After 3 Decades, EPA Tightens Toxic Air Standard for Oil Refineries
"Lawsuit helped force an update of emissions standards for dangerous chemicals that went unchanged nearly 30 years."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/23/2015
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"Exxon Agrees to Pay U.S. Fine in Settling 2013 Oil Sands Spill"
"ExxonMobil Corp. agreed to pay more than $5 million, including a federal fine, as part of a settlement for the 2013 rupture of a pipeline in Arkansas that was carrying oil sands from Canada."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/23/2015
"Politico Investigation: 'Pipelines Blow Up And People Die'"
"After a series of deadly accidents, Congress created an office to oversee the nation’s oil and gas pipelines. A decade later, it’s become the can’t-do agency."
Source: Politico, 04/23/2015
US Energy Infrastructure Will Need Major Changes, Says Obama Report
"The U.S. electric grid will require major changes to reposition itself for the future challenges of climate change, new technologies, and national security in coming decades, according to a first-ever “Quadrennial Energy Review” released by the Obama administration.
Source: Wash Post, 04/22/2015
"EPA's Clean Power Plan Will Create Quarter-Million Jobs"
"New study shows that job gains, not the losses the industry predicted, would follow if new carbon rules are implemented."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/22/2015
Gatekeeper of Energy East Pipeline Has Mixed Environmental Record
"A company pivotal to Canada's most ambitious oil pipeline project has a mixed environmental record of spills and regulatory warnings, according to government documents reviewed by Reuters, a finding likely to bolster activist opposition to the proposal."
Source: Reuters, 04/22/2015
"Oklahoma Recognizes Role of Drilling in Earthquakes"
"Abandoning years of official skepticism, Oklahoma’s government on Tuesday embraced a scientific consensus that earthquakes rocking the state are largely caused by the underground disposal of billions of barrels of wastewater from oil and gas wells."
Source: NY Times, 04/22/2015
"GOP Chairwoman To Sponsor Bill To Lift Oil Export Ban"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she will introduce a bill this year to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil."
Source: The Hill, 04/21/2015
Major Changes Needed for U.S. Power Infrastructure, Says Obama Report
"The U.S. electric grid will require major changes to reposition itself for the future challenges of climate change, new technologies, and national security in coming decades, according to a first-ever “Quadrennial Energy Review” released by the Obama administration."
Source: Wash Post, 04/21/2015
"Since BP Spill, 9 Million Acres in Gulf Leased for Drilling"
"The BP drilling rig explosion five years ago sent 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, causing widespread damage to wildlife, ecosystems and livelihoods still seen today."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/21/2015
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