"Obama To Sell Energy Plan in Nevada and Colorado"
"President Obama will travel to Nevada and Colorado on Thursday to sell the public on the energy proposals he outlined in this week’s State of the Union address."
Source: E2 Wire, 01/26/2012
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"Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming"
"UXBRIDGE, Canada -- Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being "fracked" in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown. Shale gas production results in 40 to 60 percent more global warming emissions than conventional gas, said Robert Howarth of Cornell University in New York State."
Source: IPS, 01/25/2012
"Japan Task Force Kept No Records Of Nuclear Crisis Response"
"Japan's energy minister admitted on Tuesday that no records were kept of top level discussions in the critical early days on how to respond to the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years."
Source: Reuters, 01/25/2012
"Enviros Ask Kentucky Lawmakers To Consider Coal's Health Impact"
"Kentucky's leaders should consider the health hazards of mining, moving and burning coal as they craft the state's energy policy, an environmental group said Tuesday.
The Kentucky Environmental Foundation, based in Berea, released a 44-page 'health-impact assessment' on coal and sent copies to Gov. Steve Beshear and the General Assembly.
Source: McClatchy, 01/25/2012
"Obama Calls for Offshore Oil Drilling And Clean Energy"
"In a broad appeal to U.S. voters, President Obama said Tuesday he will open more than 75% of potential offshore oil and gas resources to exploration and, at the same time, produce enough clean energy on public land to power three million homes."
Source: USA TODAY, 01/25/2012
"DOE Slashes Gas Estimate for Marcellus Shale"
"Federal government analysts on Monday slashed their estimate of the natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale formation, and at least one major producer announced plans to cut in half its expenditures on new gas leases in the wake of dropping prices."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/24/2012
SOTU: "Keystone Activists To Protest Oil, Congress Ties"
"A coalition of environmental groups plans to stage a rally against 'Big Oil's corruption' on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, hours before President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to Congress."
Source: Reuters, 01/24/2012
"Dueling Solyndra Ads Foreshadow Energy-Centric Campaign"
"No signs of 'Solyndra fatigue' on the campaign front, while Obama's jobs council weighs in on a critical wind subsidy."
"How much political capital can Republican candidates and their aligned groups continue to squeeze out of Solyndra, the giant green stain on President Obama's first term?
It seems they're looking to find out, with a new ad campaign that aims to keep the failed clean energy investment in the forefront of voters' minds.
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/23/2012
GM Microbe Paves Way for Large-Scale Seaweed Farming for Biofuels
"Scientists have created a genetically engineered microbe that turns the algae into low-carbon biofuel, but must make the technique commercially viable"
Source: Guardian, 01/20/2012
"In Keystone Wake, Obama Campaign Touts Energy In First Ad"
"President Barack Obama's re-election campaign sought to manage fallout on Thursday from his decision to nix a new oil pipeline, putting up its first television ad of 2012 to promote his energy record."
Source: Reuters, 01/20/2012
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