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Energy & Fuel

"44 Toxic Chemicals Used in Local Oil And Gas Operations, Report Says"

"For the past year local air regulators have been tracking the chemicals companies use in oil and gas exploration around Southern California. In a report released Wednesday, four environmental groups crunched the tracking reports to find that more than 40 toxic chemicals have been used in dozens of drilling operations, often near homes, schools, and hospitals."

Source: KPCC, 06/12/2014

"For OPEC, the Price of Oil Is Just Right, for Now"

"NEW YORK — The world oil market has set up quite nicely for OPEC. Dramatic changes in oil production around the globe are balancing each other out instead of wreaking havoc. This has helped world oil prices stay high enough to provide OPEC countries with robust income, but not so high that they scare customers away from buying more of their precious product."

Source: AP, 06/12/2014

"Inaction Feeds Crisis Over Mississippi River, Environmentalists Say"

"Decades of shortsighted decisions by industry and government have put the Mississippi River’s future at risk, and degradation at its southern Louisiana delta is contributing to 'the greatest land loss on the planet,' a five-state environmental coalition warned Wednesday."

Source: McClatchy, 06/12/2014

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