"Obama, Romney Talk Energy in Battleground States"
"President Obama promotes wind energy in Iowa while Mitt Romney defends the coal industry before a group of miners in Ohio."
Source: LA Times, 08/15/2012
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"DOI Proposes New Development, Protections in Arctic"
"The Department of Interior on Monday proposed a mixture of new oil and gas development and environmental protections in a vast swathe of Arctic land."
Source: Reuters, 08/14/2012
"Feds Conclude Probe Of Polar Bear Scientists"
"A federal investigation into two researchers who wrote a famous report on drowned polar bears is finally over, according to their lawyer. But the scientists still haven't been allowed to see a copy of the investigation report or its conclusions, says attorney Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility."
Source: NPR, 08/14/2012
"Dry Times Pose Tough Questions"
"In southern Illinois, farmer Jim Unverfehrt steered his pickup beside a corn crop already lost, then hopped out to search for the soybeans he planted six weeks earlier."
Source: Kansas City Star, 08/13/2012
"Ryan's Energy Platform: 'Ending Cronyism'"
"Months before vaulting to the top of the veepstakes, Rep. Paul Ryan got under President Barack Obama's skin by calling for killing the president's favored green-energy subsidies."
Source: Politico, 08/13/2012
Japan Nuclear: "Lead Shields Masked Radiation Readings Up To 30%"
"Lead radiation shields forced on workers at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to cover their dosimeters masked radiation readings by about 30 percent."
Source: Asahi Shimbun, 08/10/2012
"Kentucky Tops Nation in Toxic Power Plant Pollution"
"In the Olympics of pollution, an environmental group has given Kentucky a gold medal of sorts for spewing the most toxic air emissions from its power plants, most of them fueled by coal."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 08/10/2012
Biofuel Groups Join To Defend US Renewables Standard
"WASHINGTON, DC -- Eight U.S. biofuel industry organizations have formed a new coalition to defend the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard and to advocate for domestic production of advanced biofuels. Their first fight is against a movement by members of the House of Representatives who are pressuring the Obama Administration to waive the federal Renewable Fuel Standard."
Source: ENS, 08/10/2012
"Ice Still Choking Chukchi Sea as Shell Oil Exploration Nears"
"As Royal Dutch Shell PLC seeks to explore for oil this summer in Alaska's northern waters, the Arctic sea ice is melting at a record pace, breaking the record low-ice levels set in 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The one big exception, however, is the Chukchi Sea, where Shell is hoping to explore for oil this summer."
Source: EnergyWire, 08/09/2012
"Refinery Damage May Take Months To Repair"
"The damage caused by a fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond will take months to repair and will hobble one of the West Coast's biggest sources of fuel, industry experts said Wednesday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 08/09/2012
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