NewsRack: flenvcenter/Energy_National

What Offshore Explosion Means for Oil Politics (The Atlantic Wire) - Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

What Offshore Explosion Means for Oil Politics (The Atlantic Wire)

MIT Creates Self-Assembling Solar Cells That Repair Themselves - TreeHugger

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

MIT Creates Self-Assembling Solar Cells That Repair Themselves

Fueled by grants, Propel makes Bay Area push - SFGate: Top Stories

dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fueled by grants, Propel makes Bay Area push

PG&E SmartMeters pass investigation - SFGate: Top Stories

dbaker@sfchronicle.com (David R. Baker) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

PG&E SmartMeters pass investigation

Latest Fire in the Gulf Has Little To Do With BP - Newsweek Top Stories

Joel Schectman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Is offshore drilling just too dangerous? That’s what many may be wondering after yesterday’s fire on Mariner Energy's offshore oil platform, only a month after BP’s spurting well was finally plugged.

Latest oil rig issue differs from BP spill - Minnesota Public Radio: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.

PHOTOS: 12 Of Greenpeace's Summer Protests From Around The World - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Huffington Post — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

From Mexico City to Malta, Berlin to Hong Kong, Greenpeace created impressive protests against environmental injustices this summer. Protesters wore hazardous waste uniforms, drenched themselves...

Karl Grossman: Hurricane Earl ... and Floating Nuclear Plants - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Karl Grossman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Russia recently launched the first of what it says will be many floating nuclear plants that it will moor off its coastline and sell to nations around the world.

Heather Taylor-Miesle: Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: FL-02 - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Heather Taylor-Miesle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Originally posted on The MarkUp. This is the ninth article in a continuing series by the NRDC Action Fund on the environmental stances of candidates...

Enbridge Announces New Athabasca Oilsands Pipeline Expansion - CommonDreams.org Headlines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Dina O'Meara

Enbridge Inc. will be investing $185 million to expand its Athabasca oilsands pipeline in time to accommodate new volumes from Cenovus Energy's Christina Lake project, the pipeline giant said.

The announcement Thursday was the second in less than a week about projects in the northeast corner of Alberta.

The newest expansion will boost capacity of the Athabasca pipeline to 430,000 barrels per day when it comes online by the fall of 2013, Enbridge said.

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan (AP) - Yahoo: Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

AP - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics.

IEA Sees More Reliance on OPEC Oil - Wall St. Journal: US

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The global dependency on the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for oil will rise as production by non-OPEC nations falls.

China Environmental News Alert - Switchboard, from NRDC

Greenlaw from NRDC China — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NRDC has been working in China for over twelve years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental governance and public participation, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation...

Feds launch investigation of Gulf platform fire - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan - Seattle Times: Business & Technology

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics.

Feds launch investigation of Gulf platform fire - Minnesota Public Radio: News

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

Earl lashes N.C. coast, officials survey damage - MSNBC

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Earl lashes N.C. coast, officials survey damage

Obama's Stimulus: 'The Most Ambitious Energy Legislation In History' - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

TIME — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For starters, the Recovery Act is the most ambitious energy legislation in history, converting the Energy Department into the world's largest venture-capital fund. It's pouring...

'Fresh Air': Daniel Wu And Clean Air Network's Comerical For Avoiding Pollution With Canned Air (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Travis Walter Donovan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hong Kong's Clean Air Network has decided to ditch the frighteningly serious approach to raising awareness about the health concerns of air pollution, and is...

France to Have 3,000 MW of Offshore Wind by 2015 - Environmental News Network

Edouard Stenger — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

According to Agence France Presse (AFP), the French government will launch next month a tender for contracts of 10 billion euros ($12.6 billion) to build 3,000 MW of offshore wind capacity. 600 wind turbines will be implemented within five to ten sites in Normandy, Brittany and the regions of Pays de la Loire and Languedoc. They are scheduled to start producing electricity by 2015.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform Explodes, Fueling Debate Over Offshore Drilling - CommonDreams.org Headlines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Erika Niedowski and Ben Geman

An explosion Thursday on a Gulf of Mexico oil platform thrust the politics of offshore drilling back in the spotlight, as critics immediately seized on the accident to highlight what they called the industry's inherent dangers.

The explosion and fire happened Thursday morning at a production platform at Vermilion Block 380, about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, according to its owner, Houston-based Mariner Energy, Inc.

Tiny Vt. electric utility taking steps to sell - Boston Globe: Vermont

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tiny Vt. electric utility taking steps to sell

Solar Storm - Alternative Energy and Fuel News - ENN

Andy Soos, ENN — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A geomagnetic storm (or solar storm) is a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a massive solar flares or related sun output. A geomagnetic storm is caused by a solar wind shock wave which typically strikes the Earth's magnetic field 3 days after the event on the sun. The effect on the earth can be small or it can be large. Astronomers are predicting that a massive solar storm, much bigger in potential than the one that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month, will strike our planet in 2012 with a force of 100 million hydrogen bombs. This is far larger than average.

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan - AP Business

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By 2010-09-03T12:29:08Z

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics....

Obama versus the world on jobs (Politico) - Yahoo: Politics

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Politico - The president doesn’t mind throwing a few elbows at allies and rivals when it comes to the economy.