"U.S. Approves 1,100 Megawatts of Wind, Solar Projects"
"The U.S. approved three renewable- energy projects to be built on federal land in California and Nevada."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/14/2013
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"Fracking Fluid Suppliers Defend Trade Secrets on West Coast"
"Makers of the specialty cocktails used to crack open the Earth and set loose gobs of oil and gas are sparring once again on behalf of their corner of the energy industry."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/13/2013
Keystone Report Skirts Climate Analysis Required Under Law: Lawyers
"State Department assessment focused on market response to rejection, rather than the climate impact and environmental cost of a pipeline approval."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/13/2013
"Climate-Minded Shareholders Ask How Coal Fares If Regulation Tightens"
"Two advocacy groups have come up with a new tactic to show how climate change—and laws to deal with it—could make investments in fossil fuel companies riskier and rock financial markets."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/13/2013
"Are Methane Hydrates the Next Big Energy Source? Japan Hopes So."
Japan has successfully extracted natural gas from methane hydrates ("fire ice") 1,000 feet below the seabed.
Source: Wash Post, 03/13/2013
Off-Record Meeting: "Energy and Climate on the White House Agenda"
"President Obama hosted a casual off-the-record meeting with a diverse group of energy and climate change experts at the White House on Thursday evening, officials and participants said Friday."
Source: NY Times, 03/12/2013
"What Coal-Train Dust Means For Human Health"
"TSAWWASSEN, B.C. — With five coal export terminals under consideration in Washington and Oregon, Northwest residents are grappling for the first time with issues that are old hat in coal states like West Virginia and Kentucky. One of those issues: coal dust."
Source: EarthFix/KUOW, 03/12/2013
"Chemical And Gas Suppliers Battle Over LNG Exports"
"The U.S. is in the midst of an energy transformation. Technologies that free fossil-fuel reserves, once trapped in shale, have radically shrunk natural gas imports. By 2020, the nation is expected to produce more gas than it needs. As the country approaches this milestone, it faces a question long asked in other countries with abundant energy resources: How much should we use at home and how much should we sell abroad?"
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, 03/12/2013
"Nuclear Industry Withers in U.S. as Wind Pummels Prices: Energy"
"A glut of government-subsidized wind power may help accomplish a goal some environmentalists have sought for decades: kill off U.S. nuclear power plants while reducing reliance on electricity from burning coal."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/11/2013
"Fracking's 'Revolving Door' Draws a Warning"
"Many of Pennsylvania's policymakers, regulators and enforcement workers have come from the oil and gas industry they oversee, or they leave state jobs for industry jobs, according to a recent report that questions the impacts of such a "revolving door" on public policy decisions."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/11/2013
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