August 5, 2012 When did pipelines suddenly have to be perfect? Accidents happen, writes Gary Lamphier for the Edmonton Journal. Yet the expectations that are holding up the Enbridge Northern Gateway are unrealistic […]
August 5, 2012 Rinehart’s well-timed exit from coal Gina Rinehart, iron ore magnate and Asia's wealthiest woman, sold a controlling stake in her Galilee coal assets nearly a year ago to GVK Group, run by Indian billionaire GV…
August 4, 2012 A northern pipeline could move Alberta’s stranded oil and gas: NWT Premier With the Northern Gateway Pipeline facing political hurdles, the Premier of the Northwest Territories, Bob McLeod, said moving Alberta's oil and gas via a pipeline in the Northwest Territories is…
August 4, 2012 Six Mexican miners dead after 100 tonnes of coal collapse Six coal miner died after 100 tonnes of coal collapsed at a mine in northern Mexico, located in the State of Coahuila.
August 3, 2012 Mongolia’s champion of resource nationalism is going to jail for four years Former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar was found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to four years in prison just weeks after he made a political comeback with his Mongolian People’s Revolutionary…
August 3, 2012 Barges to transport coal between Oregon and China are closer to reality Covered barges that will transport coal between two Oregon ports for shipment to Asia are closer to reality after the Morrow Pacific coal export project signed letters of intent with…
August 3, 2012 Quick reactor decommissioning in Germany Two of the German reactors ordered to shut after Fukushima will be dismantled as soon as possible. EnBW has applied for permission to do the work and said it has…
August 3, 2012 India’s coal mines threaten dwindling tiger population India's tiger population has dwindled from tens of thousands a century ago to a mere 1,411 according to the last official census.
August 3, 2012 Gold mining healthy? In 2011 gold-mine production came in at an all-time record high. And in 2012 experts anticipate production to be even higher, edging above the previous year’s 87m-ounce tally. From the…
August 2, 2012 British Columbians open to pipeline but still no traction for the premier Half of British Columbians could be convinced that building the Northern Gateway Pipeline is a good idea, as long as economic and environmental considerations are addressed, but Premier Christy Clark…
