August 2015

EPA knew before spill that Gold King Mine was at risk of toxic water ‘blowout’

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EPA documents raise more questions than they answer about Gold King Mine disaster EPA officials knew of the potential for a catastrophic “blowout” of poisonous wastewater from the inactiveGold King Mine, yet appeared to have only a cursory plan to deal with such an event when a government cleanup team triggered a 3-million-gallon spill, according to internal documents […]

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Socialist candidate’s oil sands comments demand to be debated

Markham on Energy

Linda McQuaig is a long-time opponent of oil sands, comments surprised no one OMG, you guys, why are critics so MEAN to Linda McQuaig? She’s just telling the truth about leaving the oil sands in the ground, right? This, readers, is the sad state of Canadian political discourse. I’m referencing a recent and widely circulated op-ed in The

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West Texas jury says a deal is a deal in $60 million oil leases law suit

Energy Financial

West Texas Tiburon Land claimants awarded $33.1 million verdict, second set of claimants receive $28 million A West Texas jury has awarded more than $60 million to investors who claimed they were defrauded by an Abilene oil man and his co-defendants, according to the lawyer representing one group of claimants. Plaintiffs claimed they shared in the first 30,000 acres of

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LNG Exports: Savior of American natural gas producers or just a lot of hype?

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American LNG export capacity growing faster than international demand for natural gas All is not as it would seem in terms of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and its touted role of metaphoric savior of the U.S. gas markets, according to the latest analysis just published by Bentek Energy. Global gas demand growth has flagged over

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Shale update: Bakken, Eagle Ford production up slightly in July

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From July 2014 to July 2015 total U.S. crude oil production has increased by about 550,000 b/d, mostly from shale basins Oil production from key shale formations in North Dakota and Texas increased slightly in July from June, according to Bentek Energy. Oil production from the Eagle Ford Basin in Texas remained relatively strong in July, up 10,000 barrels per day (b/d), ), but less than 1 per cent, from June, the latest analysis showed.

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Native Americans’ unusual protest targets coal export terminals in western US, Canada

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New coal terminals will export millions of tons to new Asia markets A Native American tribe is taking a 22-foot (6.71-meter) totem pole through the western U.S. and Canada in opposition to proposed terminals for exporting coal to Asia, saying the terminals would contaminate air and water and harm sacred sites. A team from the

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