"Sizing Up Romney and Obama Energy Plans"
"What do the energy and environment policies of President Obama and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney bode for the country?"
Source: National Journal, 08/21/2012
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"Chevron Refinery Fire a 'Close Call'"
"RICHMOND -- The chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board toured the scene of the Chevron refinery fire Monday and released photos of the gigantic vapor cloud that loomed over Richmond before it caught fire."
Source: San Francisco, 08/21/2012
"How A Biofuel Dream Called Jatropha Came Crashing Down"
" ... wouldn't it be lovely if somebody came up with a biofuel that didn't take food out of people's mouths? A few years ago, some people thought they'd found it: A miracle tree called Jatropha. Unfortunately, the miracle turned out to be a mirage."
Source: NPR, 08/21/2012
Analysis: "The Cost of Cool"
"THE blackouts that left hundreds of millions of Indians sweltering in the dark last month underscored the status of air-conditioning as one of the world’s most vexing environmental quandaries."
Source: NY Times, 08/21/2012
"Budget Cuts Delay Research for Enbridge Pipeline Approval"
"While Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the fate of Enbridge’s proposed pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to tankers on the British Columbia coast will be based on science and not politics, documents show some of that science isn’t forthcoming. And critics say there is no time for the science to be completed before a federal deadline for the environmental assessment currently underway."
Source: Canadian Press, 08/20/2012
"Panelist Reviewing Fracturing Study Has His Own Industry Ties"
"A retired aerospace executive - appointed to review a study on hydraulic fracturing after it was disclosed the study's author has strong industry ties - has such ties himself."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/20/2012
"Tapping Into the Land, and Dividing Its People"
"BLACKFEET INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. -- The mountains along the eastern edge of Glacier National Park rise from the prairie like dinosaur teeth, their silvery ridges and teardrop fields of snow forming the doorway to one of America’s most pristine places."
Source: NY Times, 08/17/2012
"Proposed Yuba River Hydroelectric Dam Raises Concerns Over Fish"
"A Canadian company's surprise proposal to build a hydroelectric generation facility on the Yuba River has raised alarm among government agencies and nonprofits working to restore salmon runs on the river."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/17/2012
"Should Candidates Discuss Global Warming?"
"Ever since comprehensive legislation to reduce greenhouse gases died in Congress two years ago, my colleague John Broder noted here recently, climate change has been the issue that national politicians seem to avoid at all costs. Supporting renewable energy? Fine. Advocating energy independence? Great. Calling for action on global warming? Not so much."
Source: Green/NYT, 08/17/2012
Shell's Arctic Drilling Plan Delayed Due To Barge Problem: Salazar
"ANCHORAGE -- Shell Oil's delay in drilling Arctic Ocean exploratory wells off Alaska's northern shores is not due to heavy ice or federal regulators, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar."
Source: Huffington Post, 08/17/2012
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