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Unrest in Egypt Unsettles Global Markets (By Nelson D. Schwartz, The New York Times as reported by Yahoo News, 1/31/11) Arctic Current Warmest In Over 2,000 Years, Warning Of Ice-Free Seas (Reuters as reported by Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/31/11) New Electricity Meters Stir Fears (By Felicity Barrenger, The New York Times - Environment, 1/30/11) IEA calls on OPEC to be flexible, watch Egypt (By Dmitry Zhdannikov, editing by Mike Peacock, Reuters, 1/29/11) Gulf Oil Spill Blowout Preventer Testing Could Be Compromised (By Harry R. Weber, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/28/11) Ban Ki-moon: World's economic model is 'environmental suicide': UN secretary general tells Davos panel that an economic revolution is needed to save the planet as he shifts his focus from climate change to sustainability (The Associated Press as reported by The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 1/28/11) Arctic Defrost Dumping Snow on U.S. and Europe: The world's northern freezer is on rapid defrost as large volumes of warm water are pouring into the Arctic Ocean, speeding the melt of sea ice, according to a new study. (By Stephen Leahy, IPS News, 1/28/11) Loss Of Solar Jobs Has Mass. Rethinking State Aid (By Tovia Smith, NPR - Morning Edition, 1/28/11) No, clean energy is not a substitute for climate change - Grist: President Obama talked about clean energy in his state of the union address, but avoided climate change. Than strategy won't work in tackling the climate challenge, Says David Roberts (By David Roberts, Grist.org as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 1/28/11) Gulf Oil Spill Fund Fraudulent Claims Top 7,000 (Brian Skoloff and Harry R. Weber, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/27/11) CU: Warming water in the North Atlantic tied to heating Arctic (By Laura Snider, The Boulder Daily Camera, 1/27/11) BREAKING: In a stunning reversal, USDA chief Vilsack greenlights Monsanto's alfalfa (By Tom Phillpot, Grist.org, 1/27/11) Obama touts "clean" energy, skips climate change (By Tim Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun - B'More Green Blog, 1/26/11) Study finds oil dispersants lingered deep under Gulf (By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers, 1/26/11) Climate sceptic 'misled Congress over funding from oil industry': Patrick Michaels, fellow at the Cato Institute, claimed 3% of his funding came from industry, later revealed that figure to be 40% (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian - Environment, 1/25/11) 100 Percent Renewable Energy Achievable By 2030: Study (By Joanna Zelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/25/11) Penn State to Dump Coal for Natural Gas (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/25/11) State Of The Union 2011: Obama's Clean Energy Promises (By Amy Lee, The Huffington Post - Business Blog, 1/25/11) Video: Tree Harvesting for a Sustainable Project at University of Vermont (By Scott Carlson, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/25/11) Newt Gingrich: EPA Should Be Eliminated (By Mike Glover, The Huffington Post - Politics Blog, 1/25/11) OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Energy on the Senate agenda, House Energy panel to unveil EPA bill in a month (By Andrew Restuccia and Ben Geman, The Hill, 1/24/11) Chevron Accused Of 'World's Worst Oil-Related Disaster' In Ecuador: Alleged Evidence Submitted In Lawsuit (PHOTOS) (By Joanna Zelman, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 1/24/11) Welcome to the year of living dangerously: Are riots, protests, revolts, mounting oil prices, and mammoth worldwide unemployment the new norm? (By Michael T. Klare, Salon - News, 1/24/11) Director of Policy on Climate Will Leave, Her Goal Unmet (By John M. Broder, The New York Times - Politics, 1/24/11) |