"Obama: Oil Spill Upends Life for Gulf Residents"
"President Barack Obama said Saturday that he will stand with Gulf Coast residents 'until they are made whole' from the oil spill catastrophe."
Source: AP, 06/07/2010
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"Cap Said to Recover 10,000 Barrels of Oil a Day"
"A cap placed over a ruptured well spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico is capturing about 10,000 barrels a day, indicating engineers are making some progress in stanching the flow, Adm. Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, who is commanding the federal response to the disaster, said Sunday."
Source: NYTimes, 06/07/2010
Virtual Energy Forum
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff will join other leading policymakers and business executives to address the role of energy efficiency in light of pending climate and energy legislation at the 21st Annual Energy Efficiency Forum. Co-sponsored by Johnson Controls and the U.S. Energy Association.
"Environmental Activists Go up Against Massey Mining"
"For 16 months, they have protested mountaintop mining. Now the coal giant is pursuing court injunctions, and the demonstrators are facing more severe punishments for their civil disobedience."
Source: LA Times, 06/04/2010
"China To Spend $1.8 Billion On Green Car Subsidies By 2012"
"China will spend at least $1.76 billion to subsidize smaller, fuel efficient cars by 2012."
Source: NYTimes, 06/04/2010
"Federal Funding Cuts Leave Oceanographers, Spill Responders in Dark"
Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told reporters yesterday that funding cuts in recent years for instrumental ocean observation programs have left scientists trying to track the movement of spilled oil partly in the dark.
Source: Greenwire, 06/04/2010
"The BP Press Lockdown Continues"
"If you happen to be wondering if it's any easier to get access to an oil-befouled public beach/wildlife refuge near Grand Isle, Louisiana, if you're teamed up with a fancypants PBS producer, I scouted out the answer today: No."
Source: Mother Jones, 06/04/2010
"E.P.A. Tightens Sulfur Dioxide Limits"
"The Environmental Protection Agency issued a new health standard on Thursday for sulfur dioxide emissions, the first such revision in nearly 40 years."
Source: NYTimes, 06/04/2010
"Oil, the Loop Current and the Atlantic"
A computer simulation by the National Center for Atmospheric Research illustrates a scenario -- which some consider likely -- in which oil from the BP Gulf spill could spread as far north as Cape Hatteras by July.
Source: Green (NYT), 06/04/2010
"Power Companies Lie Back as Push Begins for Senate Bill"
Initial enthusiasm from electric utilities for the Kerry-Lieberman Senate climate bill has given way to lobbying silence -- which worries environmentalists hoping a last-ditch effort to pass it this year might succeed.
Source: Greenwire, 06/04/2010
