"Massey's Blankenship To Retire Dec. 31"
"Don Blankenship, the outspoken and controversial CEO of Massey Energy, will retire effective Dec. 31, the company announced late Friday."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/06/2010
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"Dispute in Pennsylvania Town Highlights EPA’s Coal Ash Dilemma"
Heavy metal-laden coal ash currently can escape EPA regulation if it goes to some "beneficial use." But residents of LaBelle, Pa., are finding that what may be beneficial for utility and mining companies may be harmful to the townspeople's health and environment.
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 12/06/2010
"Building a Skilled Clean Energy Work Force -- a Tale of Two Countries"
China is showing none of the hesitancy that marks the U.S. effort to train people for clean-energy jobs. One result is that China is poised to beat the U.S. in the contest for developing a clean-energy economy.
Source: ClimateWire, 12/06/2010
"Senate Tax Bill Cuts, Extends Ethanol Credit"
"The major U.S. ethanol incentive would be cut by 20 percent but given one more year of life in a Senate tax bill that also would revive a biodiesel tax credit that died a year ago."
Source: Reuters, 12/06/2010
Deficit Panel Would Cut Energy Subsidies and Perhaps Carbon Emissions
"The president's deficit commission proposed slashing energy tax breaks yesterday, a move that could make renewable power more competitive and help chisel down greenhouse gas emissions. But the plan is brimming with political pitfalls and vagueness around whether clean power subsidies might also be axed to curb the nation's rising debt."
Source: ClimateWire, 12/03/2010
"Gulf Spill Leads U.S. To Drop Offshore Drilling Expansion"
"The Obama administration on Wednesday reversed its plans to expand offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico in a retreat prompted by last summer's oil spill."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 12/02/2010
"Arctic Waters Open for 'Cautious' Leasing After 2012"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement about a 'cautious' approach to offshore oil development opens the door to leasing new waters in the Arctic after 2012 and clears the way for full review of a proposed new exploratory well in the Beaufort Sea as early as next summer."
Source: LA Times, 12/02/2010
"GAO Report: U.S. Loses Royalties as Oil and Gas Drillers Vent Methane"
"Oil and gas operators could economically capture nearly half their flared or vented natural gas on federal land to boost government royalties and reduce heat-trapping emissions, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released yesterday."
Source: Greenwire, 12/02/2010
"Mapping Mangroves By Satellite"
Mangroves forests are among the most important ecosystems in the world, and now scientists have used satellite images to compile a comprehensive worldwide map of them.
Source: SPX, 12/02/2010
"N.Y. Assembly Approves Fracking Moratorium"
"The New York State Assembly voted 93 to 43 Monday night to place a temporary moratorium on a controversial type of natural gas exploration that combines hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2010
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