‘(Reuters) – Opponents of Monsanto’s new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as being genetically altered from conventional corn.’

via Food companies petitioned to ban new Monsanto GMO corn | Reuters.

‘…Heineman wants TransCanada to change the route of the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline away from Nebraska’s Sand Hills region, which sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the largest sources of water for farms in the central United States. He does not oppose the pipeline outright.’

via Nebraska governor to call session on Keystone pipeline | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – The State Department may miss a year-end target to approve TransCanada Corp’s Canada-to-Texas Keystone oil sands pipeline, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, risking a further delay to the most important new crude oil conduit in decades.’

via U.S. may miss year-end goal for Keystone oil line | Reuters.

‘Reuters – U.N. climate talks in South Africa next month must make meaningful progress or governments “risk permanent damage to their credibility,” a group of global businesses warned on Thursday.’

via Big business, investors urge tough climate action | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – The United States must take action against unfairly subsidized solar panel imports from China and other suppliers that threaten the future of U.S. producers, a senior congressional Democrat said on Friday.’

via Lawmaker urges action against solar panel imports | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – Britain’s nuclear power plants are safe enough to continue operating and the government’s strategy for building new nuclear plants is adequate, the country’s Chief Nuclear Inspector said in his final post-Fukushima report on Tuesday.’

via UK nuclear inspector gives green light to atomic energy | Reuters.

‘A State Department official provided Fourth of July party invitations, subtle coaching and cheerleading, and inside information about Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s meetings to a Washington lobbyist for a Canadian company seeking permission from the department to build a pipeline that would carry crude from the oil sands of Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.’

via Pipeline Foes See Bias in U.S.-TransCanada E-Mail – NYTimes.com.

‘The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands on the streets of New York last week; and now environmental activist Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between climate change, the corporations blocking climate action, and the rank effect of the oil industry corrupting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline approval process.’

via Bill McKibben Links Climate Change to Corruption in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech (Video) : TreeHugger.

‘Reuters – A show of strength by angry ranchers, landowners and green groups against a proposed Canada-to-Texas pipeline is unlikely to sway the U.S. government’s imminent decision on whether to back the project.’

via Analysis: Jobs and energy security seen swaying U.S. on Keystone | Reuters.