Chemical Valley: The Coal Industry, the Politicians, and the Big Spill
Politically, coal and chemicals are sacred cows in West Virginia.
Source: New Yorker, 04/01/2014
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"Toxic Coal Ash Poses Persistent Threat To US Waters"
"A recent spill of coal ash in North Carolina underscores the challenge of disposing hazardous substances captured from power plant stacks. Are we diverting air pollutants into our waterways?"
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/01/2014
"Pinelands Pipeline Backers Mobilize for Another Try"
"PINELANDS -- The long, heated debate ended, the votes were cast, and a proposed natural gas pipeline through the environmentally sensitive Pinelands appeared dead."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 03/31/2014
"White House Unveils Plans to Cut Methane Emissions"
"WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday announced a strategy to start slashing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas released by landfills, cattle, and leaks from oil and natural gas production."
Source: NY Times, 03/31/2014
Crackdown on Russia Risks Also Punishing Western Oil Companies
"As the United States seeks to strengthen sanctions on Moscow for its occupation of Crimea, energy experts say the powerful Russian oil industry would make a robust target. But any penalties on energy investments, technology transfers and financial transactions would most likely also punish Western oil companies like Exxon Mobil that are investing heavily in Russia."
Source: NY Times, 03/28/2014
Biggest Coal Company, PR Firm Pair Up To Promote Coal For Poor People
"Peabody Energy Corp., the world's largest private-sector coal company, launched a public relations and advertising campaign last month extolling the virtues of coal energy for poor people."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/28/2014
"Environmentalists Wary About Harm To Birds From Texas Oil Spill"
"Less than a week after an oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel, environmentalists say there has been limited damage to nearby bird sanctuaries, but it is too soon to know whether there will be long-term problems to wildlife."
Source: LA Times, 03/28/2014
"PG&E Expects Criminal Charges for Deadly San Bruno Blast"
"Pacific Gas and Electric Co. expects to face criminal charges from the federal government over the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and leveled a neighborhood, the company reported Thursday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 03/28/2014
"Would A Prairie Chicken Listing Cause the Sky To Fall? Some Say Yes"
"An Endangered Species Act listing for the lesser prairie chicken is either a death knell for the U.S. oil boom or business as usual for energy developers and landowners in the southern Great Plains. It depends on whom you ask."
Source: Greenwire, 03/27/2014
"GOP: Administration Stonewalling on Bird Deaths"
"WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is refusing to turn over documents related to enforcement of environmental laws at wind farms where dozens of eagles and other protected birds have been killed, House Republicans charged Wednesday."
Source: AP, 03/27/2014
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