http://www.mail.com/subjects/12910-energy-environment.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12910-energy-environment.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. Wyden, D-Ore., stopped short of endorsing the website, FracFocus.org, but... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html 2013-05-23T21:21:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103328-house-passes-gop-bill-to-speed-pipeline-approval.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. The bill was approved, 241-175, largely along party lines. Republicans said t... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103328-house-passes-gop-bill-to-speed-pipeline-approval.html 2013-05-23T00:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices. Moniz, who was sworn in Tuesday as the nation's new energy chief,... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:47:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100250-moniz-lng-exports-hold-until-data-reviewed.html 2013-05-21T20:47:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands will be required to disclose publicly the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natu... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:38:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2091338-interior-issues-drilling-rule-public-land.html 2013-05-16T22:38:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090908-senate-confirms-physicist-moniz-energy-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration.... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:13:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090908-senate-confirms-physicist-moniz-energy-chief.html 2013-05-16T20:13:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even tho... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html 2013-05-14T21:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and aut... Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html 2013-05-13T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079354-experts-co2-record-illustrates-scary-trend.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The old saying that "what goes up must come down" doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone. The chief greenhouse gas was measured Thursday at 400 parts per million in Hawaii, a monitoring site that sets the world's benchmark. It's a symbolic mark that scientists and environmentalists hav... Sun, 12 May 2013 00:25:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079354-experts-co2-record-illustrates-scary-trend.html 2013-05-12T00:25:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2064398-scenic-struggling-s-illinois-braces-oil-rush.html VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — This is the Illinois that many people never see — the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the sam... Mon, 06 May 2013 03:45:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2064398-scenic-struggling-s-illinois-braces-oil-rush.html 2013-05-06T03:45:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055458-1st-chinese-automaker-us-to-open-calif-plants.html LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — The first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturer in the United States unveiled ambitious plans Wednesday to eventually build as many as 1,000 plug-in electric buses a year at a refurbished RV manufacturing plant in a wind-swept, sage-dotted corner of the Mojave Desert. In a news conference on a patio outside BYD's new energy-efficient... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055458-1st-chinese-automaker-us-to-open-calif-plants.html 2013-05-01T21:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Wednesday that the battery-powered version of its Chevrolet Spark mini-car can travel up to 82 miles on a single charge, putting it among the leaders in mass-market electric vehicles sold in the U.S. The Spark EV also gets the equivalent of 119 miles per gallon in testing monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041720-gm-chevy-spark-ev-82-miles-charge.html 2013-04-24T18:23:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039680-un-official-hopeful-2015-climate-talks.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Governments are more serious and the impact of climate change is more dramatic, improving chances of a groundbreaking global warming pact in 2015 in contrast with the failure of such an effort in 2009, the U.N. climate chief said Tuesday. The climate change talks in Copenhagen were a resounding failure, setting back the ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:58:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039680-un-official-hopeful-2015-climate-talks.html 2013-04-23T19:58:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court's ruling i... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:44:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2039334-appeals-court-upholds-epa-block-wva-mine.html 2013-04-23T19:44:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes. China emits more of the greenhouse gas than the next two biggest carbon polluters — the U.S. and ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:48:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015156-greenhouse-gases-high-temps-hotter-china.html 2013-04-12T14:48:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015018-woodside-shelves-47-billion-australian-lng-plant.html PERTH, Australia (AP) — Woodside Petroleum's chief executive said he is confident that a major gas field off the northwest Australian coast will be exploited despite the energy company on Friday shelving plans for a 45 billion Australian dollar ($47 billion) plant to process the gas for export. Woodside said in a statement that it scratched plans to build... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:30:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2015018-woodside-shelves-47-billion-australian-lng-plant.html 2013-04-12T05:30:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013612-ap-photos-fracking-transforms-fortunes-land.html RIFLE, Colo. (AP) — Three hours west of Denver, across the Continental Divide, the Rocky Mountains begin the long transition into high desert plateaus. This sparsely-populated land is dotted with ranches and small towns that were once local hubs for mining the rich minerals found under the earth. But over the past few years, this town and others have beco... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:36:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2013612-ap-photos-fracking-transforms-fortunes-land.html 2013-04-11T21:36:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary. The Senate approved her nomination, 87-11, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was among those who opposed Jewell. At Interior, Jew... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html 2013-04-10T23:05:59Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the investigative arm of Congress, ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:08:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html 2013-04-10T20:08:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009806-nh-jury-exxon-mobil-owes-236m-gas-chemical.html CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An order for Exxon Mobil to pay $236 million in damages for groundwater contamination is by far the largest verdict in state history but represents only about two days' worth of profit for the energy company, an industry analyst said. Fadel Gheit, managing director of oil and gas research and a senior analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., sai... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:53:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2009806-nh-jury-exxon-mobil-owes-236m-gas-chemical.html 2013-04-10T06:53:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even as the nation seeks to boost domestic energy production. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said "a stunning increase" in production of domestic n... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html 2013-04-09T19:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2005870-gazprom-shell-to-develop-arctic-oil-fields.html MOSCOW (AP) — Energy giants Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have agreed to jointly develop offshore Arctic oil fields, Russian media reported Monday. The companies will develop the Severo-Vrangelevsky field in the Chukchi Sea and the Severo-Zapadny field in the Pechora Sea. Russian Energy Minister Sergei Donskoy was quoted by national media as saying Mo... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:11:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2005870-gazprom-shell-to-develop-arctic-oil-fields.html 2013-04-08T17:11:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. "I think there's a good chance it will happen before the end of the year," Salazar said of the Cape Wind project. Speaking in an AP inte... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html 2013-04-06T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992468-japan-moves-to-revamp-troubled-power-industry.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Cabinet has approved a proposal to revamp its troubled electricity industry and foster more competition by obliging utilities to split power generation and distribution into separate businesses. The plan is meant to encourage more innovation and modernization of the power grid as the country grapples with its energy policy following t... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:37:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992468-japan-moves-to-revamp-troubled-power-industry.html 2013-04-02T08:37:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992096-oily-ducks-arkansas-oil-spill.html MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) — The environmental impacts of an oil spill in central Arkansas began to come into focus Monday as officials said a couple of dead ducks and 10 live oily birds were found after an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured last week. "I'm an animal lover, a wildlife lover, as probably most of the people here are," Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:17:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1992096-oily-ducks-arkansas-oil-spill.html 2013-04-02T02:17:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1988516-apnewsbreak-gas-trade-group-seeks-fracking-probe.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A formal complaint filed with New York's lobbying board asks it to investigate whether Artists Against Fracking, a group that includes Yoko Ono and other A-List celebrities, is violating the state's lobbying law, according to the document obtained by The Associated Press. The Independent Oil & Gas Association, an industry group that su... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:46:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1988516-apnewsbreak-gas-trade-group-seeks-fracking-probe.html 2013-03-30T23:46:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html WRIGHT, Wyo. (AP) — In Wyoming, folks call it the "No Elk" plant, an $800 million project that — once finished — was meant to supply coal-fired power to 100,000 homes and support dozens of full-time jobs on the rolling prairie of northeast Wyoming. Megawatts from the Two Elk Energy Park originally were supposed to begin flowing back when Bill Clinton was ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:21:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988556-wyo-power-plant-stalls-17-years-faces-skepticism.html 2013-03-30T18:21:28Z