"John Podesta: Congress Won’t Stop EPA’s Climate Rules"
"White House counselor John Podesta said congressional attempts to trump EPA’s climate rules will fail."
Source: Politico, 05/07/2014
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"U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard"
"A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out an oil industry challenge to the Obama administration's 2013 biofuel mandate, ruling that the government has "wide latitude" to decide whether to modify renewable fuel use targets, and by how much."
Source: Reuters, 05/07/2014
"Senate Tied Up In Spat Over Energy Efficiency Bill, Keystone"
Continued fighting in the Senate over amendments to a bipartisan energy efficiency bill prompted Majority Leader Harry Reid to compare his Republican colleagues to "greased pigs" on Tuesday, after a lengthy explanation of what exactly those are."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/07/2014
"Canada's Oil-By-Rail Shipments Jump Nine-Fold In 2 Years"
"VANCOUVER - There has been a nine-fold increase in Canada's oil-by-rail exports over the past two years."
Source: Canadian Press, 05/07/2014
"Stanford to Purge $18 Billion Endowment of Coal Stock"
"Stanford University announced Tuesday that it would divest its $18.7 billion endowment of stock in coal-mining companies, becoming the first major university to lend support to a nationwide campaign to purge endowments and pension funds of fossil fuel investments."
Source: NY Times, 05/07/2014
States Ill-Equipped To Face Utility Cybersecurity Threats
"The annual membership directory of state utility regulators lists several hundred key staff members of the 50 state commissions. Not a single staff position in the 81 pages has 'cybersecurity' in the title."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/06/2014
Washington State Oil Trains Run Into Heavy Opposition
"As Washington environmental regulators start wrestling with the safety of new and larger fuel terminals along the Pacific Coast, some residents in southwest Washington communities are getting restless — with worries about the safety of crude oil shipped by rail to refineries and shipping docks."
Source: Olympian, 05/06/2014
"Indiana Leads Nation in Coal Ash Ponds, Raising Toxic Concerns"
"Even though Indiana has the most coal-ash ponds of any state in the nation and a troubling number of spills, state environmental regulators have done little to address the ongoing problems of how to dispose of coal waste."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 05/06/2014
"Colorado Faces Oil Boom "Death Sentence" for Soil, Eyes Microbe Fix"
"Colorado's intensifying oil and gas boom is taking a toll on soil — 200 gallons spilled per day seeping into once-fertile ground — that experts say could be ruinous."
Source: Denver Post, 05/05/2014
"Dam It: Feds Say U.S. Can Double Hydropower"
"The Grand Canyon was once targeted as a major dam site by the federal government, a project eventually scuttled after widespread protest. Nobody is revisiting the idea of a dam there, but a new U.S. Department of Energy report shows that the Grand Canyon and other major gorges and rivers across the U.S. may be ideal for hydropower development."
Source: Climate Central, 05/05/2014
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