Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with energy www.salem-news.com 2010 On Thursday May 10, 2012 the Legal Defense Team representing imprisoned climate activist, Tim DeChristopher will present oral arguments before the 10th District Federal Court of Appeals. DeChristopher is currently serving two years in federal prison for disrupting the December 2008 illegitimate sale of federal land in Southern Utah. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php Wed, 09 May 2012 21:48:00 PDT A delegation from the International Energy Agency spent two days in Baghdad speaking with high-ranking officials in preparation for an end-of-year report on the country's oil sector. By some estimates, Iraq could hold some of the largest oil reserves in the world and an international auction for oil and natural gas blocks is planned for May. http://salem-news.com/articles/march092012/oil-iraq-dg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march092012/oil-iraq-dg.php Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:48:00 PST Is this what we voted for? Is this what Western diplomacy has come to in the 21stt century? Thank heaven for Dr David Morrison’s very timely briefing document entitled “Iran hasn’t got an active nuclear weapons programme, says US intelligence”. Morrison is the noted political researcher from Northern Ireland. He sets out the position in easy-reading form so that even our dimmest politicians can understand. http://salem-news.com/articles/march052012/ignoring-intel-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march052012/ignoring-intel-sl.php Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:58:00 PST The US Senate is playing a dangerous game that has already cost consumers money at the gas pump, and now is putting the US in a very dangerous position. A good part of the rising price of gas is due to sanctions that prohibit nations from buying Iranian oil and gas, thus creating an artificial shortage which oil companies have exploited. http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/senate-nuke-war-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march042012/senate-nuke-war-jc.php Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:07:00 PST The International Atomic Energy Agency has been closely cooperating with the world’s spy agencies on Iran and certain other countries for years, Hans Blix, the former director general of the agency, said on February 27. “In 1991, we realized that Iraqis had been cheating the IAEA. We went to declared installations, but not to other places and they were building things elsewhere,” he told RT. http://salem-news.com/articles/march032012/blix-iaea.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march032012/blix-iaea.php Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:43:00 PST President Obama is under immense pressure to give Netanyahu private assurances that if the U.S. strategy to stop Iran from developing the capacity (not the actuality) for nuclear weapons doesn't work, the U.S. will back an Israeli first strike. This is the moment for peace oriented voices to speak out and say no to an Israeli first strike with American overt or covert backing. http://salem-news.com/articles/march012012/obama-israel-ml.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march012012/obama-israel-ml.php Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:41:00 PST Politico reports today, that Obama met with House Speaker John Boehner over the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and that "optimism" was expressed over finding "common ground" on several energy and jobs bills. Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters, "I did press the president on the Keystone pipeline. The president said, ‘Well, you’re gonna get part." http://salem-news.com/articles/february292012/xl-pipeline-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february292012/xl-pipeline-tk.php Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:47:00 PST In this week's Reactor Reax, the 'Wizard of Ohama', Warren Buffett, wants the American taxpayer to pony up for dangerous nuclear power. It's quite a risk and a lot to ask of a citizenry but then he is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, which is sort of laughable as the U.S. economy settles lower and lower into the ground. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/reactor-reax.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/reactor-reax.php Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:52:00 PST The leakage of classified information by former US Army soldier, Bradley Manning, to whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, is a source of embarrassment for the US government, a former Pentagon official tells Press TV. Manning has been formally charged with involvement in the largest leakage of classified information in the American history. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/wikileaks-scandal-ptv.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252012/wikileaks-scandal-ptv.php Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:34:00 PST Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years in support of free speech at a comedy show on March 4th in my homeland-New York City with the import of The Secret Policeman's Ball. Among the acts that have signed on for the happening at Radio City Music Hall for the concert to benefit Amnesty International are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. http://salem-news.com/articles/february242012/colbert-vanunu-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february242012/colbert-vanunu-ef.php Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:40:00 PST On September 11, 2011, American Bird Conservancy, issued a press release entitled: Oil Companies Prosecuted for Avian Deaths but Wind Companies Kill Birds With Impunity. ABC has taken numerous press calls over a letter Newt Gingrich sent to the Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary referencing this same issue, and would like to re-iterate its position on the issue of enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. http://salem-news.com/articles/february232012/gingrich-abc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february232012/gingrich-abc.php Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:09:00 PST Under pressure from the United States and the European Union, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication in Belgium, is expected to ban Iran's forty banks and institutions from using SWIFT to process its financial transactions. This would effect Iran's foreign trade and access to international payments. http://salem-news.com/articles/february222012/swift-pressure-nukes-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february222012/swift-pressure-nukes-rs.php Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:24:00 PST Sri Lanka, which relies heavily on imports of Iranian oil, is feeling the impact of US-led sanctions on Tehran. Rising global prices, due in part to US-led sanctions against Iran along with the weakening of the Sri Lankan rupee, have led the price of kerosene to rise 49 per cent, diesel 36.9 per cent and petrol 7.7 per cent in Sri Lanka. http://salem-news.com/articles/february212012/lanka-iran-oil.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february212012/lanka-iran-oil.php Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:00 PST Students, parents, teachers, and members of the business, faith, and the higher education community will gather at the Oregon State Capitol on February 21st for a Day of Action in Support of Tuition Equity. Tuition Equity will ensure that every Oregon student, regardless of their immigration status, has fair access to quality and affordable higher education. http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/tuition-protest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february202012/tuition-protest.php Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:30:00 PST Today at approximately 1:36 PM members of No Coal Eugene dropped a banner reading “STOP THE COAL TRAIN” from the parking garage on 10th and Oak in Eugene, Oregon. This action was done in solidarity with Rocky Mountain Powershift and to bring attention to the coal trains that will soon be coming through Eugene. http://salem-news.com/articles/february182012/coal-train.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february182012/coal-train.php Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:10:00 PST The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran reports that fuel rods were produced at Isfahan nuclear facility and transferred to the Tehran Research Reactor under the supervision of the IAEA inspectors. By placing nuclear plates into the Tehran reactor, Iran has taken the final step in completing the nuclear fuel cycle. http://salem-news.com/articles/february152012/iran-fuel-rods.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february152012/iran-fuel-rods.php Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:44:00 PST The United States says it is premature to talk about providing any kind of exemption to Sri Lanka to buy oil from Iran, despite the US sanctions on Iranian oil imports. US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Robert O Blake made this point when he addressed the media in Colombo yesterday. http://salem-news.com/articles/february142012/lanka-iran-oil.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february142012/lanka-iran-oil.php Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:06:00 PST It all started early on this morning when Zero Hedge reported that oil trading had been halted at the CME. Later in the afternoon they posted this explanation: Today's Black Gold Swan - Presenting The Reason Why The CME's Crude Market Was Halted For Over One Hour Zero Hedge handled this masterfully and with great professionalism. http://salem-news.com/articles/february142012/russia-iran-mr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february142012/russia-iran-mr.php Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:52:00 PST Local tribes believe construction of the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant on the Xingu River in Brazil's northern region continues, water levels will eventually flood 40,000 human beings from their homes. http://salem-news.com/articles/february122012/brazil-indians.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february122012/brazil-indians.php Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:46:00 PST The simmering tensions over the Malvinas Islands or Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic) as called by the British occupiers. The British Royal Navy is planning to send the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, a state-of-the-art warship, to the region on her maiden mission http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:00 PST So who’s got the last laugh now? Iran’s reputed nuclear bomb, even if proved in the making today, would take a year to build. Yet, the more potent bomb, and less lethal to humans, is paying in gold for Iran’s oil, as India, China, Russia, and even Europe plan to do. http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/iran-gold-jm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/iran-gold-jm.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:00 PST In the U.S., radiation-related "safety" decisions over commercial nuclear power plants are handled very undemocratically. They are considered to be strictly the purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Courts, utility and state energy commissions, EPA, DOE, and everyone else whose regulatory authority touches on nuclear power will insist that you cannot talk to them about "safety." You must go to the NRC. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262012/nuclear-power-ah.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:04:00 PST India has agreed to pay the price of crude oil it imports from Iran in gold, which makes it the first country to drop the US dollar for purchasing the Iranian oil. According to a report published by DEBKAfile news website, unnamed sources have stressed that China is also expected to follow suit. http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/iran-gold.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/iran-gold.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:32:00 PST This week in Reactor Reax, activists in Iowa say future plans for nuclear power should be skipped. It's one of several stories that examine the reality behind dangerous nuclear power plants that have proven time and time again that they not only kill and contaminate human life; they also leave vast areas uninhabitable and cost countries and their taxpayers billions of dollars. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/reactor-reax.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/reactor-reax.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:32:00 PST Arizona Governor Jan Brewer visited AWC to "Flip the Switch" on a 5-megawatt (MW) solar installation that will provide approximately 100 percent of the college's daytime electricity needs. "As a college that has worked to develop a strong science program, with facilities and scholarships that are the envy of the state, we are thrilled to integrate solar technology into our curriculum and our sustainability plan," stated AWC president Dr. Glenn Mayle. http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/aws-solar.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december142011/aws-solar.php Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:29:00 PST In a NASA program in February, 2001, Professor Douglas Gough, University of Cambridge, said: “We are just beginning to understand how the Earth’s atmosphere operates. We’re beginning to understand meteorology as a result of detailed observations from space. Now we’re going to understand the motions on the Sun. It could be a phenomenon similar to what’s happening on Earth and it will, I believe, herald a new era of solar meteorology.” http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/weather-information-ec.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december122011/weather-information-ec.php Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:31:00 PST A group in San Antonio called the Dinner Garden gets some of its funding from Exxon Mobil. Is this generosity? If Exxon Mobil is doing this to support urban gardens in San Antonio (and elsewhere) for the sake of people's health, I'll eat my sombrero and cowboy hat. Exxon Mobil is, in fact, involved not only in genetic engineering but in its most extreme form yet - synthetic biology. http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/exxon-dinner-party-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december082011/exxon-dinner-party-jg.php Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:10:00 PST he gung-ho leadership of the British government, fresh from their heroic "liberation" of Libya (and never mind the mega-deaths and wholesale destruction), are now itching for a fight with Iran, it seems. Of course they won't be spilling any blood or guts of their own. They'll watch from a safe distance and make Churchillian speeches. The temperature is rising nicely. After the storming of the British embassy in Tehran, foreign secretary William Hague declared: "These events are a grave violation of the Vienna Convention... http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/iran-grudge-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december012011/iran-grudge-sl.php Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:21:00 PST A toxicology report relating to a sick oil spill cleanup worker claims the operation in which BP and the Coast Guard set the massive slick on fire was characterized by secrecy, including a threat to shoot down a news helicopter. The report also says most of the oiled birds found during the spill were euthanized rather than rehabilitated. http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/oil-spill.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november142011/oil-spill.php Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:07:00 PST Wind energy is more affordable than ever, and new installations across the country are saving consumers money on their electric bills, as utilities rush to lock in long-term favorable rates. “This is what a successful business looks like with stable tax policy. Utilities are locking in a great deal for their electric customers while it’s available. We’re keeping rates down all across the U.S., even in the heart of the South,” said Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association. http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/wind-energy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october252011/wind-energy.php Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:14:00 PDT