Company in Mich. oil spill offers to buy homes

The company whose pipeline ruptured and dumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan waterway said it has offered to buy the 200 homes in the affected area.

Oil spill – BP – Environment – Energy – Petroleum in the Environment
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Senate Dems delay vote on oil spill, energy bill
The worst oil spill in U.S. history and a year on track to be the hottest on record were not enough to push an energy bill through the Senate this summer.

Energy – United States Senate – Oil spill – Environment – Oil
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46,000 Square Miles Of Forest Needed To Supply 120 Planned US Wood-Fired Power Plants

Southern pine wood chips. Image credit:USDA Southern Research Station. Research Update, Wood to Energy

Biomass burning for electricity still looks to be a political and environmental black hole, presenting more dreadful questions than a tree hugger can shake a blog at. Why, for example, are 120 wood burning power plants being planned in multiple US states? Are banks and managing utilities planning for biomass (a euphemism for wood-fired) just to meet state renewable energy goals? Is it a coincidence that the projects are scheduled for upgrading mos… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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46,000 Square Miles Of Forest Needed To Supply 120 Planned US Wood-Fired Power Plants

Southern pine wood chips. Image credit:USDA Southern Research Station. Research Update, Wood to Energy

Biomass burning for electricity still looks to be a political and environmental black hole, presenting more dreadful questions than a tree hugger can shake a blog at. Why, for example, are 120 wood burning power plants being planned in multiple US states? Are banks and managing utilities planning for biomass (a euphemism for wood-fired) just to meet state renewable energy goals? Is it a coincidence that the projects are scheduled for upgrading mos… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Can the Senate Even Pass the BP Spill Bill?

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The Senate notoriously gutted and left for dead its comprehensive climate and clean energy reform bill, even after watering down numerous times. Now, even the tiny remnants of that bill, those measures deemed least offensive — primarily getting tougher with offshore drilling regulations and some energy efficiency incentives — may not pass. I have to say, if the S…
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Groups seek ban on lead ammunition, fishing tackle

Five environmental groups urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to ban lead in ammunition and fishing tackle, arguing that millions of animals are dying from eating lead-shot pellets or carcasses contaminated by lead.

Fishing – Lead – United States Environmental Protection Agency – Lead shot – Recreation
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Groups seek ban on lead ammunition, fishing tackle

Five environmental groups urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to ban lead in ammunition and fishing tackle, arguing that millions of animals are dying from eating lead-shot pellets or carcasses contaminated by lead.

Fishing – Lead – United States Environmental Protection Agency – Lead shot – Recreation
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Today on Planet 100: EPA Rejects Cleanup (Video)
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Today on Planet 100: EPA Rejects Cleanup (Video)
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Today on Planet 100: EPA Rejects Cleanup (Video)
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Why We Need Electric Car Subsidies

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This year will see the debut of some of the most hotly anticipated electric cars ever designed for the mass market — notably, the Chevy Volt and the Nisson Leaf. And right on cue, the complaints and criticisms about EVs have begun to fly. The cars, which will at first be produced in smaller quantities and with new technologies, will be relatively expensive — $41K for the Volt and $33K for the Leaf, though a …
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Why We Need Electric Car Subsidies

Photo via the Resilient Earth

This year will see the debut of some of the most hotly anticipated electric cars ever designed for the mass market — notably, the Chevy Volt and the Nisson Leaf. And right on cue, the complaints and criticisms about EVs have begun to fly. The cars, which will at first be produced in smaller quantities and with new technologies, will be relatively expensive — $41K for the Volt and $33K for the Leaf, though a …
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Why We Need Electric Car Subsidies

Photo via the Resilient Earth

This year will see the debut of some of the most hotly anticipated electric cars ever designed for the mass market — notably, the Chevy Volt and the Nisson Leaf. And right on cue, the complaints and criticisms about EVs have begun to fly. The cars, which will at first be produced in smaller quantities and with new technologies, will be relatively expensive — $41K for the Volt and $33K for the Leaf, though a …
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Why We Need Electric Car Subsidies

Photo via the Resilient Earth

This year will see the debut of some of the most hotly anticipated electric cars ever designed for the mass market — notably, the Chevy Volt and the Nisson Leaf. And right on cue, the complaints and criticisms about EVs have begun to fly. The cars, which will at first be produced in smaller quantities and with new technologies, will be relatively expensive — $41K for the Volt and $33K for the Leaf, though a …
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