Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:05 CDT mineweb.com
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted Cameco a uranium mining licence authorising construction and operation of the company's big, and ultra high grade, Cigar Lake uranium mining project in northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:27:05 CDT newsobserver.com
A Chapel Hill advocacy group is threatening to sue Duke Energy Progress over alleged contamination of Sutton Lake from coal ash pits. Both Duke and state regulators reject the allegations.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:58:23 CDT zerohedge.com
If you thought the US was the king of shale, we are sorry to burst your bubble... it no longer wears the crown. China has more proven oil reserves than the US. As the following chart shows - from the EIA's 730-page report, which assesses the shale formations of 41 countries - the global race for shale development has started.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:27:00 CDT wsj.com
SandRidge Energy Chairman and CEO Tom Ward was ousted by the company's board and given an about $90 million severance package following a probe of the oil-and-gas producer's dealings with businesses controlled by members of his family.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:17:30 CDT bloomberg.com
SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Ward will depart the oil company he founded and be replaced by Chief Financial Officer James Bennett, days before an activist shareholder was poised to get majority control of the board.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:05:29 CDT indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Firmly linking the Keystone XL pipeline with climate change, 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners are urging President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the project.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:30 CDT bizjournals.com
Hawaiian Electric Co. has selected five Hawaii wind and solar energy projects in Hawaii that could be up and running quickly to provide electricity on Oahu at a low per-kilowatt-hour cost. HECO declined to disclose the names of the developers, which deliver wind and solar technologies.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48:38 CDT eurekalert.org
Improved methods for breaking down cellulose nanofibers are central to cost-effective biofuel production and the subject of new research from Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:10 CDT crosscut.com
Too bad the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wasn't watching before it declared that climate change will be off the table for its environmental review of coal-export terminals in the Pacific Northwest.
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:14:57 CDT wamc.org
Entergy Wholesale Commodities includes all of Entergy's non-utility assets, and as part of his role, Mohl leads the license renewal effort for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, in Buchanan in Westchester County.