"Senate Confirms Physicist Moniz as Energy Chief"
"The Senate has unanimously confirmed President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department."
Source: AP, 05/17/2013
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"U.S.: Disclose Fracking Chemicals on Public Land"
"The Obama administration said Thursday it will require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natural gas production.
Source: AP, 05/17/2013
"China Granted Observer Seat on Arctic Governing Council"
"The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet's Far North."
Source: Reuters, 05/16/2013
"Europe Raids 3 Companies in an Inquiry on Oil Prices"
"LONDON — The authorities on Tuesday raided the offices of several oil companies and an industry data provider as part of a broader inquiry by the European Commission into potential price manipulation."
Source: NY Times, 05/15/2013
"Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths"
"CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. -- It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground."
Source: AP, 05/14/2013
"Plans To Export US Natural Gas Stir Debate"
"A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking."
Source: AP, 05/14/2013
"White House Arctic Strategy: What's Next for Oil, Gas Drilling?"
"The tension between conservation and oil and gas drilling is evident in the White House's new Arctic strategy paper. Shifting economic, climatic, and regulatory realities have contributed to what is at least a temporary pause in Arctic oil and gas drilling."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/14/2013
"EPA: Boxer Sets Vote To Move McCarthy Nomination, Republicans Or No"
"Saying she hopes Republicans on the panel will attend, Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer announced plans for a second attempt to vote on the 'important nomination' of Gina McCarthy to head U.S. EPA."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/13/2013
"Stabenow Releases Senate Farm Bill Draft"
"Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Thursday released her draft 2013 farm bill."
Source: The Hill, 05/13/2013
"Valley Fever Throws Baseball a Curve Ball"
"Conor Jackson had a big bat and a bright future. But after he contracted a rare illness in 2009 while playing with the Arizona Diamondbacks he was never quite the same."
Source: Daily Climate, 05/10/2013
