"LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting"
"The lighting industry has finally come up with an energy-efficient replacement for the standard incandescent bulb that people actually seem to like: the LED bulb."
Source: NY Times, 01/22/2013
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"E.P.A. Extends Deadline for Navajo Plant’s Pollution Controls"
"In a bid to clean up one of the nation’s dirtiest coal-fired power plants without causing economic harm to the Navajo Nation that surrounds it, the Environmental Protection Agency indicated on Friday that it would give the plant’s owners five extra years, until 2023, to install expensive state-of-the art emissions reduction equipment."
Source: Green/NYT, 01/22/2013
Climate Change Inaction the Fault of Environmental Groups, Report Says
"A Harvard academic has put the blame squarely for America's failure to act on climate change on environmental groups. She also argues that there is little prospect Barack Obama will put climate change on the top of his agenda in his second term."
Source: Guardian, 01/22/2013
"Climate Change Given Prominence in Obama's Address"
"President Obama made addressing climate change the most prominent policy vow of his second Inaugural Address on Monday, setting in motion what Democrats say will be a deliberately paced but aggressive campaign built around the use of his executive powers to sidestep Congressional opposition."
Source: NY Times, 01/22/2013
"Big Bet on Wyoming Wind: Phil Anschutz's Latest $9 Billion Idea"
"Phil Anschutz -- who has made money out of everything from a well explosion to a failing railroad -- is looking to wager $9 billion on the fierce winds of Wyoming."
Source: Denver Post, 01/21/2013
730-mile Oil Pipeline Threatens Land of Canada's First Nations
"Of all the Idle No More protests that sprung up on Wednesday's national day of action across Canada, what may have worried the conservative government of Stephen Harper the most was a gathering of aboriginal young men banging tribal drums outside a hotel in downtown Vancouver."
Source: Independent, 01/21/2013
"Will The Grass Be Greener In Obama's Second Term?"
"One of the chief expectations of those who voted for President Obama is that he moves assertively to pass climate change legislation, whatever the political climate in Washington."
Source: NPR, 01/21/2013
"2 Reports on Oil Sands Paint a Dire Picture"
"Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline and the heavy Canadian crude oil that it would carry released two reports on Thursday asserting that the environmental impacts of the project are worse than previously estimated, and urged the Obama administration to veto it."
Source: Green/NYT, 01/18/2013
"As Shell’s Arctic Drilling Hopes Hit Snags, Its Rivals Watch"
"HOUSTON -- Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling program is now officially in jeopardy and its prospects will depend on the findings of two continuing federal inquiries. One review is on the grounding of the Kulluk drill ship on New Year’s Eve after it was set adrift for five days in stormy weather, and the other is on the safety management of the entire Shell program."
Source: NY Times, 01/18/2013
Wyo. Gov. Mead Disappointed By New EPA Pavillion Extension
"CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Gov. Matt Mead has joined those expressing disappointment that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended for a third time a public comment period on a report on groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field rather than moving toward wrapping up the study."
Source: AP, 01/17/2013
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