"Cuba's Hunt For Oil Raises Questions For U.S."
"In the deep waters off Cuba's north coast, a Chinese-built oil rig is due to begin drilling this fall in an area geologists believe may have huge beds of undersea crude."
Source: NPR, 05/12/2011
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"Coal Curriculum Called Unfit for 4th Graders"
"Three advocacy groups have started a letter-writing campaign asking Scholastic Inc. to stop distributing the fourth-grade curriculum materials that the American Coal Foundation paid the company to develop."
Source: NY Times, 05/12/2011
"French Lean Toward Ban of a Controversial Gas Extraction Technique"
"French lawmakers opened debate on Tuesday on proposals to ban a method for extracting oil and gas deposits from shale because of environmental concerns, throwing up the first serious stumbling block to firms that want to use the practice."
Source: NY Times, 05/11/2011
"Judge Orders Action on 6 Gulf Drilling Permits"
"A federal judge has given the Obama administration 30 days to act on six permits for deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 05/11/2011
"U.S. Nuclear Plants To Step Up Emergency Plans: INPO"
"Some U.S. nuclear plants are not in full compliance with rules set up after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to respond to explosions and fires, a self-regulatory body for the nuclear industry has found."
Source: Reuters, 05/11/2011
Dems Aim To Cut Big Oil Tax Breaks for Deficit Reduction
"Leading Senate Democrats have coalesced around a political strategy in their uphill battle to repeal billions of dollars in oil industry tax breaks: Make it all about the deficit."
Source: E2 Wire, 05/11/2011
"Update: Peabody Punked by Fake 'Coal Cares' Asthma Site"
"Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, is not, repeat, NOT, giving kids free asthma inhalers decorated with pictures of Justin Beiber, My Little Pony or Miley Cyrus."
Source: Edison 2.0, 05/11/2011
"Japan to Cancel Plan to Build More Nuclear Plants"
"Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to 'start from scratch' in creating a new energy policy."
Source: NY Times, 05/11/2011
"Renewables Key for Climate, World Energy Supply: IPCC"
"Renewable energy could meet nearly 80 percent of the world's energy needs by mid-century and play a crucial role in fighting global warming, the UN's climate scientists said Monday in a major report."
Source: AFP, 05/10/2011
"US Task Force To Check If Gas Prices Drop as Oil Falls"
"U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday directed a special task force to look into whether gasoline prices are falling in the wake of the drop in oil prices and if not, whether it was because of fraud or market manipulation."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2011
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