"Shell Halts Its Plans for Arctic Project"
"Royal Dutch Shell is scrapping plans to drill an exploratory well in the Beaufort Sea near Alaska this summer, after failing to secure key permits for the project."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 02/04/2011
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"Report Says Fly Ash Sites Leak Chromium Into Water"
"Two southwestern Pennsylvania fly ash disposal sites are among 28 such sites in 17 states that have contaminated groundwater by leaking toxic, cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, according to a new report by Earthjustice and two other environmental groups."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 02/03/2011
US Won't Reach Goal of 1 Million Electrics on Road by 2015: Report
"President Obama's goal of putting 1 million plug-in electric cars on the road within four years is unlikely to be met because automakers are not planning to make enough cars due to uncertain consumer demand, auto industry leaders concluded in a report being released Wednesday."
Source: Wash Post, 02/02/2011
"Cummings Presses Trade Groups for Replies To Issa Query"
"The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s top Democrat is pressing trade associations – including energy groups – for their replies to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's (R-Calif.) recent request for lists of federal rules the groups find burdensome."
Source: E2 Wire, 02/02/2011
"China Plans To Spend Big On Nuclear Power, High-Speed Rail"
"Nuclear power and high speed rail will top the focus of China's plan to invest $1.5 trillion in seven key industries and shift the world's number two economy away from its role as a supplier of cheap goods, sources said."
Source: Reuters, 02/02/2011
"San Bruno Pipeline Called 'Tip of the Iceberg'"
"Federal investigators' findings in the San Bruno pipeline explosion probe suggest that thousands of miles of long-buried and untested natural gas pipelines across the United States are at far greater risk of failure than the industry and government regulators have long maintained, experts say."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/01/2011
"Fracking Companies Injected 32M Gallons of Diesel, House Probe Finds"
"Drilling service companies have injected at least 32 million gallons of diesel fuel underground as part of a controversial drilling technique, a Democratic congressional investigation has found."
Source: Greenwire, 02/01/2011
Calif. Gov. Brown Faces Tricky Environmental And Energy Issues
"California Gov. Jerry Brown's decisions regarding environmental and energy issues will affect public and private spending and public health for the foreseeable future."
Source: LA Times, 02/01/2011
Washington: TransAlta Coal-Fired Power Plant Under Fire for Mercury
Environmentalists say mercury emissions from the TransAlta coal-burning electric power plant in Washington state are dangerous.
Source: Tacoma News-Tribune, 02/01/2011
"Maine Governor Proposes 63 Clean Energy and Environment Reversals"
"The new Tea Party governor says businesses are on the endangered species list, but opponents say his proposals will harm the state's nature-based economy."
Source: SolveClimate, 02/01/2011
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