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$1 Billion More Pumping Into U.S. Wind
Dire predictions abound for U.S. wind power development if a federal production tax credit dies as scheduled at the end of this year, but projects already in the works appear to retain solid investment appeal. Sempra Energy sure seems to think so. The sprawling California energy company said it is jumping in with BP on a couple of big... [read more]
Media’s Scant Attention to Royal Shell’s 1.68 Million Gallon Spill
Mainstream media outlets treat nuclear energy in a way that is diametrically different from energy sources that advertise heavily.Advertiser supported media sources wrung their collective hands and did everything they could to promote and extend the legs of the story about damage to the Fukushima Daiichi reactors. That frequently covered... [read more]
A Gulf Chorus Fights BP's PR War
Photo by PJ Hahn
BP's newest PR salvo touting its Gulf cleanup hit a nerve with many residents still struggling to get their lives back (one ad captured this BP beach protest in the background). The oil behemoth's slickly produced pleas for Americans to “come on down” to the Gulf where the weather is warm, the... [read more]
Beyond Solar: BP Exits Business
It has been more than a year when the green blog reported about the closing of BP Solar's manufacturing facility in Maryland, US.According to several news reports last week, BP finally admitted that it can't handle the solar market and told its staff of 100 employees worldwide that it will fold its solar business after being... [read more]
As Dolphins Die, Gulf Residents Ask, 'What About Us?'
Dolphin found near Gulfport MS last week. Photo: Laurel Lockamy
Willie Seaman of Irvington, AL, lays carpet and floors for a living. But last summer, as the BP well gushed thousands of barrels of oil daily into the Gulf, Seaman signed up with the BP cleanup program, working on a shrimp boat several miles off shore. It was brutally hot and the smell of oil was putrid, Seaman remembers. His... [read more]
Disaster in the Gulf; So What Are We Doing About It?
Photo credit: Mac MacKenzie
In the Gulf, new information is confirming fears that fish and wildlife—and millions of people on the Coast—are being seriously impacted by the 4.9 million barrels of BP oil spewed from the ocean deep last year. A new report from the Waterkeeper Alliance shows the BP disaster is still unfolding. The... [read more]
Oil Still Threatens a Cajun Paradise
P.J. Hahn with a damaged pelican and the oil soaked waters of Barataria Bay.
P.J. Hahn has rescued his share of oil-soaked pelicans. As coastal restoration director for Plaquemines Parish, he’s seen the worst of the Louisiana crude that belched uncontrollably from BP’s well a mile below the sea. But now more than a year after the well was plugged, Hahn has not escaped the oil. And ... [read more]
The Macondo Monkey on BP's Back
Photo: PJ Hahn - Oil from an unknown source floats near fishing grounds of Barataria Bay, LA
Down in the Gulf, oil still is bubbling to the surface near BP’s disastrous Macondo well. Local fishermen know it, environmental watchdogs know it, local journalists know it. Now, five weeks after it was first spotted, the government knows it too. Following repeated BP denials that its well is leaking, the feds have finally taken... [read more]
A Dolphin's Dilemma for Fishermen in the Gulf
Photo: Rocky Kistner/NRDC
Louisiana shrimp buyer Dean Blanchard has seen plenty of crazy things during his life in the bayou. But his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets the day he watched a mother dolphin pushing her dead baby calf towards him as he stood on the commercial dock of his once thriving seafood business on... [read more]
How Many Congressmen Does It Take To Screw Up a Light Bulb?
Taking Care of the Medium Screw Base The BULB Act – for “Better Use of Light Bulbs” – is the latest bright idea from Rep. Joe Barton, the Texas Republican who last year apologized to BP during the Gulf oil spill and more recently questioned whether there is any “medical negative” from mercury or other dangerous air pollutants. This is a... [read more]
Review: A Sea in Flames by Carl Safina
I wanted to like Carl Safina's new book, A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout. In fact, I did like it for the first 40 pages or so. Safina is at his best in this book when reconstructing the events of the blowout itself and sharing the stories of those in the region whose lives felt the negative impacts. He's... [read more]
BP Spins Success From Reports About Its Failure
When my colleagues released NRDC's annual Testing the Waters report documenting pollution problems across the nation’s coastlines, the last thing they expected was this jaw-dropping Orwellian tweet to pop up on their computer screens: @BP_America Official BP.@NRDC Annual #Beach Water Report released today... [read more]
Highlights of BP’s 2011 Statistical Review of World Energy
Global Energy Growth BP recently released their highly respected annual Statistical Review of World Energy for 2011. Most of the news stories on the report have focused on the exceptionally strong growth in global energy consumption. While that is without a doubt a major story that I will discuss here, I also want to highlight some... [read more]
Video: New Technology May Prevent Another Oil Spill Like BP's
Last year, the nation watched and waited for months during many failed attempts to cap the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, with the well capped and killed, the industry has responded with new response plans and equipment designed to keep future oil spills from getting out of control. energyNOW! anchor Thalia Assuras looks at one of these new sub-sea containment systems, the Helix Rapid Response. [read more]
Video: Alaska's Offshore Oil - Hope or Peril?
The U.S. government is considering plans to increase oil and gas production off Alaska, and major companies are eying untapped resources in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. But these potential oil and gas fields are in pristine areas, called “the garden” by native Inupiat tribes, that have been hunted and fished for thousands of years. energyNOW! correspondent Dan Goldstein travels to Alaska’s North Slope to find out if offshore drilling can co-exist with an ancient way of life. [read more]
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