"Free of Fanfare, Maryland Adopts Fracking Moratorium"
"Maryland's fracking moratorium survived its last possible political challenge today."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/01/2015
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"E.P.A. Proposes Changes to Fuel Standards"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released a much-delayed proposal for the amount of biofuel that must be blended into conventional vehicle fuel, seeking to reduce the levels now specified but still require modest increases over the next few years."
Source: NY Times, 06/01/2015
"E.P.A. Proposal Will Put Bigger Trucks on a Fuel Diet"
"ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Inside the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory here, a mammoth contraption, with steel rollers, advanced electronics and exhaust tubes, is nearing completion."
Source: NY Times, 06/01/2015
10 Billion Tons of Coal Could Erase Obama's Progress on Climate Change
"Some 10.2 billion tons of coal, sitting on 106,00 acres of public land, have been authorized for sale by the Obama administration today [Friday, May 29, 2015]."
Source: Motherboard, 06/01/2015
"Response by Operator of Broken Oil Pipeline Faces Scrutiny"
In a letter to pipeline safety regulators, two California Senators called "insufficient" the response of pipeline operators to a large spill near Santa Barbara.
Source: AP, 05/29/2015
Oil Lobby Group Recruited Canadian Minister for Secret Strategy Meeting
"An oil industry lobby group successfully recruited a Canadian cabinet minister to deliver a pep talk and dispense strategic planning advice at a closed door meeting in a luxury Rocky Mountains resort, the Guardian has learned."
Source: Guardian, 05/29/2015
"U.S. to Limit Petroleum Drilling on Habitat of Greater Sage Grouse"
"The Obama administration, aiming to keep a finicky, chickenlike bird called the greater sage grouse off the endangered species list, moved on Thursday to limit petroleum drilling and other activities on some of its wide-ranging habitat in the American West."
Source: NY Times, 05/29/2015
Aging Oil Pipeline Is In Great Lakes' Worst Possible Place For A Spill
"Environmental activists say Michigan’s tourism slogan -- “Pure Michigan” -- may no longer be accurate unless the state takes stronger action to prevent a 62-year-old oil pipeline from rupturing in a sensitive waterway."
Source: Huffington Post, 05/28/2015
"California Oil Spill Cited By Foes of New Offshore Drilling Plan"
"Environmentalists urged California regulators on Wednesday to reject a proposed expansion of the only offshore drilling operation still permitted in state waters along the Santa Barbara coastline, seizing on public outrage over last week's nearby oil spill."
Source: Reuters, 05/28/2015
"Did Texas Illegally Relax Rules on Coal Plants?"
"When Texas regulators bypassed the EPA to ease air pollution regulations on 19 coal plants, they violated the federal Clean Air Act, a new petition says".
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/28/2015
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