National and International News
Evacuation
called off, ships return to leaky oil well as tropical rainstorm weakens over
Gulf (By Robert Barr, The Associated
Press as reported by The Baltimore Sun, 7/26/10)
Who Cooked
the Planet? (By Paul Krugman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 7/25/10)
Four Ways to
Kill a Climate Bill (By Lee Wasserman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 7/25/10)
Modern
cargo ships slow to the speed of the sailing clippers: Container ships are taking longer to cross
the oceans than the Cutty Sark did as owners adopt 'super-slow steaming' to cut
back on fuel consumption (By John Vidal, The
[UK] Guardian, 7/25/10)
Chavez
warns of US oil cutoff in Colombia dispute (By Ian James, The Associated
Press as reported by MSNBC News, 7/25/10)
U.S.
farmers may face crackdown on pesticide use (By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy
Newspapers, 7/25/10)
We're
Gonna Be Sorry (By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times - Op Ed, 7/24/10)
Feinberg
says BP hasn't put money in escrow account yet (By Dan Murtaugh, The
Press-Register, 7/24/10)
Boulder stumbles on
the path to going green (By Paul Adams, BBC News 7/23/10)
Veto likely on
bills blocking EPA regs (By Darren Samuelsohn, Politico, 7/23/10)
Researchers
confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP well (By Sara Kennedy, McClatchy
Newspapers, 7/23/10)
Latest
Senate energy bill - Pickens Plan is in, climate change is out (By Dave
Michaels, Dallas Morning News, 7/22/10)
Democrats
Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan (By David Herzenhorn, The New York Times, 7/22/10)
New NASA
image reveals the oceans' dead zones (By Jeremy Hance, Mongabay.com, 7/22/10)
Three
of every four oil and gas lobbyists worked for federal government (By Dan
Eggen and Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post, 7/22/10)
The
Peak Oil Crisis: Thinking About China (By Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press, 7/21/10)
A
Building That Teaches Through Its Landscape (By Scott Carlson, The
Chronicle of Higher Education -
Buildings and Grounds Blog, 7/21/10)
White
Roofs Could Save U.S. (Much Needed) $735 Million per Year (By Brit Liggett,
Inhabit.com, 7/21/10)
China
Oil Spill PHOTOS: Environmental And Economic Damage Becomes Clear (The
Huffington Post, 7/21/10)
Has
Peak Oil Arrived? (By Brendan Coffey, NASDAQ Community News, 7/20/10)
Lieberman:
Utilities Want A ‘Breather' From Letting People Breathe (By Brad Johnson,
Think Progress - Wonk Room, 7/20/10)
BP's
Photoshopped Command Center Just The Latest In A Pattern Of Deception [UPDATED]
(By Jason Linkins, The Huffington Post, 7/20/10 updated 7/22/10)
China
uses oil-eating bacteria to clean up spill (AFP as reported by Yahoo News, 7/20/10)
Renowned
Climate-Change Scientist Dies: Outspoken
researcher had received death threats in past year (By Gary Shih, The Bay-Citizen, 7/19/10)
Kabul
faces severe water crisis: Report says Afghan city and region will need six times more water by
2050, as Oxfam warns of violence over scarce resource (By John Vidal, The [UK] Guardian, 7/19/10)
Honda
To Launch Plug-In Hybrid Car in 2013, A Year After Toyota (By John Voelcker, Green Car Reports, 7/19/10)
Taking
Lessons From What Went Wrong (By William J. Broad, The New York Times, 7/19/10)
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