Environmentalist Bill McKibben went on Letterman to describe the effort he is leading to pressure President Obama to re-install solar panels on the White House. The group...
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Salazar voices doubt about proposed Arctic drilling
Reuters - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday he cannot predict whether Royal Dutch Shell, which has invested $3.5 billion in an offshore Arctic oil-development...
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Brazil Oil Co Petrobras sells $64 billion of stock to fund oil exploration
AFP - Brazil's Petrobras unveiled one of the world's biggest share offerings Friday, a sale of up to 64 billion dollars in new stock to finance oil exploration...
BP: Failed blowout preventer removed from well
BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon.
Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts
AFP - Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes.
Mariner opposed federal safety rule
AP - The company whose Gulf of Mexico oil platform erupted in flames this week cited the industry's "excellent safety record" when it opposed a proposed...
Consumer Federation of America calls for 60 mpg CAFE standard by 2025
Now that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Environmental Protection Agency have established fleet fuel economy standards of 35.5 miles per gallon by...
Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anti-coal campaign
Facebook gets flak from Greenpeace over its planned giant data center in Oregan, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading.
La. editorial: Using platform accident to press moratorium 'disingenuous'
The Times-Picayune of New Orleans weighed in on its editorial page Friday on those who are using the explosion on a drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico to push for an...
BP: Spill costs have hit $8 billion
Reuters - BP Plc said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion as the oil giant prepared to release the findings of an internal...
Coast Guard: No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire
Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an...
Billionaire Koch brothers back suspension of California climate law
A company owned by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch has contributed $1 million to Proposition 23, a November ballot initiative to suspend California’s...
Tesla Roadster eligible for $38,000 clean energy rebate in Japan
Less than four months ago, Tesla Motors entered the Japanese market by shipping a dozen or so right-hand drive Signature Series Roadster
Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic
by Agence France-Presse.OTTAWA-A fuel tanker has run aground in Canada's farnorth, carrying 2.4 million gallons of diesel fuel that risk spilling into theArctic...
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