Greenwire http://www.greenwire.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 Faced with crumbling support over a controversial transit funding move and new drilling measures, the House GOP is taking another step back on its energy and infrastructure package and will retool the bill, House sources say. The duration of the transportation bill could be shortened, funding levels could be dropped below current levels and a measure that stripped dedicated gas tax funding for mass transit could be scrapped altogether as part of the overhaul. The revamp will delay the bill's progress and could lower chances that it can be passed and conferenced with a Senate version ahead of the March 31 expiration date without another stopgap extension. SPOTLIGHT Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/wkpVKd2F718/1 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/1 U.S. EPA and petroleum industry groups revealed the terms yesterday of a proposed settlement over the regulation of diesel use in an oil and gas extraction technique known as hydraulic… Top Stories Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/l0PrVle1FC4/2 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/2 Two days after President Obama was greeted by cheering U.S. EPA employees at the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters last month to thank staffers for their "vital" work, agency brass announced… Top Stories Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/RzrbrVz6QsM/3 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/3 BERKELEY, Calif. -- When he started fiddling around in the laboratory, building metal ions into pieces of crystalline scaffolding that resemble tinker toys, Omar Yaghi had no higher purpose in… Top Stories Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/l5zwkgqT3pw/4 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/4 In its sophomore year, America's Natural Gas Alliance issued $1.6 million in grants to a range of organizations -- including some seemingly at cross-purposes with others -- according to recently… Politics Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/2l5HqG4yWE8/5 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/5 An activist group with ties to former Vice President Al Gore today became the latest environmental organization to jump into the fray over the theft and leak of internal documents… Politics Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/yex05dXhBQ4/6 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/6 A panel of seven former Department of Agriculture chiefs yesterday defended genetic engineering and large-scale farming methods, accusing critics of trying to scare people. Environmentalists who argue modern agriculture depletes… Politics Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/tWarOCuLcxs/7 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/7 Montana's Democratic governor is willing to bet the Keystone XL pipeline to carry Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast will eventually be built and blames the delay on "jackasses"… Politics Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/oycp4D6Fdi0/8 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/8 A federal appeals court today ruled in favor of U.S. EPA's decision to declare an area of Utah not in attainment with Clean Air Act standards. The U.S. Court of… Law Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/FYiMUoNy5iI/9 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/9 How much BP PLC will pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be decided by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, a former maritime lawyer who started his… Law Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/os-95BF585U/10 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/10 A proposed settlement has been reached in a case accusing chemical giant Monsanto of unsafely burning dioxin wastes and spreading contaminated materials across the West Virginia town of Nitro, polluting… Law Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/vU9i-ka5mrE/11 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/11 Chevron Corp. announced yesterday that it has begun exploring for shale gas in China and that it expects to start a natural gas processing plant there next year. The California-based… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/CmYLbTngYDM/12 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/12 Following a recent trend among European nations, Ukraine has opened up its shale gas reserves for exploration in hopes of reducing its reliance on expensive gas imports from neighboring Russia.… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/xsTE32blJ68/13 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/13 As the recent oil and gas boom brings newfound wealth to some of the nation's poorest regions, many states are finding themselves unprepared to tax that income and regulate the… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/EgW7eH1UijY/14 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/14 A Minnesota commission yesterday held up a plan to build a rural wind farm because of concerns for bald eagles and insect-eating bats. AWA Goodhue Wind Project will need an… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/SYyrjqMffL8/15 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/15 First Solar Inc. said it has received final approval for changes it made to a construction permit for its giant Los Angeles solar farm, potentially paving the way for a… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/YWJgcGwn6qI/16 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/16 A derailed train spilled about 3,000 gallons of oil in Washington state yesterday morning. The train's fuel tank struck a section of rail and ruptured. Investigators do not know what… Energy Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/y1m3zQ3uOz0/17 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/17 Ethanol production has dipped slightly with the expiration of a key federal tax credit and import protections, but the industry is still waxing enthusiastic about the corn-based fuel. Ethanol production… Business Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/4mWjbulCZqE/18 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/18 A subsidiary of Australia-based Ambre Energy Ltd. announced yesterday that it's seeking permits for a new coal export terminal in Washington state, part of an industry scramble to increase shipments… Business Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/gsE1x4mJGr8/19 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/19 Company officials at the world's largest commodities trader and a mining group will seek approval from the European Commission for their planned merger. The companies -- Glencore International PLC and… Business Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/eOEX5SMIM2s/20 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/20 A group of firms led by Apollo Global Management LLC is reportedly closing in on a deal to grab El Paso Corp.'s oil and gas exploration unit. While negotiations are… Business Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/Q6ieqTrP27I/21 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/21 The Obama administration has assembled an internal working group within the Energy Department to formulate a strategy for storing and disposing of nuclear waste from the country's 104 nuclear reactors.… Federal Agencies Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/9vAFJw8X8BU/22 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/22 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a warning about a chemical found in common bathtub refinishing products. The agency said Michigan State University research has tied methylene… Chemicals Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/-3Nvmn1iviA/23 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/23 The World Bank is forming a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans from overfishing, pollution and climate change, its president announced today. "We need a new… Natural Resources Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/rPk_DNhvXE8/24 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/24 Amazon has removed whale meat products from its Japanese site after receiving thousands of messages protesting the sales. The U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency released findings that said the site was… Natural Resources Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/04ZWJDmXQ_0/25 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/25 A new Google partnership will bring underwater shots of the Great Barrier Reef to computer screens everywhere. The Internet company will work with oceanographers and Catlin Group Limited, an international… Natural Resources Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/Nmdy_5cFoQU/26 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/26 The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a proposal that would allow sandhill cranes to be hunted. Decades ago, officials instituted elaborate conservation efforts to buoy the animals' diminished population. But now,… Natural Resources Fri Feb 24 12:01:00 -0500 2012 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Greenwire/~3/tjXF7sXJR6c/27 http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/rss/2012/02/24/27