CHEYENNE — The European Union ambassador to the United States believes it is vital to the future of the environment that energy specialists in Europe establish a dialogue with their Wyoming counterparts.
By 2020, the EU has committed itself to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below the 1990 level.
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CASPER – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal by Encana Oil & Gas to drill 85 new natural-gas wells adjacent to the Jonah Field in western Wyoming.
The new production area would be about 70 miles northwest of Rock Springs, with an average density of one well per 80 acres and a maximum density of one well per 40 acres, the BLM said. The project would also include support facilities such as access roads, pipelines and compressor stations.
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HELENA — Two environmental groups said Thursday that the state air-quality permit for the proposed coal-fired Highwood Generating Station is invalid in light of a recent federal court ruling and must be redone.
In a letter to Montana Department of Environmental Quality Director Richard Opper, the groups said that because the Highwood plant’s permit does not comply with the federal Clean Air Act’s mercury emission requirements, construction of the plant cannot lawfully begin.
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Canadians are becoming familiar with the scale of destruction in the tar sands, something that First Nations of the region have known for some time now.
And people around the world are learning why our country has taken such an obstructionist role on global warming. Canada and the Bush administration stand alone against the rest of the world because with the tar sands we are housing the single most destructive project anywhere on Earth, and the Americans are getting the oil.
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The proposal asked the Alberta government to hold off on creating any new projects within three regions of environmental significance and little oil until January of 2011.
The Sustainable Ecosystem Working Group (SEWG), part of CEMA, is designing a system of land management and will submit it to the Alberta government in June 2008. A moratorium until January 2011, said Hobbs, would allow time for CEMA and the Alberta government to work out the final details of the new system before looking at developing these three regions.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – World annual investments in renewable energy will top $100 billion for the first time in 2007, led by wind power, according to a report issued at United Nations climate talks on Saturday.
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CALGARY – Investment in Alberta’s oilsands will skyrocket to nearly $20 billion in 2008, topping spending for all manufacturing across Canada for the first time, says a report issued Wednesday that re-ignited debate about whether Alberta’s oilsands development is hurtling out of control.
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LANDER — Elevated levels of a potentially toxic air pollutant in the Pinedale region prompted the Department of Environmental Quality to issue an air pollution advisory Wednesday.
Relatively high levels of ozone, a noxious gas and respiratory irritant, have been recorded by DEQ monitors at Boulder, Daniel and at the Jonah natural gas field this past week.
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EDMONTON – Nearly two-thirds of Albertans say the government should limit greenhouse gas emissions produced by oilsands development, even if it means some projects would be delayed or cancelled, according to a new poll.
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Some powerful Washington voices, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, have lined up against coal-fired power, which churns out two billions tons of greenhouse gases annually. Not shirking from a fight, coal’s supporters are spending tens of millions of dollars to cement their support among members of Congress and the top presidential candidates.
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