NOBEL LAUREATE URGES OIL COS TO HELP CUT EMISSIONS Reuters 2/14/08 HOUSTON – Rajendra Pachauri said he thought he was “walking into the lion’s den” Tuesday when he told oil executives they need to take a lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in order to save the earth. COAL DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A DIRTY WORD, CEOS SAY MONEY WOES…
COURT REJECTS POWER PLANT EMISSIONS EXEMPTIONS Houston Chronicle 2/8/08 A federal appeals court struck down a Bush administration policy exempting power plants from certain environmental regulations. The court said the policy was unlawful. D.C. CIRCUIT COURT DECLARES EPA’S MERCURY RULE ILLEGAL NRC HEARS STP BACKERS, DETRACTORS Bay City Tribune 2/5/08 Supporters and opponents of STP’s units 3 and 4 took…
EXXON MOBIL BREAKS ITS OWN PROFITS RECORDS Houston Chronicle 2/1/08 Last year’s surge in crude prices sent Exxon Mobil Corp.’s annual profits soaring to new records for the highest quarterly and annual profits ever earned by a U.S. company. SHORTAGE OF ADDITIVE MAY CAUSE GAS PRICE SPIKE Huston Chronicle 1/30/08 Experts are predicting that prices, which jumped by almost a…