Interior Dept Sells $850 Million Worth of Leases To Major Oil Companies
"The Interior Department announced Wednesday that it sold $872 million worth of leases in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico to major oil companies."
Source: Wash Post, 03/20/2014
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Louisiana's Coastal Insects Still Dying From BP Oil Spill: Researcher
"Insects living in wetland grasses along Louisiana's coast oiled in the aftermath of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster are still dying, the result of exposure to remaining oil in the marsh almost four years later, Louisiana State University entomologist Linda Hooper-Bui said Wednesday."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/20/2014
"Energy Industry Overestimated Cost Of Pollution Controls: Study"
"A new report from the Center for American Progress examines some historical industry claims about how much new pollution regulations would cause electricity prices to spike, and finds that industry estimates have been higher than the reality."
Source: Huffington Post, 03/20/2014
"Keystone Foes Take Aim at Maryland Natural Gas Project"
"Environmentalists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline are rallying to block a Maryland natural gas export terminal as momentum builds to use the U.S. fuel as a weapon against Russia’s intervention in Ukraine."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2014
"Obama Keystone Choice Pits Donors Against At-Risk Senate"
"President Barack Obama’s advisers are lining up against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. Top Democratic donors oppose the project. And Obama himself dismisses claims that it will create many jobs."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2014
Enviros File Lawsuit Against Coal Export Facility in Plaquemines Parish
"Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit in New Orleans on Tuesday against United Bulk's coal export facility in Plaquemines Parish, alleging the facility is polluting the Mississippi River."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/19/2014
"Sunoco Oil Pipeline Leaks in Ohio Nature Preserve"
"A major oil pipeline owned by Sunoco Logistics Partners LP leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve in southwest Ohio late on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 03/19/2014
"Virginia: Governor Expects Payment for Spill"
"DANVILLE, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday he expects Duke Energy to fully compensate Virginia for a massive coal ash spill into the Dan River that turned collection basins at Danville's water treatment plant gray."
Source: AP, 03/19/2014
"EPA May Finally Look at Coal Ash Regulation, Much Needed in Montana"
"When rancher Clint McRae first saw the swirling green and white ponds of arsenic, boron, mercury and lead-containing sludge 10 miles from his property, it was in a photography show at the Montana statehouse. He first thought they were abstract art, but quickly realized some were aerial photos of the ash slurry left over from burning coal at southeastern Montana’s Colstrip Steam Electric Station."
Source: High Country News, 03/19/2014
"Gazprom Proposes To Develop Crimea’s Oil And Gas"
"Gazprom has requested permission from the Crimean authorities to develop oil and gas fields, Crimea's first Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliev said Tuesday."
Source: RT, 03/19/2014
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