"Refinery Proposed Last Year For Columbia River, Records Show"
"Washington’s Port of Longview says it is in talks with an energy company that last year submitted plans for a crude oil refinery on the Columbia River."
Source: EarthFix/OPB, 04/16/2015
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Enviros Sue TVA, Claiming Toxic Pollution Seeping Into Cumberland River
"Two Tennessee environmental groups claim toxic pollution from a coal-burning power plant is seeping into the Cumberland River and state regulators are not doing enough to stop it."
Source: ap, 04/16/2015
"Fracking Waste Puts Public at Risk, Study Says"
"Three decades after EPA left regulation to states, they're still taking a 'see no evil' approach to oil-and-gas-waste, Earthworks says."
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/16/2015
"Legal Battle Begins Over Obama Bid to Curb Greenhouse Gases"
"President Obama’s most far-reaching regulation to slow climate change will have its first day in court on Thursday, the beginning of what is expected to be a multiyear legal battle over the policy that Mr. Obama hopes to leave as his signature environmental achievement."
Source: NY Times, 04/16/2015
World Bank Chief Says Scrap Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Set Carbon Tax
"Poor countries are feeling 'the boot of climate change on their neck', the president of the World Bank has said, as he called for a carbon tax and the immediate scrapping of subsidies for fossil fuels to hold back global warming."
Source: Guardian, 04/15/2015
"Democrats Rebut McConnell’s Message to States on EPA"
"A group of Democratic caucus members in the Senate has asked governors to consider the views of other Kentuckians before taking Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s advice on implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan."
Source: Roll Call, 04/15/2015
"EPA: House Bill Could Delay Review of Toxic Chemicals 'Indefinitely'"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is concerned that a House proposal to reform the nation’s toxic chemical laws could “delay evaluations for some of the most dangerous chemicals indefinitely,” a top official said Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 04/15/2015
Maryland Legislature Sends Fracking Ban to Governor
"Maryland lawmakers on Friday voted to send Gov. Larry Hogan a two-year ban on the natural gas extraction process known as fracking."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 04/14/2015
"Federal Researchers ID at Least 9 VOC Inhalation Deaths at Oil Sites"
"At least nine oil workers have died since 2010 from inhaling toxic amounts of vapors while measuring crude oil in storage tanks at well sites, according to new findings by federal researchers."
Source: EnergyWire, 04/14/2015
"EPA Blasts GOP’s Bill To Change Climate Rule"
"The top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee joined the Environmental Protection Agency Monday in criticizing the House GOP’s efforts to weaken the Obama administration’s climate rule for power plants."
Source: The Hill, 04/14/2015
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