Five Energy Stories Worth Reading Today (1/24/12)

Posted By Lowell F. on January 24th, 2012

Here are five recommended reads for today (1/24/12)

  1. The Wall Street Journal reports, “This year’s outlook is grim for the U.S coal industry, which after two years of rising profits has begun closing mines, signaling a new wave of production cutbacks and, possibly, another round of industry consolidation.”
  2. According to an AP story: “Even as sections of Kansas struggled with drought last year, oil exploration companies pushed into the state to drill for oil and gas with horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a method that relies on water. The burst of drilling pushed temporary water permits for oil and gas exploration in Kansas to a nearly 30-year high.”
  3. Energy Boom reports, “The Ohio Power Siting Board, the state utility regulatory agency, has given the green light to start building the Black Fork Wind Farm, a 200-megawatt facility that will be capable of generating enough clean electricity to power 10,000 homes.”
  4. DeSmogBlog asks whether the demise of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project could mean “more Bakken Shale gas flaring.”
  5. Brad Johnson of Think Progress Green writes: “Congressional Republicans are now openly acting as advocates for foreign oil interests, colluding with TransCanada lobbyists to push their tar sands agenda. House and Senate staff for Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), Sens. John Hoeven (R-ND), Dick Lugar (R-IN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and others gathered Monday afternoon for a conference call with TransCanada lawyers “to plot out how to push the Obama administration on the Keystone XL pipeline.”
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