– The Ecologist’s political writer, Bibi van der Zee, asks whether the German’s energy policy is a crazy punt, or an example to be followed by other states.
BP hit by new $34bn Deepwater Horizon claim
– Latest demand comes from local and southern state governments, including Louisiana and Mississippi, hit hard by pollution following 2010 blowout.
Norway Debates Overseas Ventures After Siege in Algeria
– Oil and gas made Norway one of the world’s most advanced and prosperous countries in just a few decades.
Green Blog: Tighter Radiation Monitoring for Fracking Sites
– Pennsylvania says it will conduct a comprehensive review of radiation levels in drilling cuttings and water but that the amounts measured so far are negligible.
Has the Kyoto protocol done more harm than good?
Originally Published by New Scientist – Fifteen years after its painful birth in Kyoto, Japan, the world’s first legally binding agreement to limit emissions of greenhouse gases has now ended.
Lisa Jackson Departs EPA
– EPA chief Lisa Jackson announced yesterday that she will be leaving her position as head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Wolf OR-7 has been in California for a year now
– The arrival of the still lone-wolf has led to formation of the Pacific Wolf Coalition.
BP settlement over Deepwater Horizon oil spill approved by federal judge
– Company estimates it will pay $7.8bn to 100,000 people and business who lost money because of April 2010 well blowout.
EPA imposes new pollution limits on boilers, cement plants
– The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules late Thursday to curb pollution from industrial boilers and cement plants, agreeing to give industry additional time for compliance and easing some emissions limits from earlier proposals.
Doha Outcome: Kyoto Protocol Lives, Global Climate Deal by 2015
– At the UN’s annual climate change conference just concluded in Doha, 194 countries agreed to an extension of the Kyoto Protocol through 2020.