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Industry Enjoyed Privileged Access to New York DEC Fracking Review

"Documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) show that bureaucrats within the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NY DEC) granted the oil and gas industry premature access to highly controversial draft regulations for shale gas fracking in the state. New York placed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for gas in order to evaluate the science on the risks posed to drinking water, air quality and the health of New York's citizens and the environment."

Source: DeSmogBlog, 06/29/2012

"U.S. Unveils Final Drilling Plan, Limits Arctic Sales"

"U.S. oil companies will be allowed to drill in more areas of the Gulf of Mexico but won only limited access to the Arctic under the final version of the Obama Administration's five year drilling plan that was slammed by industry and some environmentalists."

Source: Reuters, 06/29/2012

"Enbridge Can't Say If Federal Cuts Would Undermine Oil Spill Response"

"OTTAWA — Alberta-based Enbridge can't say what impact millions of dollars in cuts to federal environmental emergency staff would have on its oil-spill response plan for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, even though the plan relies partly on federal help if a spill were to occur."

Source: Postmedia, 06/28/2012

"Shell Oil Drilling Rigs Headed To Alaska's Arctic"

"Two massive Shell Oil Co. drilling rigs left a Seattle dock early Wednesday, starting the long trek to Alaska's Arctic waters and leaving behind years of legal battles and regulatory hurdles in a quest for riches under the sea."

Source: Anchorage Daily News, 06/28/2012

GSA Changes To Green Building Standards Rile Chemical, Vinyl Lobbies

"Twenty trade groups representing the plastics, vinyl and chemical industries are lobbying to stop the General Services Administration from adopting proposed new standards for green building construction, saying the changes could eliminate the use of hundreds of their products in construction projects."

Source: Wash Post, 06/27/2012

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Industry Enjoyed Privileged Access to New York DEC Fracking Review

"U.S. Unveils Final Drilling Plan, Limits Arctic Sales"

"Enbridge Can't Say If Federal Cuts Would Undermine Oil Spill Response"

"Shell Oil Drilling Rigs Headed To Alaska's Arctic"

GSA Changes To Green Building Standards Rile Chemical, Vinyl Lobbies

"U.S. Grants a Keystone Pipeline Permit"

"New Jersey Senate Bans Treatment of Fracking Waste"

Quechan Tribe Sues to Halt Construction of Wind Factory on Sacred Land

"Rio Summit: Little Progress, 20 Years On"

"The Trouble With Turbines: An Ill Wind"

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