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Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. reported a first quarter 2008 net loss of $187,000 or $0.01 per common share. Complete details of the company’s financial performance in the first quarter can be found its Form 10-Q which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Michael Reger, Chief Executive Officer of Northern said, “Northern […]

May 19th, 2008 Tags: Austin, Minnesota, Montana, Mountrail, North Dakota, Northern Oil and Gas Inc., Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas exploration, Robinson Lake, Wayzata, Whiting Petroleum

North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation.
A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agency’s 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels […]

April 17th, 2008 Tags: Austin, Austin Chalk, Eastern, Energy, energy policy, Gas, gas resource, gas resources, Lee, Louisiana, mine, Montana, North Dakota, Northwest, Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas resources, oil field, oil resources, oil volumes, Orica, Petroleum, produced oil, recoverable oil, Resources, technologies, technology, Texas

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit, Earth Summit (or, in Portuguese, Eco ‘92) was a major conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
178 governments participated, with 118 sending their heads of state or government.Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, […]

March 5th, 2008 Tags: Austin, Canada, Education, Energy, Environment, fuel, Gas, Gasoline, Inco, Japan, KYOTO, KYOTO protocol, Lima, local mining, local mining industry, mining, Nova, Ontario, Pollution Control, Reliance, Rio de Janeiro, Sudbury, Texas, transportation systems, United Nations, United States, Water

Dynegy Corp. chief Bruce Williamson met with the Sierra Club to discuss eight proposed coal plants. Following Dynegy’s merger with LS Power last week, Dynegy shifted into a plant developer role, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday. Williamson met with representatives from the environmental group in Washington to talk about the eight proposed plants.

Williamson said though the […]

April 3rd, 2007 Tags: Austin, Coal, coal plants, Dynegy, Energy, Environment, environmental group, environmental groups, Environmental Quality, Houston, LS Power, Market, Power, Sierra Club, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TXU, Washington

DURANT — Senator Jay Paul Gumm, and the Citizens Organizing for Resources and Environment, spoke out against the construction of the coal-fired power plant that TXU purposes to build in Fannin County. Experts in several scientific and health fields spoke to approximately 60 people in the Fine Arts Building at Southeastern Oklahoma State University […]

March 6th, 2007 Tags: ASN, Audi, Austin, Coal, coal plants, coal-fired plants, Defense, Department of Environment, Department of Environmental Quality, Eastern, electricity, Energy, energy expert, Environment, Environmental Quality, Katrina, Lima, Market, Million Tons, mining, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Oman, Power, Reading, Resources, Rick Perry, Sullivan, Texas, TXU, Water, ZAR

TXU Corp. received permission Wednesday to move forward with plans to construct a coal-fired power plant in Central Texas. The plant is one of three that the company’s prospective new owners still plan to build.
A federal judge in Austin approved a settlement Wednesday among TXU, the Justice Department and Alcoa Inc. that allows TXU to […]

February 28th, 2007 Tags: Alcoa, Alcoa Inc., Aluminum, Austin, Coal, Company, Dale, Dallas, Defense, Environment, Environmental Defense, Environmental Quality, Fort Worth, Justice Department, law, Milam County, Mitchell County, Natural Resources, Natural Resources Defense Council, NS Group, Oman, Power, Resources, Robertson County, Sparks, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TXU, TXU Corp, Waco

AUSTIN — A coalition of environmental groups and local governments won more time Wednesday to prepare their case against TXU Corp.’s efforts to build six coal-fired power plants.
A panel of administrative judges slowed the permitting process a day after a state district judge blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order fast-tracking the permitting process for […]

February 22nd, 2007 Tags: America, Austin, Center, chemical, chemicals, Coal, coal plants, Company, Counties, Energy, energy needs, Environment, environmental group, environmental groups, Environmental Quality, India, Kim Morgan, Legislature, mine, Oklahoma, Oman, Power, Public Citizen, Rick Perry, Senate, technology, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tom “Smitty” Smith, TXU, TXU Corp

WACO — On the eve of hearings on six of the 11 coal-burning power plants that TXU wants to build in a hurry across the state, a judge in Austin ruled that Governor Rick Perry never had the authority to fast-track permits for the new plants in the first place.
It is unclear whether Goliath will […]

February 22nd, 2007 Tags: Anderson, ATM, Austin, Bay, Center, Coal, coal plants, commercial, Congress, Counties, Dallas, Democratic, electricity, federal law, Ford, Gas, gas emissions, gas production, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Gulf, Houston, Hurricane Katrina, John Kerr, Katrina, Laura Miller, law, Lima, Massachusetts, Mayo, mining, Natural Gas, natural gas production, Oman, Power, Public Citizen, PYR, Rick Perry, Riesel, Robert Cervenka, Romania, Steve, Supreme Court, technology, Texas, Texas Cities, Trade, TXU, use gas, Waco

The founders of the Dallas-based Texas Business for Clean Air, an unlikely coalition of free-market well-to-dos formed to oppose Texas’ 17 proposed pulverized coal power plants, paid a visit to Austin last week. Co-founder David Litman, the father of Hotels.com, argues that utilities’ coal proposals, especially those of TXU (proposing 11 plants), don’t reflect the […]

February 22nd, 2007 Tags: Austin, Coal, coal plants, control technology, Dallas, Energy, energy efficiency, energy policy, Environment, Environmental Quality, Garrett, Houston, Market, mining, Power, real estate, renewable energy, technology, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Ethics Commission, Toyota, TXU, Water

AUSTIN — The permitting process for six coal-fired plants was pushed back four months today, as an administrative panel of judges granted a request from environmental groups who wanted more time to prepare their cases in opposition.
A day after a state court blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s order fast-tracking the permits, a panel of administrative judges […]

February 22nd, 2007 Tags: Attorney, Austin, Coal, coal plants, coal-fired plants, Dallas, electricity, electricity supplies, Energy, Environment, environmental group, environmental groups, Exchange, Ford, Kim Morgan, law, mining, New York, New York Stock Exchange, Oklahoma, Oman, Power, Public Citizen, Rick Perry, Shares, Sullivan, Texas, Texas Cities, the Star, Tom “Smitty” Smith, TXU, TXU Corp

AUSTIN – A coalition of environmental groups and local governments won more time Wednesday to prepare their case against TXU Corp.’s efforts to build six controversial coal-fired power plants.
A panel of administrative judges slowed the permitting process a day after a state district judge blocked Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order fast-tracking the permitting process for […]

February 22nd, 2007 Tags: Austin, chemical, chemicals, Coal, coal plants, coal-fired plants, Company, electricity, Energy, energy needs, Environment, environmental group, environmental groups, Environmental Quality, Kim Morgan, Legislature, mine, mining, Oman, Power, Public Citizen, Rick Perry, Senate, technology, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Tom “Smitty” Smith, TXU, TXU Corp

Several Texas energy companies offered Thursday to build a string of wind, gas and coal-fired power plants and transmission lines across the Panhandle that could lessen the state’s future dependence on coal while supplying enough electricity for more than a million Texas homes.
More than 15 proposals were filed with the Public Utilities Commission to […]

February 16th, 2007 Tags: America, Austin, Australia, BP, Chairman, chemical, chemical plant, chemical plants, chemicals, Coal, coal plants, Company, Completion, Dallas, electricity, electricity consumers, electricity grid, electricity use, electricity users, Energy, energy projects, energy regulator, Energy Regulatory Commission, energy source, energy sources, energy ventures, Environment, Environmental Quality, Fort Worth, fuel, Gas, Ireland, law, mining, North America, Occidental, Power, power producer, Price, Prices, Reliance, renewable energy, renewable energy projects, Resources, San Antonio, state law, technology, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, TXU, TXU Corp, wind energy, wind-generated electricity