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Analysis: U.S. drill ban casts shadow over Gulf prospects
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 15th, 2010
Reuters: Oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will be curtailed far beyond the end of November, when the U.S. moratorium on drilling is set to end, putting dozens of planned energy projects at risk. Drillers are beginning to make good on their threat to move equipment and people out of the Gulf to work at overseas projects, even though they will receive lower rates at those jobs. That could also have long-lasting impact on output from the Gulf, which contributes 30 percent of U.S. ...
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Comments Off on Analysis: U.S. drill ban casts shadow over Gulf prospectsU.S. green groups attack Alberta tourism industry
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 15th, 2010
Reuters: Environmentalists are taking aim at Alberta's C$5.6 billion ($5.4 billion) tourism industry in the latest battle over the impact of developing the Canadian province's oil sands. Alberta is the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States and the environmentalists say their "Rethink Alberta" campaign is in response to pro oil-sands lobbying and advertising in the United States by the Alberta government and the province's oil industry. The campaign, led by San ...
BP stops oil leak in Gulf of Mexico for first time since April
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 15th, 2010
Guardian: The gush of oil from BP's spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico was stopped for the first time in three months yesterday, raising hopes that it could be sealed off for good. The Obama administration immediately warned that a cap sealing off the well might only be a temporary fix. "We're encouraged by this development, but this isn't over," said Thad Allen, the US Coast Guard commander. But for the first time in 87 days, it appeared last night that BP had control over the ...
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Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 15th, 2010
National Public Radio: The flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico was halted this afternoon as BP began an "integrity test" of a new cap on the Deepwater Horizon well. Scientists are watching the pressure that is building up under the cap to make sure that no oil is leaking into the rock below the well. The test will last anywhere from six to 48 hours. Robert Siegel speaks with NPR's Richard Harris, who has the latest.
‘Killer mushroom’ found in China
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
BBC: A tiny mushroom, little known to scientists, is behind some 400 sudden deaths in China, experts say. For 30 years, during the rainy season, scores of villagers in Yunnan province have died suddenly of cardiac arrest. Following a five-year investigation, researchers from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Beijing say they have the culprit. The mushroom, know as Little White, belongs to the Trogia genus and has three toxic amino acids, experts ...
Cambodia: Forest official raises alarm on mine plan
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
Phnom Penh Post: A FORESTRY Administration official said yesterday that a massive titanium mine proposed for Koh Kong province would threaten natural resources and local livelihoods, and vowed to pass on his concerns to Prime Minister Hun Sen. Vann Sophana, in charge of the Forestry Administration`s Coastal Inspectorate, met with villagers in Thma Bang district who stand to be affected by the mine, which the NGO Wildlife Alliance has said would cover 15,000 to 20,000 hectares. On Monday, ...
Vietnam’s Mekong paddies dry up
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: The rivers that should nourish his thirsty rice paddies are too salty, and the rains are late this year. Dang Roi does not know if he will be able to salvage anything from this spring's crop. Vietnam is the world's second-biggest rice exporter and the Mekong Delta, where Roi farms, accounts for more than half of its production. But Roi's paddy fields in Ben Tre province are burning up during a drought which meteorologists say is the worst in decades. The dry season ...
Climate change to have major impacts on Western water
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
Summit Daily News: Of all the current and future impacts of climate change, threats to water resources may be the most painful in the American West, according to a new report published Monday. "Protecting the lifeline of the West," written by Western Resource Advocates, a Boulder-based environmental law and policy organization, brings together dozens of studies by climate and water experts, detailing the ways in which water, energy and climate are deeply entwined in states like Colorado, Wyoming, Utah ...
Miami’s Seaquarium: No Oil Yet, But Worries Aplenty
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
National Public Radio: The Gulf oil spill is hundreds of miles away, but the Seaquarium -- Miami's 55-year-old home to dancing dolphins and killer whales -- is preparing for the worst. Several times a day, visitors can watch shows starring dolphins, killer whales and sea lions. General manager Andrew Hertz says the Seaquarium's location -- perched on Virginia Key in the middle of Biscayne Bay -- gives it an edge over other aquariums and marine parks like Central Florida's Sea World. "We pull our ...
Response: The CAP is our best hope of protecting biodiversity in the countryside
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 14th, 2010
Guardian: The RSPB, alongside a Swedish accordion club and a Danish billiards club, is one of the groups highlighted in your editorial as recipients of payments through the common agricultural policy (CAP) (Rotten but here to stay, 5 July). But while the piece features some of the unusual recipients of CAP money, the real story is what work this money pays for. Some of this is hugely important and helps benefit wildlife and the environment – but often this money is being paid out to landowners ...
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