Environ News

Clean-up crews search Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for traces of fuel oil from the grounded Chinese ship Shen Neng 1 as two senior crew are charged with damaging the reef. Initial reports indicate that navigation errors resulted in the grounding of the ship on Douglas Shoal, part of the Great Barrier Reef about 50 miles north of the port of Gladstone, Queensland. Source: Reuters

Clean Skies News talks to NRG Energy’s David Crane, who gives an update on the company’s post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration project, which was just awarded $135 million by the Department of Energy. He also discusses the future for older coal power plants. Source: Clean Skies News

Grizzly bear populations are thinning and conservationists in Alberta want to see the animals listed as a protected species. Source: CBC News

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) is counting on revenue from oil and gas drilling off the mid-Atlantic coast, regions just unlocked by President Obama’s announcement, to help fix his state’s roads and fill budget shortfalls. Virginia expects up to $8 billion worth of investment in the state as oil and natural gas companies ramp up to begin exploratory drilling as early as next year. However, doubts remain about the future of the revenue-splitting proposal. Source: Clean Skies News