The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources resumed it’s Hearing May 12th, 2010 to review current issues related to offshore oil and gas development – you can view the archived webcast of the Hearing.
Take a look at the US government response timeline.
Take a look at the Deepwater Horizon Response site, which gives up to date news and video on how events are progressing.
Read the Globe’s article: Moderator’s skipped question on Gulf oil spill at Harper forum.
The BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum released the Green Energy Advisory Task Force Report on Wednesday. The province also passed the Clean Energy Act (Bill 17) on the same day. According to the BC News Release the Act builds on a number of recommendations from the task force, including:
For another opinion read the article What Voters weren’t told about the Clean Energy Act from the Tyee.
The Copenhagen Diagnosis was released yesterday in advance of the December 7th United Nations-led climate change conference in Copenhagen —
This report is an update from the 2007 assessment of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
You can read the full report here
Read the Times Colonist story here
The Doe & Moffitt Libraries at the University of California, Berkeley have recently launched a Google Custom Search engine on site that “targets 800+ academic, government agency, non-profit, and other web sites that provide high quality, downloadable statistical information and data sets. Emphasis is on data pertaining to the social sciences, health, developing countries, energy, natural resources, and the environment.”