Oilprice article for Ethical Markets: New EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

New EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing off the coast of California to disclose the chemicals they discharge into the ocean. Oil and gas companies have been fracking offshore California …

Alternative Energy: Toyota Goes All Hybrid For The Frankfurt Motor Show

Jay OwenGreentech

Alternative Energy   Toyota Goes All Hybrid For The Frankfurt Motor Show Posted: 20 Aug 2013 03:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Germany Shatters Monthly Solar Generation Record With 5.1 Terawatt Hours of Clean Energy Posted: 19 Aug 2013 10:00 PM PDT Filed under: Energy News Copenhagen Bike-Sharing Program To Be …

Microbubbles Cut Cost of Algae-Derived Biofuel

kristyGreentech

Microbubbles Cut Cost of Algae-Derived Biofuel Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:00 PM PST Filed under: Energy News Is Warren Buffet’s Utility Betting On Clean Energy? Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Energy News Maryland Offshore Wind Farm Proposal Could Catch A Second Wind in 2012 Posted: 27 …

Climate engineering: Technical status, future directions, and potential responses

Ethical MarketsTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

There are two new reports out on geoengineering that we would like to bring to your attention. First of all the long-awaited “technology assessment” done by the US Government Accountability Office has just been released in Washington – as hundreds of protestors continue to be arrested for opposing the Keystone pipeline that will carry …

ForeclosureGate and Obama’s “Pocket Veto”

kristyReforming Global Finance

Amid a snowballing foreclosure fraud crisis, President Obama today blocked legislation that critics say could have made it more difficult for homeowners to challenge foreclosure proceedings against them. The bill, titled The Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2009, passed the Senate with unanimous consent and with no scrutiny by …