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In June 2010, during the peak of the BP oil crisis, we hosted an Energy News Hunt with The Long Now Foundation, to find good journalism about the future of energy — with a focus on low carbon solutions that can scale quickly power the whole planet. In the process, we reviewed over 250 news stories. Read our findings on our blog.
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Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit
WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Obama administration issues draft fracking regulations
The Obama administration drew criticism from both environmental and oil industry groups on Thursday after issuing a ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Everything Is Rigged, Continued: EU Raids Oil Companies in Price-Fixing Probe
According to numerous reports, the European Commission regulators yesterday raided the offices of oil companies in ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Oil firm raids raise fuel price fear
MPs and motoring groups call on UK regulators to investigate claims that oil giants may have been linked to ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
China joins Arctic 'coldrush club'
Several countries gain permanent observer status on the Arctic Council but there is dissent over the EU.Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm For First Time in Human History
(Multimedia) The 400 ppm threshold has been an important marker in U.N. climate change negotiations, widely recognized as a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
ExxonMobil’s tar-sands pipeline leaks again
The very same pipeline that blackened Mayflower has leaked oil into a yard and killed plants in Doniphan, Mo., some ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Resource Shock: How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
Two nightmare scenarios -- a global scarcity of vital resources and the onset of extreme climate change -- are ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Sandra Steingraber, Others Get 15 Days in Jail for Civil Disobedience Against Gas Co.
Three upstate New York community members-cum-activists, charged with criminal trespass for blockading a gas company ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Obama’s Numbers (Quarterly Update)
Reviewing some key statistical measures of Barack Obama's presidency so far, we find: The economy has added more ...Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Energy Exports Are Good!
Op-Ed Columnist: Energy Exports Are Good!Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Annise Parker: The Modern American Boomtown
Houston's mayor—an openly gay Democrat friendly to business—talks about why her city is the country's fastest ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
The Dirt on Oil Sands
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Does Shale Gas Production Alter Climate Change?
The shale gas industry has long thought that the Environmental Protection Agency may undercut its possibilities. ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Canada’s Oil Minister, Unmuzzled
Op-Ed Columnist: Canada’s Oil Minister, UnmuzzledPosted by Pamela Hogle
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In Gasland sequel, fracking saga’s pressure ratchets up
Gasland Part II shows how much higher the stakes have grown in the battle over fracking since Josh Fox made its ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Saving Our Ravaged Planet ... and Ourselves
Earth Day cometh — the 43rd year of this national focus on the state of our globe. So, how is Earth doing? Should ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Keystone XL Would Increase Gas Prices, Reduce National Energy Security, New Public Citizen Report Finds
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The Coming Crash: Our Addiction to Endless Growth on a Finite Planet [With Photo Slideshow]
(Multimedia) If you want to understand how much energy costs, don't look at your electric bill; instead get a copy of the new ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
CI introduced a bill to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions because it's the right move for current and future generationsongress Must Take Bold ...
The leading scientists in the world who study climate change now tell us that their earlier projections were wrong. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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