Conn. power plant blast kills several, injures 14 Philadelphia Daily News | PAT EATON-ROBB | The Associated Press | MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said. | Betsy Hard, deputy commissioner...
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
CPower Raises the Stakes redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 09:09 CST | NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CPower, a leading energy management and demand response firm, announced unprecedented growth during 2009, with an expanded roster of clients, two rounds of funding and a...
Power grid sees no impact from damaged plant The Boston Globe | HARTFORD, Conn.-Operators of New England's power grid say the fatal explosion that halted construction of a large generating plant in Connecticut will not likely rob the region of needed power. | But ISO-New England in Holyoke, Mass., said Monday i...
New federal climate change agency forming The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate. | Also known as global warming, climate change has drawn widespread concern in recent years as temperatures around the world rise, t...
Official: Toll should stand at 5 in plant blast The Boston Globe | MIDDLETOWN, Conn.-Search-and-rescue crews declared a section of an exploded power plant too unstable to comb through Monday, a task that lost urgency when officials said everyone assigned to work at the plant the day of the blast had been accounted...
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Obama pushing clean coal and green jobs Syracuse | (AP) - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is meeting with governors from coal-producing states, hoping to earn their support for a languishing U.S. energy bill and to bolster hi...
Obama's climate change Plan B CNN February 2, 2010: 4:13 AM ET | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Copenhagen climate talks went nowhere. The Senate's attempt to pass a global warming bill appears stuck. But that's do...
Fog thickens over global response to climate change Canada Dot Com | On the last day of the warmest January on record in Vancouver, Canada quietly detailed our updated commitment to tackling climate change as required under the Copenhagen a...
5 dead in blast at Conn. plant The Boston Globe | MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A massive gas explosion rocked a nearly-completed power plant on the banks of the Connecticut River here yesterday, killing at least five people and injuring at least 12 in a blast that shattered windows, cracked walls, and dama...
Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 The Boston Globe | MIDDLETOWN, Conn.-An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers and injuring a dozen or more. | The explosion at t...
Strong link to Mass. for energy plant Boston Herald | The Middletown, Conn., power plant that exploded yesterday, located about two hours from Boston, has many ties to Massachusetts. | Energy Investors Fund, a private equity funds manager that invests in U.S. energy, provides more than 80 percent of K...
Obama budget brings worries to Oklahoma, oil industry Plan to eliminate subsidies would affect Oklahoma, ... The Oklahoman | Enid oilman Harold Hamm doesn't hesitate when asked about the potential impact of President Barack Obama's budget proposal. Related content | Links | Ongoing Coverage: Politics | "I think it would be devastating for the industry, and it would be devastating for the country as a whole," he said. | Hamm, president of Enid-based Continental Resource...
Oil near $75 in Asia amid improved economic data Syracuse | (AP) - BANGKOK - Oil prices headed toward $75 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as regional stock markets snapped a losing streak and economic data suggested U.S. crude demand could improve. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 27 cents at $74.70 a barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The...
