"Louisiana Forests Being Sacrificed To Fuel Europe's Biomass Boom"
"Environmentalists say swaths of Southeastern woodlands are being cut down for 'green' energy efforts across Atlantic."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/17/2014
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"Former Florida Senator Bob Graham in Cuba for Environmental Talks"
"A former democratic senator and governor from Florida, Bob Graham, visited Cuba this week to discuss oil spill prevention and preparedness during a trip that has caused a stir among exiles and Cuba watchers due to his traditional support for tough sanctions against the Communist-ruled Caribbean island."
Source: Reuters, 01/17/2014
Enviros Say Obama Needs To Address Climate Change More Aggressively
"A group of the nation’s leading environmental organizations is breaking with the administration over its energy policy, arguing that the White House needs to apply a strict climate test to all of its energy decisions or risk undermining one of the president’s top second-term priorities."
Source: Wash Post, 01/17/2014
"This Is How Little Time Television News Devotes To Climate Change"
"WASHINGTON -- Climate change got more coverage on broadcast news in 2013 than in the previous few years, but the issue still didn't get nearly as much attention as it did in 2009, Media Matters found in a new analysis."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/16/2014
Thousands of Leaks Found in DC's Aging System of Natural Gas Pipes
"Researchers who conducted a street-by-street survey of the District [of Columbia] found nearly 6,000 natural gas leaks from the city’s aging pipe system, including 12 in manholes where methane had collected to potentially explosive levels, according to a study published Thursday."
Source: Wash Post, 01/16/2014
Texas High Court Gives Hope To Landowners in Eminent Domain Fight
"TransCanada, the energy company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, was ordered by the Texas State Supreme Court last week to submit information on its use of eminent domain -- an action that keeps a key landowner lawsuit alive."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/15/2014
"Big Coal Undercuts Landmark U.S. Overseas Investment Policy"
"WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists and some lawmakers are decrying a surprise move by conservative members of Congress to roll back landmark 'clean energy' policies guiding U.S. investments in overseas power projects."
Source: IPS, 01/15/2014
"Mass. Governor Proposes $50 Million Plan To Brace for Global Warming"
"Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is pushing the state to strengthen its energy grid and sea walls against the potential effects of global warming. Many states are taking up such adaptation projects."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/15/2014
"Under Investor Pressure, Utility to Study Emissions"
"FirstEnergy, one of the country’s largest electric companies, has agreed to work toward reducing its carbon emissions in response to pressure from shareholders including New York State and Connecticut pension funds, New York Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said on Tuesday."
Source: NY Times, 01/15/2014
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Rose 2% in 2013 After Years of Decline"
"Carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s energy sector rose about 2% in 2013 after declining for several years, federal energy officials reported Monday."
Source: LA Times, 01/14/2014
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