"Japan Reactivates Monju Nuclear Reactor"
"Japan's Atomic Energy Agency says it has restarted a controversial nuclear reactor, more than 14 years after its operations were suspended."
Source: BBC News, 05/07/2010
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"Interior Suspends Planned Va. Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale"
"As the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill raises questions about the safety of offshore drilling, the Interior Department has indefinitely suspended plans for an oil and gas lease sale off the Virginia coastline."
Source: Greenwire, 05/07/2010
"Scientists Decry 'Assaults' on Climate Research"
"More than 250 U.S. scientists on Thursday defended climate change research against 'political assaults' and warned that any delay in tackling global warming heightens the risk of a planet-wide catastrophe."
Source: Reuters, 05/07/2010
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell Record 7 Percent in 2009: EIA"
"U.S. emissions of the main greenhouse gas from fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas fell a record 7 percent in 2009 due to the recession and more efficient use of fuels, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2010
"Nelson Pledges to Filibuster Climate Bill With Drilling"
"Anti-drilling Democrats pledged on Tuesday to block any climate and energy bill that would pave the way for new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of the United States, stepping up the heat on what was already a contentious issue in the Senate debate."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/05/2010
"Lawsuits Take Aim at America's First Offshore Wind Farm"
"A stack of lawsuits is piling up against the federal government in response to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's April 28 decision to approve the Cape Wind project, America's first offshore wind farm."
Source: ENS, 05/03/2010
"Gulf Spill Could Have Alaska Repercussions"
"The oil gushing from a Gulf of Mexico oil well has the potential to touch Alaska in many ways."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 05/03/2010
"Climate Bill Could Be Harmed By Gulf Oil Spill"
"A historic environmental protection bill is in danger after a massive oil spill put a new focus on the perils of offshore drilling, a feature that was supposed to win wider support for the legislation."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/03/2010
"Rig Explosion Dirties BP's Green Image"
"BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes 'beyond petroleum.' That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company's inability to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: AP, 04/30/2010
Federal Agencies Launch Investigations into Rig Explosion, Fire
"The US government made its first major moves on Apr. 27 in response to the Apr. 20 explosion and fire on the Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig in the Gulf of Mexico as the Departments of Interior and Homeland Security launched a joint investigation."
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, 04/30/2010
