Daily Archives: April 11, 2012

No Indication Total Gas Leak has had Significant Environmental Impact

April 11, 2012
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The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, along with other authorities, has set up an Environment Group in response to the Elgin incident.

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Upcoming UGGS Fracking Report Game Changer?

April 11, 2012
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There is currently no more contested U.S. energy initiative than to pen up the country’s vast potential reserves of natural gas by utilizing the “hydraulic fracturing” technique, more familiarly known as “fracking.” To its proponents, fracking offers a way out of U.S. dependence on foreign energy imports, and is relatively environmentally benign. To opponents of…

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From Black Gold to Silver Screen: Entertainment and Energy’s Endless Ballet

April 11, 2012
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Two high-speed hot rods careen down the darkened streets of Metropolis, USA as life-long rivals try to prove who truly is the King of Speed. Engines roar, tires squeal and there are even a few near-misses with the few regular cars that dare take to their speedway. In the end, with exhaust pipes belching flames…

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U.S. to Fund $35m in Bio-Oils Research Amid Food Price Concerns

April 11, 2012
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The US Department of Energy and the US Department of Agriculture will jointly spend $35 million in research toward developing biomass-based oil supplements (bio-oils) that could eventually be mixed with petroleum, as the world struggles with increasing food prices as a result of biofuels production. The DOE describes the bio-oils as “precursors for fully renewable…

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Japan to Reconsider Nuclear Power in an Attempt to Guarantee Electricity Supply

April 11, 2012
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Japan is facing an electricity crunch this summer, potentially so severe, that companies such as Komatsu, the world’s No. 2 maker of construction machinery, have said they will move factories overseas if electricity supply isn’t guaranteed. Bloomberg reports that all but one of Japan’s 54 reactors are now offline after the March 11 earthquake and…

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Kenya Must Get it Right With Oil

April 11, 2012
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Last month, Kenya declared that oil was discovered off its coast for the first time. Nairobi expects explorers to invest at least $40 million in the country and dozens of international oil companies have already expressed interested in offshore blocks. But with civil war simmering in neighboring Somalia and a looming water crisis in the…

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