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Great Lakes Oil Pipeline in Violation of Operating Agreement: Groups

"Michigan urged to terminate Line 5 crossing in the Straits of Mackinac."

"Twin, 63-year-old oil pipelines crossing beneath the waters that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are currently out of compliance with the state agreement that allows their existence, according to a letter and memorandum sent Wednesday by 22 environmental and tribal groups to Michigan’s governor and attorney general.

Source: Circle of Blue, 04/14/2016

"Obama To Issue New Offshore Drilling Rules On Thursday: Source"

"The Obama administration will announce Thursday safety regulations for offshore oil and natural gas drilling to prevent the kind of explosion that happened six years ago on a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico, an official told Reuters."

Source: Reuters, 04/14/2016

"Sanders Injects Fracking Into Battle For NY"

"Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has a new line of attack against Hillary Clinton tailor-made for New York voters: that she is too soft on hydraulic fracturing."

Source: The Hill, 04/13/2016

Investors Worth $6 Trillion Back ExxonMobil Climate Change Resolution

"Institutions managing $6 trillion in assets plan to back a call for U.S. oil major ExxonMobil to disclose the impact of climate change policy on its business, one of the organizers of the vote said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters, 04/13/2016

"‘Blackout Blackmail’: New Report Casts Doubt On Utility’s Claims"

"A new report calls into question — again — California’s handling of this winter’s historic natural gas leak, this time suggesting that regulators and the gas company are purposely scaring the community and legislature into putting the storage facility back online."

Source: Climate Progress, 04/13/2016

"Peabody, World's Top Private Coal Miner, Files For Bankruptcy"

"Peabody Energy Corp, the world's largest privately owned coal producer, filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in the wake of a sharp fall in coal prices that left it unable to service a recent debt-fueled expansion into Australia."

Source: Reuters, 04/13/2016

Federal Judge Says Court Should Not Dismiss Youths’ Climate Change Suit

"A federal magistrate judge in Eugene said Friday that a potential landmark lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by a group of environmentally minded youth plaintiffs and a leading climate scientist should be allowed to proceed in court."

Source: Eugene Register-Guard, 04/12/2016

Death Of US Coal: Industry On Steep Decline As Cheap Natural Gas Rises

"With Massey Energy boss Don Blankenship headed to prison and some of the industry’s biggest companies bankrupt, a historic transformation may be ahead".

Source: Guardian, 04/11/2016

Researchers Fly Over 8,000 Well Pads And Find Hundreds Of Methane Leaks

"As Pennsylvania’s natural gas production continues to expand, so does the possibility of potentially harmful methane emissions."

Source: Public Source, 04/11/2016

"Unable To Compete On Price, Nuclear Power On The Decline In The U.S."

"Renewable energy and new technologies that are making low-carbon power more reliable are growing rapidly in the U.S. Renewables are so cheap in some parts of the country that they're undercutting the price of older sources of electricity such as nuclear power."

Source: NPR, 04/11/2016

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