"The Global Coal Renaissance Is the Most Important Climate Story Today"
"If you only focused on the United States, you might think coal's days were numbered."
Source: Vox, 07/09/2015
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Oil-Friendly Okla., Gov. Moved Slowly on 'Awkward' Issue of Quakes"
"As she knocked on the federal government's door for aid in the wake of a damaging earthquake in 2011, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) avoided talking about one aspect of the earthquake -- its cause."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/09/2015
Methane Emissions in Texas Fracking Region 50% Above EPA Estimates
"Environmental Defense Fund-backed studies of 30,000 Barnett Shale wells shows the EPA has vastly underestimated emissions."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/09/2015
"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
"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
