"Justice Department Deal Reduces BP's Deepwater Horizon Fine By $3.4Bn"
"Court reduces company's maximum fine a week before trial over blowout that dumped millions of gallons of oil into Gulf of Mexico."
Source: Guardian, 02/21/2013
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"Obama Settles On EPA, Energy Department Nominees: Source"
"President Barack Obama intends to nominate air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy as early as this week, according to a source familiar with the process."
Source: Reuters, 02/21/2013
"Regent Defends Intervening With U. Iowa On Ethanol"
"IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Regent Bruce Rastetter intervened on behalf of ethanol industry leaders who were upset with a prominent University of Iowa researcher for warning that water-intensive ethanol production was threatening Iowa's water supply, records show."
Source: AP, 02/20/2013
"U.S. Seeks Shutdown of Barbour Slurry Dam"
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to order the immediate shutdown of a potentially dangerous West Virginia coal slurry impoundment it says hasn't been certified by a professional engineer for two years."
Source: AP, 02/20/2013
"Battle Lines Drawn for BP’s Day in Court"
"HOUSTON — Unless the Justice Department and BP reach a last-minute settlement, the British oil company will return to court on Monday to face tens of billions of dollars in civil claims from the 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico that could cripple the company for years to come."
Source: NY Times, 02/20/2013
"Arctic Needs Protection From Resource Rush as Ice Melts: U.N. Body"
"LONDON -- The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said."
Source: Reuters, 02/19/2013
"Seawater Desalination Plant Might Be Just a Drop in the Bucket"
"In Carlsbad, the nation's largest desalination facility will require lots of energy — and money. It is expected to provide no more than a tenth of San Diego County ratepayers' overall water supply."
Source: LA Times, 02/19/2013
"Coal: Texas Developer Cancels Power Plant, Blames Obama Climate Push"
A Texas company quit plans to build a coal-fired power plant -- blaming President Obama's environmental rules, but admitting the low price of natural gas was a key reason.
Source: Greenwire, 02/19/2013
"UN Says Fertiliser Crisis Is Damaging the Planet"
"Mass application of nutrients causes pollution in some areas while under-use hampers food production in others."
Source: Independent, 02/18/2013
Nuclear Waste Seeping From Container in Hazardous Wash. State Facility
"They thought they'd managed this problem a few years ago. But Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee got a disturbing call Friday from Energy Secretary Steven Chu: Nuclear waste is leaking out of a tank in one of the most contaminated nuclear waste sites in the U.S."
Source: NPR, 02/18/2013
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