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Gas explosion reported in Washington Parish, Louisiana
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18.6.2013 |
Yahoo: US National |
| (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff's office in Washington Parish said its officers and other first responders were on the scene of the explosion. The dispatchers at the sheriff's office gave no details, including whether there were any injuries. According to local media, Florida Gas owns the pipeline and shut down the gas line. ... |
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Nobel Laureates: Reject the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline and "Be on the Right Side of History"
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18.6.2013 |
Switchboard, from NRDC |
| Danielle Droitsch, Director, Canada Project, Washington, D.C.:
Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A letter from 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners addressed to both the President and Secretary of State Kerry announced by the Nobel Women's Initiative... |
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Oil prices climb above $98 before US Fed meeting
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18.6.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| The price of oil climbed back above $98 a barrel Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. |
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US consumer prices rise just 0.1 pct in May
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18.6.2013 |
Yahoo: Top Stories |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices rose slightly in May as higher energy costs were partly offset by cheaper food. The small increase comes after two straight declines, underscoring that American consumers are benefiting from mild inflation. ... |
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Gas explosion reported in Washington Parish, Louisiana
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18.6.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Nation |
| Gas explosion reported in Washington Parish, Louisiana |
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Minnesota has fifth fastest-growing economy in nation
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18.6.2013 |
MinnPost |
| Unless numbers have started to lie … Martin Moylan’s MPR story says: “Minnesota has one of the fastest-growing economies in the country, says a study by the U.S Bureau of Economic Analysis. The federal agency says Minnesota tied California for fifth place in growth of gross domestic product last year . That's a measure of durable-goods manufacturing, construction, mining, agriculture, wholesale trade, and finance and insurance. … Oil-rich North Dakota had the fastest-growing economy in 2012 with a GDP growth rate of 13.4 percent. Texas was second with 4.8 percent growth, followed by Oregon with 3.9 percent, and Washington with 3.6 percent.”
Most likely related … There seems to be a run of Minnesota-Wisconsin comparison stories lately. Here’s another, from Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “[B]ased on how they are being governed, you would think they were two different planets. Wisconsin has been cutting taxes, curbing unions, expanding private-school vouchers and rejecting ... |
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Analysis: Companies may turn to courts on U.S. natural gas export push
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18.6.2013 |
Yahoo: Business |
| By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies hoping to export natural gas are frustrated by lengthy delays and rule changes as they await U.S. Department of Energy approval of their applications and may turn to the courts to speed up the process. Both the slow pace of decisions on applications to ship U.S. liquefied natural gas abroad and the process for making those decisions could be challenged, legal sources say. Potential strategies could be laid out during a House of Representatives panel on Tuesday, which will focus on the current impediments to U.S. LNG exports. ... ... |
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Selectively Targeting Aerosol Pollutants Could Reduce Climate Change
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18.6.2013 |
Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories |
| Zeroing in on black carbon may slow the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions. Cutting our overall use of fossil fuels has proved a daunting challenge, but it might be possible to get some relief from the effects of climate change by selectively reducing the particulate pollution we produce. Recent research suggests that if we can clean up diesel engines and primitive cookstoves in India and China, for example, that could delay the effects of greenhouse-gas buildup even if pollution from coal-fired power plants persists. A study released last week concludes that if every country were to do what California has done in the last couple of decades to clean up diesel emissions, it would slow down global warming by 15 percent. Reducing similar pollution from sources such as ships and cookstoves—which weren’t included in the study—could help even more. |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
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Untapped Potential
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18.6.2013 |
Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories |
| A 1938 article anticipated the opportunities—and challenges—of harnessing the sun’s energy. Excerpted from “Converting Sunlight into Power,” from the June 1938 issue of Technology Review. |
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[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
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Obama considers sweeping climate plan
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18.6.2013 |
LA Times: Nation |
| Obama considers sweeping climate plan |
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Major Company Partners With 'Solar For Sandy' Project
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18.6.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Following a successful pilot run in Far Rockaway Queens, party hardy environmental organization Global Green USA is moving forward... |
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Coal, oil and gas are killing climate
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18.6.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Environment News |
| The Australians might be expected to be a little isolated from the global effects of climate change. Not true, plus they seem to be possibly the most aware of the dangers of selling their coal to Asia while suffering some terrible effects from global warming. |
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Chesapeake hires former SEC lawyer as compliance officer
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18.6.2013 |
Yahoo: Business |
| HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp on Monday named as chief compliance officer a lawyer the oil and gas company had previously hired to respond to an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Patrick Craine, a partner with the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani and former attorney in the SEC's Fort Worth, Texas, office, was hired to augment the company's regulatory and legal compliance efforts, Chesapeake's new chief executive officer, Doug Lawler, said in a statement. ... |
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The Seychelles islands get their first wind farm (6MW) to replace dirty diesel generators
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18.6.2013 |
TreeHugger |
The Seychelles are a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 miles east of the coast of Africa. The archipelago currently relies on expensive and dirty diesel generators to produce most of its electricity. |
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For St. Paul, Edina house explosions, 2 gas suppliers fined
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18.6.2013 |
Twincities.com: Local |
| Investigations have closed in two February 2010 house explosions, with fines levied against two gas companies. |
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State: Confusion over underground gas lines caused Edina house blast
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18.6.2013 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| A natural gas explosion that leveled an Edina family’s home occurred because a contractor hit a pipeline underground that it didn’t know existed despite checking ahead. |
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State: Confusion over gas lines underground set off house-leveling blast in Edina
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18.6.2013 |
Star Tribune: Local |
| A natural gas explosion that leveled an Edina family’s home occurred because a contractor hit a pipeline underground that it didn’t know existed despite checking ahead. |
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Sarah van Gelder: Climate Change Is Happening, But We Can Meet the Challenge
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17.6.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| It can be hard for youth to deal with the overwhelming effects of climate change. But, by taking action, we can erode the hold that oil, fracking, and coal has on people and the environment. |
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A New Debate In Fracking
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17.6.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| SAN FRANCISCO -- The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock... |
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Outgoing U.S. Ambassador: Keystone Decision 'Very Important' To Canada
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17.6.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| TORONTO -- Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson says the Obama administration knows how important the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada but... |
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