"Arctic Drilling: ConocoPhillips Scratches 2014 Exploration Plans"
"Oil industry efforts to develop the American Arctic took another hit today as ConocoPhillips scrapped plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in 2014."
Source: Greenwire, 04/11/2013
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"REI’s Sally Jewell Wins Confirmation as Interior Secretary"
"By a vote of 87 to 11, the Senate approved Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) chief executive Sally Jewell on Wednesday as the next Interior secretary."
Source: Wash Post, 04/11/2013
"Obama Budget Would Increase U.S. Clean-Energy Spending"
"President Barack Obama proposed a dramatic increase in clean-energy spending on Wednesday as he sought to expand U.S. government support for electric cars, wind power and other "green" technology despite persistent Republican criticism.
The president would pay for the expansion in part by eliminating tax breaks and subsidies for oil, gas and coal industries. Previous efforts by Obama's fellow Democrats to repeal the $4 billion worth of fossil-fuel subsidies have fallen short."
Source: Reuters, 04/11/2013
"California Court Ruling Gives Hope To Foes of Fracking"
"A court ruling that the U.S. government must consider the environmental impact of 'fracking' on federal lands leased to oil companies offers opponents of the technique a useful weapon in the fierce public debate in California and other parts of the country."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2013
"With Help From Nature, a Town Aims to Be a Solar Capital"
"LANCASTER, Calif. — There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city’s mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing."
Source: NY Times, 04/10/2013
"Jury Finds Exxon Liable for $236.4 Million in U.S. Pollution Suit"
"LITTLETON, New Hampshire -- A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found Exxon Mobil Corp liable for $236.4 million in a civil lawsuit that charged the oil company had polluted groundwater in the state with a gasoline additive used to reduce smog in the 1970s and 1980s."
Source: Reuters, 04/10/2013
Energy Nominee Ernest Moniz Backs Increased Use of Natural Gas
"President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even as the nation seeks to boost domestic energy production."
Source: AP, 04/10/2013
"Federal Judge Rejects BP's Attempt To Block Oil Spill Claim Payments"
"A federal judge on Friday rejected BP's attempt to block the Deepwater Horizon claims administrator from awarding what it said could be billions of dollars in payments for 'business economic losses' that the British oil giant contends are based on 'fictitious' claims of damage.
U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier, who also is overseeing the sprawling BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial, seemed unlikely from the onset of the hour-long hearing to issue the temporary injunction that BP sought as part of the class action suit.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/09/2013
New Strategy Needed To Cope With Arctic Environmental Changes: Report
"With the warming U.S. Arctic region poised for greater oil and mining development, the White House needs to develop a national strategy that can take environmental decisions on a larger scale, a report issued Thursday concluded."
Source: Reuters, 04/08/2013
"ExxonMobil Pipeline Spill Triggers Lawsuit"
"Two Arkansas women sue ExxonMobil after its Pegasus pipeline ruptured, spewing oil onto lawns and roads. The $5 million class-action suit charges the pipeline spill has permanently diminished their property value."
Source: AP, 04/08/2013
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