen Paying Off"
"Warren Buffett’s $26 billion bet on western U.S. power plants, transmission lines and wind farms is poised to pay off."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/04/2014
Search results
Controlled Burn Planned After Oil Spill in Delta Natl. Wildlife Refuge
"Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday they were working to mitigate damage from a spill of crude oil within the Delta National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/03/2014
"Report Calls for Huge Investment in Energy Development"
"Enormous amounts of capital investment — up to $2.5 trillion a year — will be needed to supply the world’s energy needs through 2035, according to a report released Monday by the International Energy Agency, the intergovernmental organization based in Paris."'
Source: NY Times, 06/03/2014
"McConnell: EPA Proposal ‘Dagger in the Heart’ of Middle Class"
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) lambasted the Obama administration’s proposed regulation to limit carbon emissions from power plants, saying the middle class will bear the brunt of the rules."
Source: The Hill, 06/03/2014
US Green Groups See Need To Nudge Obama's 'Opening Bid' on Carbon Cuts
"In large part, the wide-ranging reaction to President Barack Obama's signature effort to cut power plant carbon emissions could have been written months in advance."
Source: Reuters, 06/03/2014
"Obama Unveils Historic Rules To Reduce Coal Pollution By 30%"
"The Obama administration unveiled historic environment rules cutting carbon pollution from power plants by 30% on Monday, spurring prospects for a global deal to end climate change but setting up an epic battle over the environment in this year's mid-term elections."
Source: Guardian, 06/03/2014
"St. Bernard Gets Oyster Reef To Help Protect Shoreline"
"HOPEDALE, La. — A partnership among a business, the state and a nonprofit conservation organization is helping protect a part of St. Bernard Parish’s shoreline through the construction of an oyster reef."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 06/02/2014
"Mother Lode of Chromium at Hanford Excavated"
"The largest source of chromium contamination near the Columbia River at Hanford has been removed after workers dug up contaminated soil down to groundwater 85 feet deep."
Source: Tri-City Herald, 06/02/2014
"U.S. To Miss Deadline for Removing Nuclear Waste From Los Alamos"
"The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday said it would be unable to meet a deadline to remove drums of nuclear waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico because of safety concerns tied to the radiological materials."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2014
"E.P.A. to Aim for a 30 Percent Cut in Carbon Emissions"
"The Obama administration on Monday will announce one of the strongest actions ever taken by the United States government to fight climate change, a proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, according to people briefed on the plan." EPA Press Advisory for 10:30 am EDT announcement by Administrator Gina McCarthy of announcement on carbon emissions, including link to livestream.
Source: NY Times, 06/02/2014
Advertisement 
