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CO2 Emissions for 2011

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Energy, Fracking, Fukushima, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, European Union, United States, Weather, Nuclear, China, Coal, Japan, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Energy Use, Statistically Speaking, Oil, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrofracking, India, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Nuclear Power, International Energy Agency, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Global Temperatures, Green News

Sobering numbers from the International Energy Agency. IEA's estimates for global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2011 are in. Draw your own conclusions.

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Knocking the Wind Out of U.S. Energy Options

Elliott Negin | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Oil Subsidies, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Natural Gas, Department of Energy, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Coal, Production Tax Credit, Green News

Renewables currently generate only about 5 percent of U.S. electricity, but by 2030 they have the potential to produce more than 40 percent, half coming from wind. And yet, unless Congress acts soon, the wind industry will have to trim its sails.

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'Green News Report' - May 22, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, Military, Electricity, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Department of Energy, Global Warming Deniers, Asia, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Ipcc, Biofuels, Darrell Issa, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Republicans, Green News

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CO Supreme Court Rules Against Pipeline Company

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Energy, Video, Wyoming Natural Gas, Sinclair Pipeline Company, Sinclair Pipeline Lawsuit, Colorado Pipeline Lawsuit, Natural Gas, Colorado Gas Lawsuit, Wyoming Gas Company, Wyoming Pipeline Company, Sinclair Pipeline, Colorado Natural Gas, Ap, Green News

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a Wyoming pipeline company has no right to condemn property in Colorado for a high-pressure ...

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How Rural America Got Fracked

Ellen Cantarow | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Hydropower, Hydrofracking, EPA Fracking, Fracking Water, Fracking, Natural Gas Fracking, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Fracking Wisconsin, U.S. Fracking, Green News

Food or frac-sand: it's a decision of vital importance across the country, but one most Americans don't even realize is being made -- largely by multinational corporations and dwindling numbers of yeoman farmers in what some in this country would call "the real America."

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For Farmers, Fracking Could Mean Salvation-- Or Ruin

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Department of Environmental Conservation, Fracking, Ny News, Gas Drilling, Fracking New York, Gas Drilling New York, Natural Gas, New York News, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. -- When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riche...

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The Climate Post: Stakes High as Negotiators Begin Climate Talks in Germany

Tim Profeta | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia, Climate, Nuclear Power, Epa, Environment, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Japan, Green News

The meeting in Bonn, Germany this week was the first since the 2011 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Durban where leaders initially agreed to put together a plan that would limit Earth-warming emissions.

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'Green News Report' - May 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Military, Electricity, Department of Energy, Asia, Britain, Biofuels, Ipcc, Darrell Issa, BP Oil Spill, Solyndra, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: House GOP...

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Jeff Bingaman, Economics, Massachusetts v. EPA, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Fuel Economy, Pollution, Power Plants, Clean Air Act, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy Standard, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Copenhagen Accord, Renewables, Hydropower, Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solar Power, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Green News

Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs.

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Does New Mexico's Oil And Gas Industry Need More Inspectors?

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Energy, New Mexico Natural Gas, New Mexico Oil and Gas, Oil Gas Industry Regulations, Video, Nm Oil and Gas, Oil Gas Industry Inspections, New Mexico, New Mexico Oil Gas, Natural Gas, Nm Oil Gas Regulations, Ap, New Mexico Oil Gas Inspections, Green News

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators, who are grappling with how to best regulate the oil and natural gas industry, heard Thursday from energ...

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'Green News Report' - May 15, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Asian Carp, Antarctica, Green Jobs, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Epa, Wave Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Portland Oregon, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Grover Norquist, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Vermont, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Noaa, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Leon Panetta, Republicans, Green News

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Oil Seeps and Slicks Studied Near BP's Macondo Well

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.15.2012

Scientists say oil and gas seeps surrounding BP's Deepwater Horizon well appear to be mostly natural and to pre-date the 2010 spill.

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To Frack Or Not To Frack In NY; Drillers Face Bans

AP | MARY ESCH | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Hydrofracking, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, New York News, Fracking, Ny News, Gas Drilling, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. -- With all the restrictions in proposed state regulations and local bans, gas companies say about half of their lease holdings in the lu...

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'Green News Report' - May 10, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Gas Prices, Asian Carp, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Antarctica, Vermont, Wave Energy, Offshore Drilling, Clean Energy Standard, Oil Spill, Portland Oregon, Grover Norquist, Mitt Romney, Wind Energy, Noaa, Fox News, Leon Panetta, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The deepe...

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Sanders, Ellison Unveil Legislation To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Taxpayer Subsidies, Oil and Gas Subsidies, May Boeve, 350.Org, Friends of the Earth, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Oil, Keith Ellison, Bernie Sanders, Natural Gas, Rep. Keith Ellison, Bill Mckibben, Coal, Senator Bernie Sanders, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) teamed up on Thursday to introduce legislation design...

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Obama's Soros-Controlled Energy Council

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Cecilia Munoz, NAT GAS Act, George Soros, Natural Gas, Green Energy, Politics News

If natural gas is an already cheap and abundant source of energy, why would we subsidize it? The answer may be found with the Soros Management Fund.

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Ohio Republicans Turn Against Their Governor on Behalf of the Oil Industry

Carl Pope | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, John Kasich, Koch Brothers, Natural Gas, Ohio, Ohio Oil Taxes, Ohio Tea Party, Oil Taxes, Tea Party, Green News

A rock-ribbed reactionary Governor who proposes a very modest tax increase on oil and gas that would not even begin to raise Ohio taxes to those in Texas and Oklahoma is broadsided by his own party.

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Federal Fracking Regulations Cover Only A Sliver Of Land

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: EPA Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Fracking, Epa, Epa Fracking Regulations, Blm, Epa Fracking Rules, Natural Gas, EPA Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Epa Natural Gas, Epa Draft Fracking Rules, Green News

ProPublica's Lena Groeger Reports: Last week’s media coverage of the Obama administration’s newly-proposed fracking rules focused so heavily on...

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'Green News Report' - May 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, 350.Org, France, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Pipeline, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Connect the Dots, Dept. Of Energy, Aei, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Warren Buffett, Sustainability, James Hansen, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Wildlife; Endangered Species; Wind Energy, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

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Private Equity Hearts Oil

The Huffington Post | D.M. Levine | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Crude Oil Prices, Oil Exploration, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Exploration, Private Equity, Investors, Video, Business News

Private equity loves oil and gas. The money private-equity firms spent on deals in the oil-and-gas industry reached at least a 20-year high in the...

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First Statewide Fracking Ban May Soon Pass

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Video, Vermont Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, Vermont Fracking, Statewide Fracking Ban, Fracking Ban, Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking Law, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Ap, Vermont Fracking Ban, Green News

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont appears on the verge of enacting the nation's first statewide ban of a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique c...

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Doctors Ask Gas Drilling Companies What They Have To Hide

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Stephanie Hallowich, Video, Pennsylvania, Gas Companies, Fracking, Chris Hallowich, Pennsylvania Drilling, Gas Drilling, Hydrofracking, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas Industry, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Pennsylvania Fracking, Business News

The pressure is mounting on gas companies to reveal what they know about the possible health side effects of their activities. More voices are cal...

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'Green News Report' - May 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Aei, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, 350.Org, France, Greenpeace, Colorado, Protest, Britain, Dept. Of Energy, Connect the Dots, James Hansen, Warren Buffett, Wildlife; Endangered Species; Wind Energy, Green News

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U.S. Shale Boom Causes Rise In Waste Gas Pollution

Reuters | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Energy, Fracking Flaring, Video, US Shale Gas, Shale Gas, Fracking, Fracking Boom, US Fracking, Shale Gas Flaring, Natural Gas, Shale Gas Boom, US Shale Boom, Reuters, Green News

* Gas flaring rises for first time since 2008-World Bank * Energy producers burn $100 bln of unused gas a year * World f...

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'Green News Report' - May 1, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Climate Scientists, Drought, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Dow Chemical, Climate Science, Exxonmobil, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Pacific Garbage Patch, Wildlife; Endangered Species; ALEC, Poll, Pipeline, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Electric Cars, Clouds, Ibm, Fisheries, Overfishing, American Legislative Exchange Council, Nrc, Water, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Oceans, Aei, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

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