"Contamination Lawsuits Push Duke Energy To Address Pollution"
"Look no further than the Carolina coast to see what kind of damage a coal-fired power plant can do to underground sources of drinking water."
Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 11/04/2013
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AZ Commissioner Probes Utility's Secret Funding Of Anti-Solar Campaign
"An Arizona utility commissioner is asking for all the key players in a debate over a solar energy policy in the state to reveal any additional secret funding of nonprofits or public relations campaigns. The probe comes after Arizona Public Service, the state's largest utility, admitted last week that it had been secretly contributing to outside nonprofits running negative ads against solar power."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/01/2013
"Fracking Faces Judgment Day Tuesday in 4 Ballot Initiatives"
"DENVER -- Four cities along [Colorado's] Front Range will decide Tuesday whether to halt new oil and gas development when voters cast their ballots on a series of local initiatives."
Source: Greenwire, 11/01/2013
"Poland, Wedded to Coal, Spurns Europe on Clean Energy Targets"
"BELCHATOW, Poland -- They call it Poland’s biggest hole in the ground."
Source: NY Times, 11/01/2013
"PG&E Faces Big Fine for Flawed San Carlos Pipe"
"Pacific Gas and Electric Co. should pay a $6.75 million fine for delaying the disclosure of record-keeping flaws on a San Carlos gas pipeline that were 'distressingly similar' to problems that contributed to the San Bruno gas line disaster of 2010, a regulatory judge ruled Wednesday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 10/31/2013
"Mexico Evacuates 5,000 for Gasoline Pipeline Leak"
"A geyser of gasoline spewed into the sky from a state-owned pipeline in western Mexico, forcing officials to evacuate about 5,000 people Wednesday. Authorities blamed the accident on fuel thieves tapping into the pipe."
Source: AP, 10/31/2013
"Analysis: Waterworld USA: Climate Harming Regional Waters"
"HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Rising temperatures and shifting, capricious precipitation patterns are affecting where, when, and how much water fills America's rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, and how water is absorbed to replenish groundwater reserves – putting tremendous pressure on communities and businesses who compete for that water."
Source: ENS, 10/31/2013
Enbridge Seeks To Run Pipeline across N Minnesota; Opponents Gird
"WRENSHALL, Minn. -- Canadian pipeline builder Enbridge will file applications this week to build a $2.5 billion oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Opponents, though, are organizing already for a fight."
Source: Minnesota Public Radio, 10/31/2013
"Looking for a Way Around Keystone XL, Canadian Oil Hits the Rails"
"HOUSTON -- Over the past two years, environmentalists have chained themselves to the White House fence and otherwise coalesced around stopping the Keystone XL pipeline as their top priority in the fight against global warming. But even if President Obama rejects the pipeline, it might not matter much. Oil companies are already building rail terminals to deliver oil from western Canada to the United States, and even to Asia."
Source: NY Times, 10/31/2013
"Coal Industry's Go-To Law Firm Withheld Evidence of Black Lung"
"BECKLEY, W.Va. -- The stately, wood-paneled chamber in the federal building here unsettled Gary Fox and his wife, Mary. Fox was used to the dusty caverns of the mines in the southern part of the state, where he'd spent more than 25 years working underground in the heart of Appalachian coal country. They had never been in a courtroom before."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 10/31/2013
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