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BP hikes dividend after strong fourth quarter

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:17:35 +0000

AP - BP PLC has raised its quarterly dividend by 14 percent after posting double-digit gains in profit and revenue in the last three months of 2011 despite further big payments to compensate for the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Radioactive element found in fish far from Vermont nuclear plant

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:37:00 +0000

Reuters - Trace amounts of a radioactive element found in fish near the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant have now been found in bass in an opposite corner of the state, apparently clearing the plant of any tie to the contamination, a state health official said.

Popular Opinion on Climate Change Traced to Political Elites

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:44:59 +0000

LiveScience.com - It seems the general public just can’t make up its mind about the existence of man-made climate change. Rather than steadily increasing or decreasing over the last decade, the U.S. public’s concern over our warming planet has jumped up and down, according to Gallup polls. But what exactly is driving this seesawing of opinions on climate change?

Green auction expected to raise millions for environment

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:51:05 +0000

Reuters - Bidders will be able to buy fine art, a vacation in the Maldives, or an internship with designer Donna Karan and help the planet at the same time in Christie’s annual Green Auction, which is expected reap millions for environmental causes.

Judge allocates time for start of oil spill trial

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:25:18 +0000

AP - A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill.

BP preparing "vigorously" for oil spill lawsuits

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:19:54 +0000

Reuters - BP said it was preparing “vigorously” for lawsuits related to its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which are due to start later this month, as it unveiled a rise in fourth-quarter earnings boosted by higher oil prices and one-off gains.

Nepal’s vulture "restaurants" for endangered birds

michro01 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:11:56 +0000

Reuters - In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down.

China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

michro01 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:07:41 +0000

AP - China announced Monday it will prohibit its airlines from paying European Union charges on carbon emissions, ratcheting up a global dispute over the cost of combatting climate change.

Fire at Moscow nuclear institute, Russia says no risk

michro01 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:31 +0000

Reuters - There was no risk of a radiation leak after a fire broke out at a Moscow nuclear research center housing a non-operational 60-year-old atomic reactor Sunday, said officials, but Greenpeace Russia expressed serious concern about the incident.

Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics

michro01 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:47:17 +0000

Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.