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Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:56:56 GMT

AP - The cap that ended BP's three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off Thursday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well.

Black box recovered from Nepal plane crash site (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:16:26 GMT

AP - Nepalese investigators have found the flight data recorders from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed last week en route to the Mount Everest area, killing 14 people including six foreigners, officials said Thursday.

Will Texas oil firms succeed in undoing California greenhouse gas laws? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:41:39 GMT

The Christian Science Monitor - A bit of a propaganda war is heating up in California over Proposition 23, a citizenâ??s initiative which could suspend the stateâ??s landmark greenhouse gas reduction law.

Japan to sentence Greenpeace anti-whaling activists (AFP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:38:46 GMT

AFP - Two Greenpeace activists will face possible jail terms in Japan on Monday for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.

Burger King drops Indonesian palm oil company (AFP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:41:20 GMT

AFP - US fast food giant Burger King said Thursday it would no longer buy palm oil from Sinar Mas or its subsidiaries after Greenpeace campaigned against the Indonesian group's land-clearing practices.

BP spent $93M on advertising after Gulf spill (AP)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:19:20 GMT

AP - Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill — more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.

Greenpeace wants Facebook center off coal fuel (AP)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:43:05 GMT

AP - Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.S.

Disasters 'scream' call for climate action: UN (AFP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:14:28 GMT

AFP - UN climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday warned that a string of weather calamities showed the deepening urgency to forge a breakthrough deal on global warming this year.

BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday (Reuters)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:08:18 GMT

Reuters - BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.

Lawmaker criticizes BP spending (Investor's Business Daily)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:38:00 GMT

Investor's Business Daily - BP told a House committee it spent $93 mil on BP ads from April through July, more than three times what it spent a year ago. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., criticized the oil company for spending more money "polishing" its image than on helping Gulf states hurt by the Gulf spill. BP gave $89.5 mil to Fla., Ala., Miss., and La. to promote tourism in the wake of the oil spill.

Cairn says Greenland ops resume after protest (AFP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:56:21 GMT

AFP - Scottish oil exploration group Cairn Energy said Thursday it had resumed operations on a rig off the coast of Greenland after Greenpeace ended a protest.

Judge rules against U.S. government on oil drilling (Reuters)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:50:42 GMT

Reuters - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the U.S. government's request to dismiss an industry lawsuit challenging its deepwater oil and gas drilling moratorium, dealing another blow to the Obama administration.

Serengeti's Great Migrations May Be on Road to Ruin (LiveScience.com)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:00:43 GMT

LiveScience.com - A proposed road through the Serengeti could jeopardize one of the largest migrations of land animals in the world, conservationists warn.

Nations meet on climate cash, U.N. sees long haul (Reuters)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:39:59 GMT

Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming.

Enbridge wants to work on Lake Michigan pipeline (AP)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:06:43 GMT

AP - Enbridge Energy Partners, the company whose pipeline caused a major oil spill in the Kalamazoo River five weeks ago, said Wednesday its plan to reinforce its oil pipelines under Lake Michigan is part of a routine maintenance program.

Reward in question for ranger in escapee's capture (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:46:48 GMT

AP - The U.S. Forest Service is reviewing whether an eastern Arizona ranger whose tip led to the capture of two of the most wanted fugitives in America can receive $27,500 in reward money under the agency's ethics guidelines.

Climate change puts China harvests at risk (AFP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:18:18 GMT

AFP - Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday.

Tar balls coat Indian beaches after ship dumps oil (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:40:09 GMT

AP - Wave after wave of tar balls floated ashore Wednesday on the renowned Goa beaches after a ship dumped tons of waste oil off India's western coast, officials said.

Mo., Premium Standard reach deal on hog odor issue (AP)

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:39:58 GMT

AP - Premium Standard Farms has been given a two-year extension to install technology at its hog confinements to reduce odors after it failed to meet a July 31 deadline established by a Jackson County court six years ago.

UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:47 GMT

AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.