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Panel Urges Research on Geoengineering as a Tool Against Climate Change
Panel Urges Research on Geoengineering as a Tool Against Climate Change -New York Times 2/10/2015… Read More
EPA wants further review of Keystone XL
A statement from the EPA on how low oil prices may influence decisions on Keystone XL pipeline ruffled feathers, with the industry crying foul. The Environmental Protection Agency said assessments made to date on the pipeline meant to cross the U.S.-Canadian border should be re-evaluated because crude oil prices are about… Read More
The trade-off of fossil fuels’ billions in subsidies
Here are a couple of things to keep in mind today as President Obama sends his budget to Congress: Most Americans believe that our air should be clean, that college should be cheap, and that disadvantaged children should have food and preschool. Even at a time… Read More
Bad idea: Shells gearing up to start drilling in the Arctic again
Despite major risks and the dropping price of oil, the company plans to resume oil exploration this summer Neither risk of an oil spill nor global climate change nor the falling price of oil will keep Shell from exploiting the Arctic’s oil. After suspending its Arctic program for years following… Read More
Senate approves Keystone XL pipeline bill
The Republican-controlled Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline, defying a presidential veto threat and setting up the first of many battles with the White House over energy and the environment. Senate approves Keystone XL pipeline bill -Al Jazeera 1/29/2015… Read More
Obama ignores Obama on climate change
President Obama is once again contradicting himself on climate change. His new push for offshore oil and gas drilling is just the latest instance. Last week, in his State of the Union address, Obama reiterated at length the urgent threat climate change presents and the importance of taking decisive action… Read More
Senate passes Keystone XL bill with amendments
The U.S. Senate has passed its Keystone XL bill, but an anticipated veto is expected to rupture the pipeline project. Senators voted 62-36 on the bill Thursday to bypass the Obama administration’s review of the Keystone XL, five short of the number needed to overturn a potential rejection by the… Read More
US Loans Fueled Insider Deal, Failed Power Plan in Liberia
The auburn-red soil and lush green vegetation lured the foreign investors to Liberia’s third-largest city with visions of environmental gold. They formed a company, Buchanan Renewables, and set anchor, crafting a plan to convert swaths of rubber trees into biomass chips that would power the impoverished nation and fuel their… Read More
The State of the Union and cognitive dissonance
In thinking through President Obama’s sixth and penultimate State of the Union address, I’ll admit to having wildly mixed thoughts and emotions. Generally, I thought this was one of his best State of the Union addresses, and reflected on why the president was elected in 2008. The values-laden speech… Read More
28,000 comments submitted on Whatcom oil dock marked ‘spam’
About 28,000 public comments submitted by environmentalists about a controversial oil-shipping dock in Whatcom County went missing after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ email system marked them as “malicious spam.” 28,000 comments submitted on Whatcom oil dock marked ‘spam’ -Associated Press 1/25/2015… Read More