"Obama Revives Green Agenda With Push To End Oil Industry Tax Breaks"
"President plans to spend big on green cars and biofuels as Steven Chu says US wants to lead in clean energy technology."
Source: Guardian, 02/14/2012
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Europe: "Snow Blocks in Tens of Thousands as Cold Death Toll Rises"
"Snow drifts reaching up to rooftops kept tens of thousands of villagers prisoners in their own homes Saturday as the death toll from Europe's big freeze rose past 550.
More heavy snow fell on the Balkans and in Italy, while the Danube river, already closed to shipping for hundreds of kilometres (miles) because of thick ice, froze over in Bulgaria for the first time in 27 years.
Source: AFP, 02/13/2012
"Big House GOP Test: $260 Billion Highway Bill Heads for Cliff"
"House Republican leaders are desperately searching for the votes to pass their $260 billion transportation bill this week."
Source: The Hill, 02/13/2012
"Obama Admin Slows Environmental Rules as It Weighs Political Cost"
"After pushing through some of the most sweeping and contentious environmental measures in years, the Obama administration has slowed action on several policies as it calculates what it should undertake before the end of the term."
Source: Wash Post, 02/13/2012
"Fukushima Reactor Readings Raise Reheating Concern"
"Concern is growing that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan is no longer stable after temperature readings suggested one of its damaged reactors was reheating."
Source: Guardian, 02/13/2012
"Mystery Disease Kills Thousands in Central America"
"A mysterious epidemic is devastating the Pacific coast of Central America, killing more than 24,000 people in El Salvador and Nicaragua since 2000 and striking thousands of others with chronic kidney disease at rates unseen virtually anywhere else. Scientists say they have received reports of the phenomenon as far north as southern Mexico and as far south as Panama. ..."
Source: AP, 02/13/2012
"Drillers Cut Natural Gas Production as Prices Drop"
"PITTSBURGH -- As natural gas prices continue to drop, the recent nationwide boom in drilling is slowing. Drillers don't make money if prices go too low — and drilling wells isn't cheap."
Source: AP, 02/13/2012
"Battling The Bottle: Students And Industry Face Off Over Water"
"Bottled water is trickling away from college campuses nationwide, thanks to the efforts of student activists and the non-profit groups that support them with campaigns like Ban the Bottle.
But that's not going over too well with the International Bottled Water Association. The industry, which had $10.6 billion in revenue in 2010, went on the defensive this month with a YouTube video to counter what it calls "misinformation" used to turn college students against bottled water.
Source: NPR, 02/13/2012
"Inspector: No Improper Influence On Keystone Line"
"The State Department Inspector General issued a review on Thursday that found 'no evidence' the company that wants to build the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL crude oil pipeline had improperly influenced on a contractor that performed the environmental review of the project."
Timothy Gardner and Ayesha Rascoe report for Reuters February 10, 2012.
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Source: Reuters, 02/13/2012
"U.S. Becomes Net Energy Exporter"
"Harry Truman was president the last time we exported more energy than we imported. Now complete energy independence may be within reach as President Obama plans to tap all domestic sources to achieve that goal."
Source: Living on Earth, 02/13/2012
