"Mountaintop Removal Coal Output Drops 62 Percent"
"Coal production from the controversial mountaintop removal mining technique has dropped nearly two thirds in the last six years."
Source: The Hill, 07/08/2015
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"Refracking Is the New Fracking"
Drilling companies see further profits and longer well life in reworking the wells that have been producing hydrocarbons from hydraulic fracturing in horizontal well bores.
Source: Bloomberg, 07/08/2015
"White House Solar Plan Aims at Low- and Middle-Income People"
"The Obama administration on Tuesday announced an initiative to help low- and middle-income Americans gain access to solar energy, part of a series of steps President Obama is taking to tackle climate change, according to administration officials."
Source: NY Times, 07/08/2015
"One of Shell’s Arctic Drilling Ships Hits a Snag"
"In another setback for Shell Oil’s summer Arctic drilling plans, a ship headed for the Shell prospect in the Chukchi Sea off northwest Alaska was forced to return to Dutch Harbor Friday after a hole was discovered in its hull."
Source: ENS, 07/08/2015
"Rising Number of Local Governments Set Targets To Cut Emissions"
"Twenty local governments, representing areas producing 5 percent of global climate-changing emissions, have committed to targets to cut those emissions, with the majority also setting goals for renewable energy, a platform uniting them said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 07/06/2015
Once Hailed as Panacea, Carbon Capture and Storage "Is Not Happening"
"One of the much-heralded solutions to climate change which its supporters believe could enable the world to continue to burn fossil fuels looks likely to be a failure."
Source: Climate News Network, 07/06/2015
"Solar-Powered Plane Lands in Hawaii, Pilot Sets Nonstop Record"
"A Swiss man attempting to circumnavigate the globe with an aircraft powered only by the sun's energy landed in Hawaii on Friday, after a record-breaking five-day nonstop solo flight across the Pacific Ocean from Japan."
Source: Reuters, 07/06/2015
"BP to Pay $18.7 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"
"NEW ORLEANS — An $18.7 billion settlement announced Thursday of all federal, state and local claims against the oil giant BP arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill would be the largest environmental settlement — and the largest civil settlement with any single entity — in the nation’s history, officials said Thursday.
Source: NY Times, 07/03/2015
"Polar Bears Face Steep Declines Because of Melting Sea Ice: US Study"
"Imperiled polar bears will see a population crash in most parts of the Arctic Ocean if global greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates, causing accelerated melting of the sea ice the bruins depend on for survival, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 07/02/2015
"Six States Increasing Gas Taxes on July 1"
"Six states are scheduled to increase their gas taxes on July 1 to help pay for transportation projects, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)."
Source: The Hill, 07/01/2015
