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Environnement2100 a écrit :Je rappelle que dans la société de consommation, ce qui gouverne les marchés, c'est le consommateur final.

Environnement2100 a écrit :Je rappelle que dans la société de consommation, ce qui gouverne les marchés, c'est le portefeuille du consommateur final.

kaosyouki a écrit :Parmi tous les gens informes et responsables sur ce forum, qui n'a que des comportements totalement vertueux?

Environnement2100 a écrit :les chiffres montrent que le consommateur français achète des voitures de plus en plus lourdes depuis 20 ans : qui l'oblige ?

DominiqueBoscher a écrit :Alors effectivement cela passera peut-être par un séisme économique et social; espérons qu'il en ressorte très vite une société plus saine.. mais que la vie survive tout de même...

WASHINGTON, DC, July 6 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah H. Palin listed her efforts to begin constructing a massive natural gas pipeline as one of her main accomplishments when she announced her resignation on July 3. Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell said it will be his top priority when he takes over the governor’s office on July 26.

“I will continue the course set by the governor that has produced such forward progress these past 2 years,” he said after Palin’s unexpected announcement. “I will continue to support and promote responsible resource development and energy development of all kinds for Alaskans.”

Reactions within the state’s congressional delegation were mixed. “I am deeply disappointed that the governor has decided to abandon the state and her constituents before her term has concluded,” US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) said on July 3.

La gouverneure de l'Alaska Sarah Palin, ancienne colistière l'an dernier du candidat républicain à la Maison Blanche John McCain, a créé la surprise en annonçant vendredi sa démission à la fin du mois, sans vraiment en préciser les raisons.
Sarah Palin, élue en 2006 pour quatre ans, a convoqué à la hâte une conférence de presse à son domicile de Wasilla, pour expliquer qu'elle quittait son poste et ne briguerait pas un deuxième mandat. Selon son porte-parole, Dave Murrow, elle démissionnera le 26 juillet et transmettra son autorité à l'actuel gouverneur adjoint, Sean Parnell.

Sarah Palin, a déclaré, sans plus de précisions, qu'elle voulait faire bouger les choses "en dehors du gouvernement" et ne pouvait pas accepter de faire de la "politique politicienne", juste "pour conserver le titre de gouverneur".

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Conoco Denied Permit for Alaska North Slope Bridges

Federal regulators have denied a request by U.S. oil major ConocoPhillips (COP) to build a system of bridges to expand oil drilling on Alaska's North Slope, saying the project would harm aquatic wildlife.

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is home to 80 bird species, numerous fish and migrating caribou, and provides subsistence hunting and fishing resources for inhabitants of the village of Nuiqsut.
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ExxonMobil Cases First Point Thomson Well in Alaska

ExxonMobil Production Company has successfully drilled and cased PTU-15, the first development well for the Point Thomson project on Alaska's North Slope. In addition, a 60-mile ice road has been completed from Endicott to Point Thomson which enables the transport of heavy equipment and materials to the site.

ExxonMobil drilled the well to a measured depth of over 16,000 feet. The shore-based rig directionally drilled under the Beaufort Sea to the targeted gas reservoir more than 1.5 miles offshore.

.....Point Thomson is a remote natural gas and condensate field located on Alaska's North Slope. It holds an estimated 8 trillion cubic feet of gas -- about 25 percent of the North Slope's gas resources -- and about 200 million barrels of condensate. Point Thomson gas is critical to the success of an Alaska gas pipeline project.

Royal Dutch Shell has secured a critical U.S. regulatory permit to conduct planned exploratory oil drilling this year in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, regulators and the company said. The Environmental Protection Agency has authorized emissions from Shell's drill ship and support vessels, issuing a final air-quality permit. The permit was awarded last Thursday, a day after the Obama administration affirmed support for exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska. It is the first 'major-source' air-quality permit ever issued for the Arctic outer continental shelf, EPA officials said.
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Shell has been seeking the permit for years, a spokesman said. He said the company is confident it can get the rest of the permits it needs for the Chukchi, which the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) has estimated holds about 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Only five exploratory wells have ever been drilled in the Chukchi because despite the estimated abundance of recources, remoteness and harsh conditions have discouraged exploration.
The EPA permit is 'one of the major milestones we needed to fall in place so we would continue to plan for drilling in 2010,' said Curtis Smith, spokesman for Shell in Alaska. The final air-quality permit is subject to public comment and could be appealed.

The MMS approved Shell's Chukchi Sea drill plan on Dec. 7. The company plans to drill up to three wells at two prospects located about 75 miles (120 km) off the northwest Alaska coastline. Shell first drilled the prospects, Burger and Klondike, two decades ago. It abandoned the prospects, but won back exploration rights for $2.1 billion in a lease sale held in 2008 by the MMS.

Shell still needs permits from other agencies to drill in the Chukchi, 'But we have a high degree of confidence that we will achieve those permits,' Smith said. Shell made concessions to secure the permit, including use of ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel to reduce air pollution in the fleet, Jan Hastings, EPA regional deputy air-quality director at the Seattle office, said in a telephone news conference. The final EPA permit for Shell's Chukchi operations sets limits for air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and particulates. It addresses public concerns on a draft air-quality permit issued on Jan. 8.

Separately, Shell also plans to drill two wells this year at prospects in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's northern coast. Shell spent $84 million acquiring exploration rights there in MMS lease sales held in 2005 and 2007. A decision on the Beaufort permit, issued in draft form in February subject to public comment, is due later this month, Hastings said.