"Is Coal Really Worth It in West Virginia?"
A new report makes the myth-busting assertion that the coal industry costs the state of West Virginia more in expenses than it brings in economic benefits.
Source: Beckley Register-Herald, 06/23/2010
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Bid to Block Calif. Climate Law Goes on November Ballot
"California headed for a high-stakes battle over global warming Tuesday, as an oil industry-backed measure to suspend the state's aggressive climate-change law qualified for the November ballot." "The battle over the initiative, launched by Texas oil giants Valero and Tesoro, will pit that industry against environmentalists and the state's clean-tech businesses."
Source: LA Times, 06/23/2010
"Canada Set To Track Ships Using Northwest Passage"
"Canada, which has a disputed sovereignty claim to the Northwest Passage, will require all larger ships plying the Arctic sea route to register starting on July 1, the government said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2010
"Tough New Rules Replace Bush Laxity at Renamed Bureau of Ocean Energy"
"The scandal-ridden federal Minerals Management Service is gone, at least in name."
Source: ENS, 06/23/2010
"Tribe Loses Court Battle to Stop Gold Mine on Mount Tenabo"
"An Indian tribe, an indigenous rights support group and a mining watchdog group have failed in their joint court bid to block the expansion of a gold mine in northeastern Nevada."
Source: ENS, 06/23/2010
"Methane In Gulf 'Astonishingly High': U.S. Scientist"
"As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2010
Police: "BP Doesn't Want People Filming"
Despite public statements of open media access to Gulf response operation by the Coast Guard and BP, local police are still prohibiting photography. They say BP directed them to do it.
Source: Mother Jones, 06/23/2010
"White House Postpones Energy Bill Meeting"
"The White House has postponed until next week a meeting set for Wednesday between President Barack Obama and key senators on energy legislation. The move clears Obama's schedule as he grapples with what to do about Gen. Stanley McChrystal, his Afghanistan war commander."
Source: AP, 06/23/2010
"Judge Who Nixed Drilling Ban Has Oil Investments"
"The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports. He's also a new member of a secret national security court."
Source: AP, 06/23/2010
Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again
As drought blankets much of the western U.S. and Canada, so do grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and other associated bugs. The cyclical insect infestations, which are occurring in pockets in every state west of the Mississippi and in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, range from light to very severe.
