Two House Committees OK Drilling Reform Bills
On Thursday two powerful House committees approved separate drilling reform bills, raising the possibility that the House would meld and pass them soon.
Source: E2 Wire, 07/16/2010
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"Hundreds Say Ban Gas Drilling"
"Passions ran high at a meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission, which is in the process of writing regulations governing drilling in the river basin."
Source: Bucks County Courier Times, 07/15/2010
"The Ute Paradox"
"A small Colorado tribe takes control of its energy resources and becomes a billion-dollar corporation — but has it gone too far?"
Source: High Country News, 07/15/2010
"Senate Democrats to Pursue a Smaller Energy Bill"
"President Obama and Senate Democrats have decided to press ahead in the next two weeks with a scaled-back energy bill that limits carbon pollution by power plants but not by other industries in an effort to salvage the legislation before midterm elections."
Source: NYTimes, 07/15/2010
"Army Corps Considering Coal Ash To Fix Levees"
"The Army Corps of Engineers wants to use ash cast off from coal-fired electrical generation to shore up dozens of miles of Mississippi River levees, drawing fire from environmentalists worried that heavy metals from the filler might make their way into the river."
Source: AP, 07/14/2010
"US To Use More Ethanol in 2011, But Smaller Market Share"
"Ethanol and other renewable fuels must account for 7.95 percent of total gasoline sales in 2011 to meet Congress' mandate for 13.95 billion gallons of renewable fuels expected to be produced next year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 07/14/2010
"Oil-Industry Group Hires New Leader for Media Team"
"As it works to reshape the oil industry's image, American Petroleum Institute's media shop has nabbed a former spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce."
Source: Greenwire, 07/14/2010
"Concerns Spread Over Environmental Costs of Producing Shale Gas"
More immediate than the Gulf oil spill to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection are the gushers, spills, and accidents from the gas drilling boom in the state.
Source: ClimateWire, 07/14/2010
"A Watchdog’s Warning on Nuclear Waste"
This week a blue-ribbon commission on nuclear waste will hold two days of hearings on alternatives to the now-stalled Yucca Mountain disposal site.
Source: Green (NYT), 07/13/2010
"U.S. Issues Revised Offshore Drilling Ban"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued revised rules on Monday for a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, replacing an earlier one that had been declared invalid by federal courts."
Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2010
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