Obama Quietly Signs Bill Shielding Airlines From Carbon Fees in Europe
"President Obama has signed into law a bill that requires U.S. airlines be excluded from European carbon emissions fees."
Source: The Hill, 11/28/2012
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"Energy Officials See Little Hope for Climate Talks"
"Top International Energy Agency (IEA) officials offered a bleak assessment Tuesday of the prospects for global progress on preventing big temperature increases."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/28/2012
Analysis: Despite 2011 Japan Meltdowns, Pro-Nuke Party Could Win Power
"Japanese voters look likely to hand victory to a party that favors nuclear power in the first election since the March 2011 Fukushima radiation disaster -- a result a baffled Greenpeace activist likens to one of the 'wonders of the world.'"
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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"DOE Continues To Shrink Hanford's Footprint"
"The Department of Energy has reduced the 586 square miles of Hanford requiring environmental cleanup to 161 square miles. In three more years, the land requiring cleanup could be little more than the 75 square miles at Hanford's center as DOE works to complete cleanup outlined in its 2015 Vision, an ambitious plan for work to be completed by the end of 2015."
Source: Tri-City Herald, 11/26/2012
"Climate Skeptic Group Works To Reverse Renewable Energy Mandates"
"The Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank skeptical of climate change science, has joined with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council to write model legislation aimed at reversing state renewable energy mandates across the country."
Source: Wash Post, 11/26/2012
"Global Investors Call for Action on Serious Climate Danger"
"A coalition of the world's largest investors called on governments on Tuesday to ramp up action on climate change and boost clean-energy investment or risk trillions of dollars in investments and disruption to economies."
Source: Reuters, 11/21/2012
"Enviros Vexed By What's Missing in Water Contamination Reports"
"Pennsylvania's environmental protection chief is defending his agency's controversial system for testing water wells near Marcellus Shale operations by saying other states work the same way. But regulators in those states say that's not true."
Source: EnergyWire, 11/21/2012
"California Carbon Market Launches, Permits Priced Below Expectations"
"California's largest greenhouse gas emitting businesses paid $10.09 per metric tonne (1.1 ton) for the right to release carbon, raising almost $300 million for the cash-strapped state and its energy companies in its first-ever carbon permit auction."
Source: Reuters, 11/20/2012
"U.S. Board Issues Subpoena on Offshore Platform Blast"
"A U.S. industrial accident investigative board served Black Elk Energy with a subpoena on Monday, seeking information about last week's offshore Gulf of Mexico oil platform explosion that left one worker dead and another missing."
Source: Reuters, 11/20/2012
"E.P.A. Upholds Federal Mandate for Ethanol in Gasoline"
"The Environmental Protection Agency declined on Friday to relax its requirement on the use of corn ethanol in gasoline, rejecting a request from several states related to a steep decline in the nation’s corn production."
Source: NY Times, 11/19/2012
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