Gas Leak Forces Evacuation of Oil Rig in North Sea
• http://www.commondreams.orgFrench-owned platform is abandoned with no answers yet on how to avert further calamity
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Anti-Nuclear Activists Say Summit Ignores True Nuclear Security
• http://www.voanews.com, Jason StrotherPresident Barrack Obama says the United States is committed to developing new technologies to produce peaceful nuclear energy
Liberty Project, Alaska, United States of America
• www.offshore-technology.comBritish Petroleum's (BP) Liberty offshore oilfield is located four miles off the northern coast of Alaska in Foggy Island Bay in the Beaufort Sea. The estimated recoverable reserves of the oilfield are approximately 100 million barrels of oil and 78
WATCH: Can Pond Scum Save You From $5 Gas?
• motherjones.com, By James West and Tim McDonnellHow could the slimy green muck that grows in your aquarium and washes up on the beach be a future cornerstone of American energy independence?
Where Gas is Still Around $2 Per Gallon. . .
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Eric PetersNewtie won’t bring you $2 gas – and forget about BHO. He wants to bring you $8 gas – in line with what Enlightened Europeans pay. But there is a way to fill your tank for about $2 per gallon – using the Fed Funny Money in your pocket, too.
Ohio Students Tell Obama: 'Stop Dirty Energy Disasters!'
• http://www.commondreams.orgAs president pushes 'All of the Above' strategy, organizers say fracking and tar sands part of problem, not solution
UPDATE 2-Obama to push US agencies on south Keystone line
• http://www.reuters.comSouthern Keystone line would drain oil glut in central U.S.
Scary Oil
• arcleinEven the recent global recession, though triggered by a financial crisis, was exacerbated by spiking oil prices in 2008. With the barrel price reaching $145 in July of that year, oil-importing advanced economies and emerging markets alike faced a rec
San Onofre nuclear plant testing reveals problems
• http://abclocal.go.com, Eileen FrereNew problems at the San Onofre nuclear plant: Four more tubes that carry radioactive water have failed pressure tests, bringing the total number to seven.
Iran presses ahead with dollar attack
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Garry WhiteLast week, the Tehran Times noted that the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in currencies other than the dollar from March 20. This long-planned move is part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vision of economic war with the west.
Solar industry faces subsidy cuts in Europe
• Washington PostShiny black solar panels are as common a sight as government subsidies have helped make Germany a world leader in solar technology. Now, sudden subsidy cuts here and elsewhere in Europe have thrown the industry into crisis just short of its ultimate
No Relief in Sight at Pump
• http://online.wsj.com, By JERRY A. DICOLOU.S. gasoline prices jumped 6% in February, and market experts predict they will climb higher because critical refining operations in the Northeast are shutting down.
BRAZIL, NICARAGUA AND PANAMA BEST SUITED TO ATTRACT LOW-CARBON ENERGY INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
• utilityproducts.comForthcoming MIF-Bloomberg New Energy Finance report assesses the investment climate for climate change-related investment across Latin America and the Caribbean
The Upside to a Natural Gas Downturn
Marin KatusaThe energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages.
UGANDAN OIL: US Africa Command a tool to Recolonise the African Continent
• http://www.globalresearch.caThe USA Africa Command, which America calls ‘Africom’, is a military structure of the Defence Department of America. Africom was formed in 2007 during President George W Bush’s second term of office.
Exclusive: U.S., Britain set to agree emergency oil stocks release
• http://www.reuters.com, By Richard MablyBritain has decided to cooperate with the United States on a release of strategic oil stocks that is expected within months
Surging Gas Prices Have Drivers Fuming
• http://www.npr.org, by Jeff BradyGasoline prices are up almost 80 cents a gallon since January. The national average for regular gas stands at just above $3.80 per gallon.
Exclusive: Obama, Cameron discussed tapping oil reserves
• http://www.reuters.com, By Matt Falloon and Jeff M(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the possibility of releasing emergency oil reserves during a meeting on Wednesday
Solar energy-harvesting “nanotrees” could produce hydrogen fuel on a mass scale
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Darren QuickWhile hydrogen is considered a "clean" fuel because the only waste product it generates is water, the conventional way to produce it relies on electricity, which is usually produced through the burning of fossil fuels.
Jobs Abound In Energy Industry's New Boom Time
• http://www.npr.org, by Kirk SieglerEconomists say many industries are looking up this year. But perhaps none has a better outlook than the energy sector.
Nuclear Woes Push Japan Into A New Energy Future
• http://www.npr.org, by Christopher JoyceThe tsunami that struck Japan last year destroyed four nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station on the east coast of the country.
Did BP Cause Damage to the Gulf Sea Floor?
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Washington'sHas BP Made “Natural” Oil Seeps In the Gulf Larger?
You've Never Seen Anything Like This North Dakota Oil Boomtown
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Robert JohnsonTen years ago Williston, North Dakota was a quiet agricultural town with a population around 12,000. Today, because of oil prices and drilling advancements, Williston is home to America's biggest oil boom and its residents number over 30,000.
Q&A: What's Going on With Gasoline Prices?
• By Kevin DrumGasoline prices are on the rise! How come? And what does it mean? Let's do a Q&A.
Obama's 'Oil Speculation Task Force' Missing in Action
• Common Dreams staffIn April of 2011, with an attempt to address soaring gas prices and public concern, President Obama announced the creation of a special task force that would, according to the Justice Dept., "focus specifically on fraud in the energy markets."
Pandora's Box: Digging the Earth, Killing the Future
• Common Dreams staffThe extent and the scale of the increase in world mineral extraction over the last 10 years is staggering, according to a new report.
The Big Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom
• Common Dreams staffA report from Rolling Stone about the financial disaster that lingers beneath the environmental one
Battery-Boosted Quick-Charger Doesn’t Shock System
• Keith Barry via WIRED.comThe battery buffer EV charger, manufactured and installed by Kanematsu, includes a battery pack that allows EV drivers to charge up in 30 minutes or less with minimal impact to the grid and their wallet.
A Big Jump in Battery Capacity
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comIf Envia can overcome some key problems, its technology could cut the cost of electric-car batteries in half.
California Government Has No Idea Fracking Is Happening
• By Kiera ButlerThere isn't supposed to be much fracking in California. In the past, the state's Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) has said that it "does not believe that fracking is widely used" in California.
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