NewsRack: 'Oil and Gas' news in 'Energy-National' topic for user flenvcenter

Editiorial \| Notebook: The Oil Extremists	25.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Editiorial \| Notebook: The Oil Extremists
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Good News For The Coney Island Aquarium!	25.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK — Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney...
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Wired Space Photo of the Day: Supermassive Black Hole Jets	25.5.2013	Wired Top Stories
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Supermassive Black Hole Jets
Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps	25.5.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
Agriculture remains one of the nation's most dangerous professions; accidents on farms kill hundreds and injure thousands each year. To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of farmers have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards.
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Protecting Communities from Fracking's Impacts	25.5.2013	Switchboard, from NRDC
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City: With fracking already underway in 30 states and advancing at a breakneck speed, safeguards have not been adequate to protect communities, public health or the environment. I’ve seen the damage from the oil and gas industry’s unfettered advance firsthand. My...
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New Computer Attacks Come From Iran, Officials Say	25.5.2013	NY Times: Business
New Computer Attacks Come From Iran, Officials Say
Letters: Devising a Strategy for Climate Change	25.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Letters: Devising a Strategy for Climate Change
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Fuel Cells Could Offer Cheap Carbon-Dioxide Storage	25.5.2013	Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories
A new type of fuel cell could make CO2 storage cheaper, but it could also prove to be a good way to pump more oil out of the ground. The electrochemical reactions that occur inside fuel cells to generate electricity could provide a cheap way to selectively remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust gases of fossil-fuel power plants. The same reactions could concentrate the carbon dioxide, allowing it to be stored underground. The fuel cell could also be used to generate electricity, providing revenue to offset its cost. ...
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Metals and agricultural futures prices slip; energy futures end mostly lower	25.5.2013	Star Tribune: Business

Oil ends week down 2 pct on tepid demand outlook	25.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell 2 percent this week, as oil traders worried about global demand and shared the stock market's concerns about possible changes to the Federal Reserve economic stimulus program.
Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Nation & World
Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.
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Groups Slam Environmental Defense Fund for Fracking "Greenwash"	24.5.2013	CommonDreams.org Headlines
Environmental groups and activists slammed the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) this week for partnering with a coalition of Big Energy companies and pro-fracking groups, saying there is "nothing sustainable about shale oil or shale gas." "Greenwashing" is what the groups called the move, following the disclosure that the Executive Director of EDF, Fred Krupp, had joined the board of directors of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD). read ...
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Wis. farmers, firefighters partner on hazards maps	24.5.2013	Yahoo: US National
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Without even thinking, Joe Ortner rattles off a list of items on his family's dairy farm that could kill you: 1,000 gallons of diesel, 500 gallons of gas, cleaning chemicals in the milking parlor, oil and lubricant for repair work and a 6-foot-deep manure pond in which you could drown.
What if the world has an endless supply of oil?	24.5.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
Charles Mann discusses the world's oil sources and argues we could have an infinite supply due to new technology and discovery of new reserves.
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William Astore: Biocide: A Memorial Day for Planet Earth	24.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
For our children and their children, Memorial Day weekend may become a time to reflect on another loved one lost: Mother Earth.
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Iran Hacks Energy Firms, U.S. Says	24.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: World
Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions, according to current and former U.S. officials.
Carl Pope: The Big Lie on Natural Gas Exports	24.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
What is mystifying is why almost all of America's political class is willing to support a set of policy decisions whose outcomes will be to impoverish most Americans and weaken the nation.
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday.
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Wyden: FracFocus a 'constructive' tool on drilling	24.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. ...
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Climate change: Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions match his rhetoric	24.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: National News
California Gov. Jerry Brown helped showcase scientists' new call to urgent action on climate change, but critics say he's diverting money away from that goal for the next year.
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