"BP Says It Didn't Violate Probation in North Slope Spill"
"BP Monday pleaded not guilty to probation violations relating to its criminal conviction for a major North Slope oil spill in 2006."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 12/22/2010
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"Canada Vows Stricter Look At Oil Sands Pollution"
"Canada said on Tuesday it will design a system to better monitor whether northern Alberta's huge oil sands projects are polluting waterways after an independent scientific panel found major flaws in the current monitoring system."
Source: Reuters, 12/22/2010
"U.S. Ethanol Industry Faces Subsidy Battle Next Year"
"U.S. ethanol makers face a battle over reforming subsidies next year after current incentives are rolled over in the tax package signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 12/21/2010
Wyo. Fracking Rules Point Way for Public Disclosure of Chemicals Used
"The Obama administration is looking to the Cowboy State as a model for fracturing disclosure on federal lands in the West. Interior Department officials figure it would be hard to argue against an approach developed in petroleum-friendly Wyoming."
Source: Greenwire, 12/21/2010
"Chinese Endure Power Shortages as Coal Runs Short"
"Communities in central and northern China are facing power cuts and rationing as winter coal supplies fall short of surging demand."
Source: AP, 12/21/2010
"Canadian Gas Megaproject Gets Nod But Future Cloudy"
"Canada's energy regulator said on Thursday it approved plans for a C$16.2 billion ($16.1 billion) Arctic gas pipeline, a project that faces growing economic pressure as natural gas prices languish."
Source: Reuters, 12/17/2010
"Tax-Cut Bill Includes Big Boost for Liquid Coal"
"The tax-cut bill that the House of Representatives [passed] late Thursday ... provides some energy tax breaks, including a subsidy for producing liquid coal."
Source: McClatchy, 12/17/2010
"Kansas Allows Utility To Build Coal-Fired Electric Plant"
"After a four-year effort, a western Kansas utility won state permission Thursday to construct an 895-megawatt, coal-fired power plant."
Source: Kansas City Star, 12/17/2010
BLM Picks 22 Million Acres of Public Land for Solar Energy Projects
"The Department of Interior has identified some two dozen potential sites for large-scale solar power installations on public lands in six Western states as part of an effort to encourage development of renewable energy on public lands and waters."
Source: NYTimes, 12/17/2010
"Senate Votes To Extend Ethanol Subsidy For 2011"
"The Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of a one-year extension of the ethanol tax credit and the ethanol import tariff at existing rates, despite complaints the subsidies were wasteful."
Source: Reuters, 12/16/2010
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