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Fortuna to let NY landowners out of gas leases

A natural gas drilling company has agreed to renegotiate the terms of its leases with New York landowners as part of a settlement with the state.

West Virginia regulators approve gas rate increase

West Virginia's Public Service Commission has approved a 5 percent rate increase for Hope Gas Inc.

Pa. residents sue gas driller over polluted wells

Pat Farnelli says there's something in the water at her house. The last time she drank it, she says she vomited four times. It's made her children sick, too.

AAA Michigan: State gas prices down 9.4 cents

AAA Michigan says gasoline prices are down 9.4 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $2.57.

AAA: Ohio gas prices down 10 cents from last week

Prices at Ohio gasoline pumps are down 10 cents this week amid a slump in oil prices.

North Dakota flaring less natural gas — for now

The burning glow over North Dakota's oil patch is slowly dimming as companies work to capture and sell natural gas instead of flaring it.

Columbia Gas to charge 8-yr low rates in December

Ohio's largest natural gas company says next month's rates will be the lowest for December in eight years.

Family hurt in Texas pipeline explosion files suit

A family whose members suffered burns when a natural gas pipeline exploded last week in the Texas Panhandle filed a negligence lawsuit Thursday against the companies that own and operate it.

Survey: Gas prices up 2.86 cents nationwide

The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 2.86 cents over a two-week period to $2.68.

Pa. officials fine drilling firm for tainted wells

State regulators are fining a Houston-based company because its natural-gas drilling operations polluted residents' water wells in northeastern Pennsylvania.

3 injured, home destroyed in Texas gas line blast

A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air, authorities said.

Sweden, Finland OK Baltic Sea gas pipeline project

Sweden and Finland on Thursday approved a Baltic Sea pipeline project that would ship Russian natural gas to Germany, clearing two key obstacles for construction to begin next year.

Alabama Gas cutting rates for 4th time in a year

With winter approaching, customers of Alabama Gas Corp. are going to pay lower rates for heating their homes, the fourth cutback in the past 12 months.

Putin requests EU credits for Ukraine

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged the European Union on Monday to lend Ukraine at least $1 billion to help it pay for natural gas supplies from Russia and avoid another disruption of flows to Europe.

Gas prices continue trend, up 9 cents in Texas

Retail gasoline prices in Texas have gone up 9 cents a gallon since last week.

Gas prices up 17.8 cents nationwide

The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 17.8 cents over a two-week period to $2.66. It's the first rise in the national retail price of gas since late July.

CNX Gas 3rd-quarter profit plunges 47 percent

Natural gas producer CNX Gas Corp. said third-quarter earnings fell 47 percent, hurt by prolonged weakness in natural gas prices and slumping demand.

BLM nets $13 million in quarterly lease sale

The Bureau of Land Management netted more than $13 million from its quarterly sale of 48 oil and natural gas leases in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas.

New Mexico's 1Q oil and gas revenues plummet

The New Mexico State Land Office has collected $90 million in revenues during the first quarter of this fiscal year, a decline of $104 million from the same period last year.

Serbia seen as hub for Russian gas in Europe

Serbia will become a major hub for distribution of Russian natural gas to Europe thanks to the storage and transport capacities of the planned South Stream pipeline, the general manager of Serbia' state energy company said Thursday.

UN: For 7th year, warming emissions grew again

The industrialized world again in 2007 boosted, rather than reduced, its emissions of global-warming gases, the U.N. reported Wednesday, as international negotiators looked ahead to crucial climate talks in December.

NTSB discusses Miss. pipeline blast failures

The National Transportation Safety Board says better pipeline testing might have prevented a 2007 propane explosion that killed two people in rural Mississippi.

Analyst: Gas shale may be next bubble to burst

The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the country's next speculative bubble to burst, a speaker warned Monday at a conference exploring the notion that the world's oil and gas are diminishing rapidly.

Survey: Gas prices drop 4.5 cents nationwide

The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has dropped 4.5 cents to $2.47 over a two-week period.

Western Gas names president of general partner

Western Gas Partners LP said Thursday that it named Donald R. Sinclair the president of its general partner.

The Vine
True Story BBC: The man who smuggled himself into Auschwitz and lived to tell his story.
Source: BBC News

This, is amazing, and I promise, you haven't heard this story before.. When millions would have done anything to get out, one remarkable British soldier smuggled himself into Auschwitz to witness the horror so he could tell others the truth.

Could You Please Pass The Gas?

The function takes many names. Dropping a bomb, cutting the cheese, ripping one, breaking wind, sounding off, passing gas, butt barking, tooting, pooting... and, of course, farting.

An All-Out Attack on 'Conservative Misinformation'
Source: The New York Times

Media Matters says it does not coordinate its efforts with the Obama campaign — the campaign has its own media-criticism Web site, FightTheSmears.com — though some Democratic operatives have, at the least, suggested potential items to Media Matters over the years.

Dark Red Spot Found on Kuiper Belt Object Haumae
Source: Technology Review

Unlike all other large Kuiper Belt Objects, which are covered in methane ice and so slightly red in colour, Haumea and its two moons are covered in water ice, giving them a blue tinge. Moreover, Haumea is much denser than water and so must have a rich rocky core.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution: Victoria dirtiest state in one of dirtiest countries, Australia
Source: The Age

Home to three of Australia's four dirtiest power stations and none of the 12 biggest renewable energy plants... less than 2 per cent of electricity clean ... brown coal accounted for 94 per cent of electricity, with gas 4 per cent.

Wages falling; the prices of imported goods are rising
Source: RGJ.com

Everyone remembers oil prices near $150 per barrel (July 2008). The price of natural gas peaked about then (June 2008) at $61.90/million BTUs. By mid-February, the prices of both of these commodities had fallen about 70 percent. But, since then, their prices have diverged.

Worsening Australian Timor Sea oil spill disaster - fire breaks out on leaking Oz oil rig
Source: The Age

Fire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks (100x100 km) . Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire.

Erdogan Visit to Tehran Raises Questions over Turkish Foreign Policy - The Jamestown Foundation
Source: jamestown.org

Turkish premier has met Iranian president in Tehran, Iran. They talk about the regional politics and business. Turkish and Iran also sign gas trading deal. Therefore, Turkish has good gas supply for their country.

Obama Likely to Skip Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen - Political News - FOXNews.com
Source: FOXNews.com

We can only hope this entire carbon tax, climate change, global warming, cap and trade legislation dies on the vine. For those of you who still believe global warming is man-made, please consider the most recent scientific evidence from climatologist experts that prove the found …

Dark Flow Revealed
Source: Popular Science -

As if the universe weren't strange enough, scientists have recently discovered that entire galaxy clusters—the largest known structures in the universe, consisting of thousands of galaxies—are moving toward the same area.

Flock of sheep bursts into flames after gas leak in Jordan
Source: Telegraph

A flock of sheep burst into flames and was incinerated after a methane gas leak exploded in the desert in northern Jordan.

Energy crisis is postponed as new gas rescues the world
Source: Telegraph

Engineers have performed their magic once again. The world is not going to run short of energy as soon as feared The World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires last week was one of those events that shatter assumptions.

Schwarzenegger signs gay rights bills {{one of them recognition of same-sex marriages from out of state}}
Source: The Sacramento Bee

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two gay rights bills, one honoring late activist Harvey Milk and another recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Interior boss says no to drilling on 8 Utah parcels
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Eight of the 77 oil and gas lease parcels sold during a December auction that a saboteur wrecked and a federal judge later halted will be off-limits to drilling, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has decided.

Delta's future hinges on money as Sacramento legislators debate water-policy bills
Source: The Sacramento Bee

The first effort in a generation to fix California's all-important water policy appears to be stalled by the only commodity that seems more valuable: money.

Invisible Hand Ruling Dark Matter
Source: PhysOrg.com

"The pattern that the data reveal is extremely odd. It's like finding a zoo of animals of all ages and sizes miraculously having identical, say, weight in their backbones or something.

New wonder-bra a real gas
Source: Australian News Network

UKRAINIAN scientist has designed a bra that converts to a gas mask in emergencies from dust storms to nuclear meltdowns.

U.S. Congressmen warn Shell OIL it could be banned from U.S.
Source: royaldutchshellplc.com

The U.S. Congress has spent recent weeks in intensifying a push for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.

Access to EU markets key to helping Pakistan: Zardari
Source: Daily Times

ROME: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday called for enhanced access to the European Union markets, saying it would strengthen Pakistan's economy.

Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

Barack Obama brought G20 back global economy from the brink of financial meltdown. But still yet to coming, next round of CO2 exhaust gas trading development haven?

A storm brews over food, water & power
Source: BBC News

Land of promise In the Central Valley town of Mendota - the self-styled "Canteloupe capital of the world" - many of those that grew crops are now queueing up for handouts.

Dead and Dying–California's Central Valley Dust Bowl
Source: Beetle Blogger

I took a drive this week from Sacramento to Los Angeles, and had an eye opening experience. Down the entire length of the 5 freeway, we saw not the green luscious fields of produce or green orchards laden with fruit, but dusty dead and dying orchards.

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