At Doha: Calls To Stop Funding Climate Problem with Fossil Subsidies
"DOHA, Qatar -- Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump."
Source: AP, 12/04/2012
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'Threatened' Listing Proposed for Bird in Plains Energy Region
"The Interior Department [Friday] proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the lesser prairie chicken, a grayish-brown grouse whose native grasslands and prairie habitat in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas has declined by about 84 percent."
Source: Greenwire, 12/03/2012
"Tidal Wave of Money Coming To Make California Schools Greener"
"During the fall campaign, California's attention was focused on the presidential race and Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure. But in a historic, largely overlooked environmental shift, the state's voters also triggered a multibillion-dollar tidal wave of new green spending."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 12/03/2012
Sea Trial Leaves Shell's Arctic Oil-Spill Gear "Crushed Like A Beer Can"
Shell Oil and federal regulators have been tight-lipped about a failed test of the energy giant's Arctic oil-spill equipment, currently under construction in Washington state. But a freedom-of-information request by KUOW reveals what went wrong beneath the surface of Puget Sound.
Source: KUOW, 12/03/2012
"After 12 Years of Research, Hog-Waste Disposal Still Reeks"
"YADKINVILLE -- Google, of all companies, last year got into the business of hog poop."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 11/30/2012
"Frack Secrets by Thousands Keep U.S. Clueless on Wells"
"A subsidiary of Nabors Industries Ltd. pumped a mixture of chemicals identified only as “EXP- F0173-11” into a half-dozen oil wells in rural Karnes County, Texas, in July. Few people outside Nabors, the largest onshore drilling contractor by revenue, know exactly what’s in that blend. This much is clear: One ingredient, an unidentified solvent, can cause damage to the kidney and liver, according to safety information about the product that Michigan state regulators have on file."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/30/2012
"Livestock Falling Ill in Fracking Regions"
"In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling sick and dying. While scientists have yet to isolate cause and effect, many suspect chemicals used in drilling and hydrofracking, or fracking, operations are poisoning animals through the air, water or soil."
Source: FERN Network, 11/30/2012
"BP's Dispersant Allowed Oil To Penetrate Beaches More Deeply"
A new study suggests that BP's use of dispersants during the 2010 Gulf oil spill likely allowed oil to penetrate beaches more deeply, making harmful effects last longer.
Source: Mother Jones, 11/30/2012
"Latest Sanction Against BP Goes Beyond Gulf Spill"
"When the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's 'lack of business integrity' and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill. The sanction, however, has been years in the making."
Source: ProPublica, 11/30/2012
"Saudi-Led Oil Lobby Group Financed 2012 Dark Money Attack Ads"
"The 'American' in American Petroleum Institute, the country's largest oil lobby group, is a misnomer. As I reported for The Nation in August, the group has changed over the years, and is now led by men like Tofiq Al-Gabsani, a Saudi Arabian national who heads a Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) subsidiary, the state-run oil company that also helps finance the American Petroleum Institute. Al-Gabsani is also a registered foreign agent for the Saudi government."
Source: Nation, 11/30/2012
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