"Obama Delays Key Power Plant Rule of Signature Climate Change Plan"
"A week before major UN talks on climate change, EPA extends comment period for rule to cut carbon pollution from plants."
Source: Guardian, 09/17/2014
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"Coal Ash Issue Raises Doubts About Future of Duke Plant"
"Regardless of whether Duke keeps the coal turbines at Lake Julian or retires them, the legislation requires it to find a safer way to store the coal ash held in wet ponds at the plant.""
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 09/16/2014
"Study Blames Methane Leaks on Faulty Well Casings"
"Problems with natural gas well construction appears to be the primary cause of drinking water contamination from shale-gas extraction, according to a new study published today by researchers from five universities."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/16/2014
"Corps Halts Review of Oregon Coal Export Terminal"
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has brought its review of a proposed coal export terminal to an immediate halt, a blow to the Australian company that's trying to get coal from the Northern Rockies to a hungry Asian market."
Source: , 09/16/2014
"Federal Study: U.S. Nuke Labs Unprepared for Catastrophe"
"The nation’s nuclear weapons laboratories are woefully unprepared to respond to emergencies, from small radiation leaks to large-scale disasters like the 2011 Fukushima meltdown in Japan, according to a sweeping new federal study."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 09/15/2014
Oil Trains: One Federal Inspector Oversees All Calif's Railroad Bridges
"As concerns grow over aging rail infrastructure, earthquake readiness and a dramatic increase in crude oil shipments by train, state railroad regulators are scrambling to hire their first-ever railroad bridge inspectors -- two of them."
Source: Contra Costa Times, 09/15/2014
"Oil Lobby: Iowa Politics Behind Obama's Ethanol Moves"
"Prominent oil lobby the American Petroleum Institute (API) said the Obama administration will likely boost the amount of biofuels refiners must blend into the nation's fuel supply to help out a Democrat in a tight Senate race."
Source: The Hill, 09/15/2014
"EPA OKs Aquifer Exemption for Linc's Coal Gasification Test Project"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved an aquifer exemption for a coal gasification pilot project in Campbell County [Wyoming] this week, drawing criticism from landowners worried that the facility could contaminate a potential source of drinking water."
Source: Casper Star-Tribune, 09/15/2014
"Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind"
"Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea."
Source: NY Times, 09/15/2014
"Scotland Bets on North Sea Oil, Even as the Wells Start To Run Dry"
Proponents of Scottish independence are banking on that country's North Sea oil to fuel its economy -- but after four decades of pumping the reserves may not last forever.
Source: Wash Post, 09/15/2014
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