"The Detroit Auto Show: Muscle Cars With Green Hearts"
"There are few new EVs, but plenty of performance cars -- with eco mode. Yes, it's possible to drive a rip-roaring V-8 Corvette and get nearly 30 mpg."
Source: Mother Nature Network, 01/17/2013
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"Ken Salazar Leaves Contested Legacy as Obama's Interior Secretary"
"Barack Obama's top adviser on oil drilling and the management of America's last wide open spaces announced on Wednesday that he would leave the cabinet by March. The departure of Ken Salazar as interior secretary leaves Obama with virtually a clean slate to remake his energy and environmental team."
Source: Guardian, 01/17/2013
"UK Seeks To Water Down Arctic Oil Drilling Proposals"
"Leaked documents reveal the government has sought to change proposals that could prevent deepsea drilling operations."
Source: Guardian, 01/16/2013
Climate Activists Turn To Persuasion, Prayer in Obama’s 2nd Term
"WASHINGTON -- Just before he and other environmentalists marched to the White House on Tuesday, climate change activist James Hansen warned he wouldn’t be able to be arrested with them this time. Hansen, a NASA scientist by day and an activist on his own time, had to be available for a press conference in the afternoon announcing that worldwide temperatures in 2012 were in the top 10 hottest ever recorded."
Source: McClatchy, 01/16/2013
"EPA Changed Course After Oil Company Protested"
"WEATHERFORD, Texas -- When a man in a Fort Worth suburb reported his family's drinking water had begun "bubbling" like champagne, the federal government sounded an alarm: An oil company may have tainted their wells while drilling for natural gas. At first, the Environmental Protection Agency believed the situation was so serious that it issued a rare emergency order in late 2010 that said at least two homeowners were in immediate danger from a well saturated with flammable methane. More than a year later, the agency rescinded its mandate and refused to explain why."
Source: AP, 01/16/2013
"Shell May Have Moved Rig To Avoid Taxes: U.S. Lawmaker"
"Shell may have moved an oil rig that ran aground off Alaska last week partly to avoid millions of dollars in taxes, U.S. Rep. Ed Markey said, raising even more questions about the oil company's decision on the timing of the move."
Source: Reuters, 01/15/2013
Battle Lines Form as Coal-Ash Dump Leaks Into W.Va. Neighborhood
"CHESTER, W.Va. -- The ground here is leaking. Several neighbors have moved away to escape seeps coming out of the hillside. They say the leaks have dampened their backyards and infested their homes with mold. ..."
Source: Greenwire, 01/15/2013
PA Enviros Criticize Proposed Pollution Limits on Gas-Drilling Engines
"Pennsylvania is considering new air pollution limits for diesel- and natural gas-powered engines used in Marcellus Shale development that are stricter than those that exist now but, according to eight environmental groups, not nearly as tough as they could and should be."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 01/14/2013
"Coal-Ash Pollution at Three Maryland Landfills To Be Cleaned Up"
"The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those plants, according to court documents."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/14/2013
"Md. Panel Ponders Smart-Meter Alternative"
"Some Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers — Del. Glen Glass of Harford County included — are convinced that they don't want a smart meter wirelessly sending data about their energy usage day in and out."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/14/2013
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