"Enbridge Elk Point Spill Pumps About 230,000 Litres Of Heavy Crude"
"ELK POINT, Alberta -- There's been another oil spill in Alberta, this time northeast of Edmonton."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/20/2012
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"Shell Faces Pushback As Alaska Drilling Nears"
"The federal government could soon give the final go-ahead for Royal Dutch Shell to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean. Shell has spent $4 billion since 2007 to prepare for this work, and is hoping to tap into vast new deposits of oil."
"But the plan to drill exploratory wells is controversial — opposed by environmental groups and some indigenous people as well.
Source: NPR, 06/20/2012
"Japan Approves Renewable Subsidies In Shift From Nuclear Power"
"Japan approved on Monday incentives for renewable energy that could unleash billions of dollars in clean-energy investment and help the world's third-biggest economy shift away from a reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster."
Source: Reuters, 06/19/2012
22ava Conferencia Anual de SEJ en Lubbock, Texas, Oct. 17-21, 2012
Ya están abiertas las inscripciones a la conferencia de SEJ de 2012. No espere. Inscríbase ya para escoger entre los siempre populares tours, el excelente taller para escritores freelance, y otros eventos de asistencia limitada. Nuestro anfitrión este año es Texas Tech University, y el director de la conferencia es Randy Lee Loftis, veterano escritor del diario Dallas Morning News. Lea el borrador de la agenda, las opciones de alojamiento y transporte, halle con quién compartir la habitación, y más. © Foto: Palo Duro Canyon State Park (apodado “el Gran Cañón de Texas”, y lugar del Tour 6 del jueves), cortesía de Earl Nottingham/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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E-Mail Disclosure Could Play Role in BP Gulf Spill Case
A federal judge has denied BP's bid to see 21 e-mails and other documents sent between the White House and other federal agencies. More chilling, perhaps, was BP's effort to get e-mails sent by two private-sector scientists in an apparent effort to discredit their work.
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International Energy Agency Calls for Fracking Transparency
A new report from the IEA includes guidelines emphasizing transparency and the monitoring of environmental and social impacts. That includes full disclosure of fracking fluid ingredients and testing of baseline water and air conditions before drilling begins.
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Enviros Challenge Transparency of Virginia Uranium Mining Deliberations
A company wants to mine Virginia's major uranium deposit so the state formed a multi-agency panel to study ending the three-decade ban on uranium mining. That panel hired a consulting firm that critics say was stacked with experts affiliated with the nuclear industry.
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"North Dakota’s Oil Boom Brings Damage Along With Prosperity"
"Oil drilling has sparked a frenzied prosperity in Jeff Keller's formerly quiet corner of western North Dakota in recent years, bringing an infusion of jobs and reviving moribund local businesses. But Keller, a natural resource manager for the Army Corps of Engineers, has seen a more ominous effect of the boom, too: Oil companies are spilling and dumping drilling waste onto the region's land and into its waterways with increasing regularity."
Source: ProPublica, 06/08/2012
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