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The Day's Top Energy and Climate Headlines Curated by the Editors of InsideClimate News

May 7, 2013


Public Can Still Comment on Controversial Oil Sands Pipeline to Lake Superior
The Detroit News

What I Found on My Road Trip Along the Keystone Pipeline Route
The Globe and Mail

Al Gore Wants to 'Awaken' Rupert Murdoch on Climate Change
The Hill

Arctic Ocean 'Acidifying Rapidly'
BBC News

Inaction on Global Warming 'Not an Option:' Angela Merkel
The Economic Times

EU Ministers Urge July Decision on Carbon Market: Draft
Reuters

King Coal Losing Crown as U.S. Gains Energy Independence
Bloomberg

Suit Claiming Hurricane Katrina Related to Global Warming Goes Before Appeals Court
Louisiana Record

May 6, 2013


Carbon Tax Backers Quietly Forge Ahead
The Hill

Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network
New York Times

Oil Drilling Technology Leaps While Clean Energy Lags
AP

European Carbon Market in Trouble
The Washington Post

Al Gore Isn’t Overly Pleased With Canada
The Globe and Mail

Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President
New York Magazine

Climate Change May Bring Drought to Temperate Areas, Study Says
Los Angeles Times

Fever Hits Thousands in Parched U.S. West Farm Region
AP

Number Of Hurricanes Reaching Hawaii Could Triple This Century
RedOrbit

May 3, 2013


Keystone Foes Seek Climate Measures in Case They Lose
Bloomberg

Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Refinery Emissions
Houston Chronicle

Low-Key U.S. Plan for Each Nation to Set Climate Goals Wins Ground
Reuters

Committee Vote Set for EPA Nominee
The Hill

EPA Drops $569 Million in Response to Hurricane Sandy Sewage Spill
The Hill

Anti-Fracking Laws in New York Towns Upheld on Appeal
Bloomberg

Fracking Giant Halliburton Nixes North Carolina's Chemical Disclosure Rule
News & Observer

US Crop Insurance Shields Farmers From Drought
Sydney Morning Herald

May 2, 2013


Detroiters Near Refinery Fire Upset They Weren't Evacuated
Detroit News

BP's $340 Million Will Restore 4 Barrier Islands, Build 2 Fisheries Labs
The Times-Picayune

Study Shows a Higher Risk of Northern Gateway Pipeline Spills Than Enbridge Estimated
Globe and Mail

House Keystone Pipeline Advocate Cheers Ad Linked to Facebook Founder
The Hill

Bakken Shale: Prosperous Play's New Oil Estimates Could Influence Pipeline Plans
EnergyWire

Nearly Half of Fracking Happens in Places Short on Water
San Francisco Chronicle

Poll: Majority See Climate Change Affecting US Weather
The Hill

Greenpeace Scolds Duke's Jim Rogers on the Environment
Bloomberg Businessweek

Safe Storage of Water? Go Underground
New York Times

May 1, 2013


U.S. Doubles Oil Reserve Estimates at Bakken, Three Forks Shale
Reuters

Obama Keystone XL Decision to Test Green Groups
Politico

Facebook Rejects Ad Criticizing Actions of Zuckerberg Political Group
The Washington Post

U.S. Tight Oil Boom Takes Shine Off Oil Sands
Financial Post

Fracking Rules Coming 'in Weeks,' Says Interior Chief Jewell
The Hill

California Fracking Moratorium Clears Key Committee in Assembly
Bloomberg Businessweek

House to Probe Geopolitics of Natural Gas Exports
The Hill

Hurricane Sandy’s Untold Filthy Legacy: Sewage
Climate Central

Renewable Energy Groups in Spat
Politico

Bonn Climate Talks Kick Off With Stark Warning Over Dangerous Carbon Threshold
BusinessGreen

Gore Criticizes Media for Not Pressing Obama on Climate
The Hill

Calif. Reactors Might Be Retired if Restart Nixed
AP

U.S. Electric Car Maker Coda Files for Bankruptcy
Reuters

Neb. Lawmakers Debate Approaches to Wind Energy
AP

April 30, 2013


BP Makes Record Profit as Its Safety Record Comes Under Spotlight Again
Guardian

Zuckerberg Group Draws Fire Over Pro-Keystone XL Stance
Politico

Pipeline Slurry Spills Threaten Wetlands in Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch

2 Arrested at Work Site for Keystone XL Pipeline
AP

Ad Campaign Puts Arkansas Oil Spill Images Before Keystone XL Decision Makers
Facing South

Sen. Mark Pryor Pryor Tours Pegasus Pipeline Site in Arkansas
THV11

Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands
Yes! Magazine

Imperial Starts Up Kearl Oil Sands Mine
Oil & Gas Journal

How GOP Became Party of Denial on Global Warming
San Francisco Chronicle

Obama: Sequester Could Halt Scientific Research for Years
UPI

Administration Limits Mining on Renewable Energy Sites
The Hill

LaHood: Car Fuel Efficiency Standards Part of Obama 'Legacy'
The Hill

China is Using Up Oil Faster Than We Can Produce It
The Washington Post

BP Rebuked Over North Sea Oil Leak
Guardian

Egypt Seeks Oil Deals to Ease Shortages
Wall Street Journal

April 29, 2013


For Sale Signs Line Neighborhood On Oil Spill One-Month Anniversary
Fox16.com

Canada’s Keystone XL Pitch Goes Into Overdrive
The Hill Times

Ex-Climate Czar Browner Predicts Obama Will Regulate Existing Power Plants
The Hill

ExxonMobil Says Its Profit Is Flat
New York Times

Oil Sands: Alberta Eyes Arctic Route to Get Its Bitumen to Market
E&E Daily, sub req'd

Canada: Some Oil Pipelines Exempted From Federal Reviews
Postmedia News

Alberta Government Charges Plains Midstream Over Oil Spill
Dow Jones

Experts: BP Oil Spill Gone From Deep Ocean, but Remains in Marshes
Knoxnews.com

In the Northwest, Rising Coal Exports to Asia Stir Huge Fight
The Seattle Times

EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps
AP

Republicans Target Fracking Oversight
The Houston Chronicle

Consultants’ Role in NY Gas Drilling Study Questioned
AP

House GOP Moves to Shield Oil Companies From Disclosure Rule
The Hill

Obama to Nominate Charlotte Mayor Foxx for Transportation Chief
The Hill

Carbon Bubble Makes Australia's Coal Industry Ripe 'for Financial Implosion'
Guardian

China on Track to Meet Climate Change Targets
AAP

Northeastern Ocean Surface Temperatures at Highest in 150 Years: NOAA
Indian Country Today Media Network

Researchers Unmask Climate Secrets of Sea Spray and Clouds
E&E Daily, sub req'd

April 26, 2013


San Francisco and Seattle Lead U.S. Cities Agreeing to Divest From Fossil Fuels
Guardian

Canada Spat With Diplomats May Hinder Keystone Lobbying
Bloomberg News

Alberta Seeks to Win Over Oil Sands Critics With New Technologies
Financial Post

Drought to Floods For Some; Dryness Holds On To West
Climate Central

Consultants’ Role in NY Gas Drilling Study Questioned
AP

Obama Administration Announces 21M-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Texas
Green Car Congress

House GOP Moves to Shield Oil Companies From Disclosure Rule
The Hill

Obama Campaign Launches Plan to Shame Climate Skeptics in Congress
Guardian

Coast Guard: Spark From Cleaning Caused Fuel Barge Explosion
AP

Some Worry Australia's Great Artesian Basin, Outback Water Supply, Being Drawn Too Fast
PRI

April 25, 2013


Canadian Oil Minister Joe Oliver Condemns Climatologist James Hansen
Guardian

Promise of Shale Gas Throws ‘Unexpected Wrench’ into Germany’s Green Energy Plans
Washington Post

FracFocus has 'Serious Flaws,' Harvard Study Says
EnergyWire

Florida House OKs Bill to Disclose Fracking Chemicals
AP

Canadian Official in D.C. to Push Keystone Oil Sands Pipeline
The Hill

No End to Power Rout as Carbon Market Vote Fails: Energy Markets
Bloomberg News

Many Coal Sludge Impoundments Have Weak Walls, Federal Study Says
Washington Post

Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule
Environment News Service

New Mexico Grapples With Tough Choices as Drought Persists
AP