"Chicago Stops Short of Petroleum Coke Ban"
"Zoning changes prohibit new storage sites, but 3 dumps can remain despite neighbors' protests."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 04/30/2014
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"David vs. Goliath: A Tiny Tribe Takes on Big Energy"
"The Moapa Band of Paiute Indians thought coal ash from a nearby plant was killing them off; so they fought back."
Source: Aljazeera America, 04/30/2014
"Developers Suspend Investment In Bluegrass Pipeline"
"In what could be described as a defeat for the developers of the Bluegrass Pipeline, they announced today they were suspending all capital investment in the controversial project due to a lack of customers agreeing to buy the natural gas liquids the pipeline promised to carry."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journall, 04/30/2014
"Concerns Raised Over Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas"
"Environmental groups that have mired the Keystone XL pipeline in delays now are focusing on LNG export terminals. They say opening up exports of natural gas will hasten domestic hydraulic fracturing."
Source: NPR, 04/30/2014
"BC Town Blocks All-Canada Pipeline as Keystone XL Delayed"
"The British Columbia coastal city of Kitimat Friday officially rejected the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal to move diluted bitumen from the Alberta oil sands through a proposed port facility that would be built there."
Source: ENS, 04/30/2014
"Russia Ships First Arctic Oil, Fortifies Oil Defenses"
"Riding on his pride in the first export of Russian Arctic oil earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows oil and gas corporations to establish private armed security forces to defend their infrastructure, upping the ante for protestors."
Source: ENS, 04/30/2014
"Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution"
"In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the smog from coal plants that drifts across state lines from 28 Midwestern and Appalachian states to the East Coast."
Source: NY Times, 04/30/2014
"DOE Issues Guidance on Electric Grid Cybersecurity"
"The Department of Energy (DOE) issued recommendations Monday for how the energy industry and its suppliers should build cybersecurity protections into power delivery systems."
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2014
"House Dems: Bill Weakens Chemical Safety"
"House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee are warning that the GOP's second attempt to reform the nation's chemical laws could jeopardize state and local regulations on hydraulic fracturing."
Source: The Hill, 04/29/2014
"How a Gulf Settlement That BP Once Hailed Became Its Target"
"NEW ORLEANS — Four years ago the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caught fire and exploded, killing 11 men, spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and staining, seemingly indelibly, the image of BP, the international energy giant responsible for the well."
Source: NY Times, 04/29/2014
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