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"Fuel Troubles in Iran"

Anti-government protestors took to the streets of Iran yesterday and were brutally suppressed by police. Just as high food prices helped fuel this month's revolution in Egypt, shortages of refined fuel and high prices for a range of goods are heightening pressures in Iran. Economic sanctions are one cause of the fuel shortage. The consequences ripple well beyond Iran's borders -- to Afghanistan, Armenia, and nations of the former Soviet Union, as well as oil-rich Persian Gulf nations.

Source: ENS, 02/15/2011

"Budget Spares Energy Research, Despite Hits to Other Programs"

"President Obama’s budget, released Monday, essentially treads water on energy and the environment, trying to maintain momentum for alternative energy research even as it cuts deeply into some environmental protection programs."

Source: NY Times, 02/15/2011

"Ontario Puts Moratorium On Offshore Wind Projects"

"The Canadian province of Ontario said on Friday it will not approve any offshore wind projects and will not accept new applications until there is further scientific research on the industry."

Source: Reuters, 02/14/2011

"Perks From Pa. Drilling Interests"

"A top senator got a free Super Bowl trip from one Marcellus Shale firm. The state permits such gifts."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 02/14/2011

"Hugely Polluting Power Plant Operated Without Mandated Permits"

"An Indiana County [PA] power plant deemed one of the nation's biggest polluters operated without federally mandated permits even though it was inspected more than 1,100 times by state officials during the past 25 years, according to state records."

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 02/14/2011

"House Republicans Push Energy And Science Cuts"

"Scientific research, environmental protection and other priorities of the Obama administration would face steep cuts under a congressional Republican spending plan released Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 02/11/2011

"Majority of Upton's Constituents Oppose His Bill to Disempower EPA"

"A majority, (62%) of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton's constituents surveyed in a public opinion poll last week oppose his bill that would remove the U.S. EPA's power to regulate climate-warming greenhouse gases."

Source: ENS, 02/11/2011

"Md. Lawmakers Warned of Natural Gas Drilling Woes in Pa."

"A former top Pennsylvania official warned Maryland lawmakers to go slow in allowing drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale deposits underlying the state's western mountains or risk the environmental and social problems his state is now experiencing from a poorly regulated wave of energy exploration."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 02/10/2011

"EPA Wants to Look at Full Lifecycle of Fracking in New Study"

"The EPA has proposed examining every aspect of hydraulic fracturing, from water withdrawals to waste disposal, according to a draft plan the agency released Tuesday."

Source: ProPublica, 02/10/2011

"Republican War on EPA Begins — But Will They Overreach?"

Republicans launched their assault against EPA and the Supreme Court Wednesday, arguing that regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act would hurt jobs. EPA chief Lisa Jackson said EPA was protecting people's health. Rep. Henry Waxman produced a document that seemed to say the Bush EPA agreed with Jackson. Divisions are so close that Congress may actually do little on the issue.

Source: TIME, 02/10/2011

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