"Island Nations Will Suffer First Shocks of Sea Changes"
"Climate change poses the greatest threats to the development of small island nations, a new U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) report out today finds."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/06/2014
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"Fixes After BP Spill Not Enough, Board Says"
"Federal safety regulators warned on Thursday that another disastrous offshore oil well blowout could happen despite regulatory improvements in the four years since a BP well explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and dumped millions of gallons of oil into the sea."
Source: NY Times, 06/06/2014
"Putin and the Federal Coal Lease in Montana"
"Will Russian President Vladimir Putin get richer thanks to a sweetheart government coal deal in Montana? Last month the Treasury Department informed Congress that Mr. Putin personally held an interest in an international oil and gas investment fund called the Gunvor Group, run out of Geneva, Switzerland. Team Putin adamantly denied his involvement, but the Treasury Department insisted it was right."
Source: Huffington Post, 06/05/2014
"Hundreds of Scientists To Canada PM: Pipeline Report 'Deeply Flawed'"
"Hundreds of scientists have signed a letter sent to Canada’s prime minister blasting a federal review recommending the approval of the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline as biased, Canadian media reported."
Source: Aljazeera America, 06/05/2014
"Canada's 500,000 Leaky Energy Wells: 'Threat to Public'"
"A new University of Waterloo report warns that natural gas seeping from 500,000 wellbores represent 'a threat to environment and public safety' due to groundwater contamination, greenhouse gas emissions and explosion risks wherever methane collects in unvented buildings and spaces."
Source: The Tyee, 06/05/2014
"U.S. Sets New Import Duties on Chinese Solar Products"
"The United States slapped new import duties on solar panels and other related products from China on Tuesday after the Commerce department ruled they were produced using Chinese government subsidies, potentially inflaming trade tensions between the two countries."
Source: Reuters, 06/05/2014
TransCanada Shuts Down Southern Leg of KXL Pipeline, Raising Suspicions
"TransCanada shut down the southern leg of the Keystone XL (now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline Project) on June 2 for 'routine work,' according to Reuters. "
Source: DeSmogBlog, 06/05/2014
"Buffett’s $26 Billion Power Bet in West Seen Paying Off"
"Warren Buffett’s $26 billion bet on western U.S. power plants, transmission lines and wind farms is poised to pay off."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/04/2014
Controlled Burn Planned After Oil Spill in Delta Natl. Wildlife Refuge
"Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday they were working to mitigate damage from a spill of crude oil within the Delta National Wildlife Refuge."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/03/2014
"Report Calls for Huge Investment in Energy Development"
"Enormous amounts of capital investment — up to $2.5 trillion a year — will be needed to supply the world’s energy needs through 2035, according to a report released Monday by the International Energy Agency, the intergovernmental organization based in Paris."'
Source: NY Times, 06/03/2014
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