"Steyer Challenges Kochs To Keystone Debate"
"Hedge fund manager turned environmentalist Tom Steyer is challenging fellow billionaires, Charles and Davide Koch, to a debate on the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: The Hill, 04/28/2014
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Duke Says Removal of Coal Ash Ponds Could Take 30 Years, Cost $10B
"For the first time since Duke Energy’s defunct Eden, N.C., coal plant leaked thousands of gallons of coal ash into the Dan River nearly three months ago, the public is getting a look at how the nation’s largest electric utility company may change its containment of coal ash, a substance environmentalists say is one of the biggest threats to rivers and groundwater across the country."
Source: Aljazeera America, 04/28/2014
"Second Radioactive Oil Waste Site Found in North Dakota"
"North Dakota this week confirmed the discovery of a new radioactive dump of waste from oil drilling. And separately, a company hired to clean up similar waste found in February at another location said it had removed more than double the amount of radioactive material originally estimated to be there."
Source: Aljazeera America, 04/28/2014
"Automakers Comply Quickly With EPA Tailpipe Rule"
"Automakers on average have reduced the greenhouse gas footprint of their model year 2012 passenger vehicles even below the levels required by U.S. EPA's new tailpipe emissions rules, according to a new report released today by the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 04/28/2014
DOT Said To Move Forward on Crude-By-Rail Rules This Week
"The Department of Transportation is planning on sending a 'comprehensive' package of proposals regarding rail shipments of crude oil to the White House for its review [this] week."
Source: E2 Wire/The Hill, 04/28/2014
"Efforts To Zap Bacteria in Food Are Slow To Catch Hold"
"The nuclear energy that Frank Benso uses to kill bacteria in fruit and oysters has won widespread support from public health officials and scientists, who say it could turn the tide against the plague of foodborne illness."
Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2014
"Radioactive Leak At U.S. Waste Dump Was Preventable, Report Says"
"A February accident at a nuclear waste dump that resulted in the contamination of 21 workers resulted in part from "poor management, ineffective maintenance and a lack of proper training and oversight," a Department of Energy report concludes."
Source: NPR, 04/25/2014
"Wyoming Explosion: Natural Gas Purification Plant Rocked"
"Wyoming explosion: The town of Opal, Wyoming was evacuated, but no injuries were reported in an explosion at a facility that removes impurities from natural gas and serves large numbers of customers in the West."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/25/2014
"Major Oil And Gas Firm To List Fracking Chemicals"
A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit."
Source: AP, 04/25/2014
"Trailing Canada, U.S. Starts a Push for Safer Oil Shipping"
"A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week, potentially resolving a critical safety issue that has been mired in regulatory limbo for years."
Source: NY Times, 04/25/2014
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