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Global Market for Energy Efficiency Worth $310B And Accelerating: IEA

"For a variety of reasons -- whether it be mitigating climate change, enhancing security, increasing economic incentives or even improving the health of indoor living -- countries around the world have been investing in ways to boost energy efficiency. Worldwide, that market of cutting back on energy waste is growing and is now worth at least $310 billion, reports the International Energy Agency."

Source: ClimateWire, 10/10/2014

"Public Wants Feds To Act on Flaring, Poll Finds"

"A majority of voters in states home to some of the biggest oil and gas drilling fields want the government to regulate the burning or releasing of natural gas from wells, according to a new poll."

Source: The Hill, 10/10/2014

"Satellite Sees Hot Spot of Methane in US Southwest"

"A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data."

Source: AP, 10/10/2014

"CN Train Derailment: Petroleum Cars Catch Fire in Saskatchewan"

"CN train derailment in Saskatchewan caused petroleum distillate to ignite, forcing about 50 people to evacuate from a nearby community. The CN train derailment comes in the wake of recent high-profile oil train accidents."

Source: AP, 10/09/2014

"Oil-Price Swoon Hits Energy Firms’ Shares"

"The share-price boom at U.S. energy firms has gone bust, due to slumping global growth and tumbling crude prices."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/09/2014

"EPA: US Cars More Efficient Than Ever"

"The average fuel economy of new US cars and trucks hit a record 24.1 miles per gallon (mpg) last year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Overall fuel economy for new cars and trucks has risen almost 5 mpg since 2004."

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/09/2014

Penn. Slaps Record $4.5 Million Fine on Leaking Fracking Waste Pit

"Pennsylvania environmental regulators are pursuing a record $4.5 million fine against a gas driller over what they describe as a major case of pollution from a leaking waste pit."

Source: AP, 10/08/2014

"EU Scraps Plan To Label Canada's Tar Sands As Highly Polluting"

"A European Union plan to label Canadian tar sands oil as highly polluting as part of its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition from Canada, clearing the way for exports of tar sands crude to the European market."

Source: Reuters, 10/08/2014

"The Long Bright Path to the Nobel Prize for LED Lighting"

"Here’s to the continual intellectual tussles that produce technological leaps like the super-efficient and durable LED light bulbs that are increasingly displacing incandescent and fluorescent bulbs (and sooty kerosene lamps) and garnered a Nobel Prize for three physicists on Tuesday."

Source: Dot Earth, 10/08/2014

"Who Are the Big Ten in the Carbon Pollution Business?"

"What ties America's second-biggest energy company, ConocoPhillips Co., to a small Houston-based shale driller, Halcón Resources Corp.? They had some of the worst carbon pollution rates among their peers in 2012."

Source: ClimateWire, 10/08/2014

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