"Pilgrim No. 1 in U.S. for Shutdowns"
"PLYMOUTH — From broken water pumps, leaky valves and steaming pipes to elusive electrical problems, it's been a tough year for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station."
Source: Cape Cod Times, 10/28/2013
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"State Department To Hand Over Keystone XL Docs To Enviro Group"
"The State Department has agreed to begin providing an environmental group with records of communications with various outside lobbying firms and other parties seeking approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 10/25/2013
"To Expand Offshore Power, Japan Builds Floating Windmills"
"OFF THE COAST OF FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Twelve miles out to sea from the severely damaged and leaking nuclear reactors at Fukushima, a giant floating wind turbine signals the start of Japan’s most ambitious bet yet on clean energy."
Source: NY Times, 10/25/2013
"8 States Teaming Up to Support Electric Cars"
"WASHINGTON — In an effort to spur lackluster sales of electric cars, California, New York and six other states said on Thursday that they would work jointly to adopt a range of measures, including encouraging more charging stations and changing building codes, to make it easier to own an electric car."
Source: NY Times, 10/25/2013
"U.S. Offers $162 Million for Sandy-Struck Atlantic Coast"
"Five days before the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy's strike on the U.S. Northeast, the Interior Department announced $162 million in funding for research and restoration projects to help protect the Atlantic Coast from future storms."
Source: Reuters, 10/25/2013
"North Dakota Pipeline Spill Raises Questions Amid State's Oil Boom"
"Tesoro Logistics and North Dakota didn't quickly tell the public about an oil pipeline spill, and the firm doesn't know when it started."
Source: LA Times, 10/24/2013
"Russia Reduces Piracy Charges vs. Greenpeace Activists To Hooliganism"
"MOSCOW -- Russia's main investigative agency said Wednesday that it has dropped piracy charges against jailed Greenpeace activists and charged them instead with hooliganism, which means the detainees could still spend years in prison."
Source: AP, 10/24/2013
"US Carbon Emissions Fall To 18-Year Low. What's Behind It?"
"US carbon emissions fell in 2012 – again – after peaking in 2007. The Great Recession and a boom in cleaner natural gas are widely credited as driving the reduction, but broader, longer-term shifts are also changing the way Americans use energy."
"The US economy is expanding. Population is growing. But carbon emissions continue to decline.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/24/2013
"Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm"
"OSTERVILLE, Mass. — If the vast wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound is ever built, William I. Koch will have a spectacular view of it."
Source: NY Times, 10/23/2013
"Sandy A Warning Rising Seas Threaten Nuclear Plants"
"As Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore a year ago, the storm forced the shutdown of several Northeast coastal nuclear power reactors, including the Oyster Creek plant on the Jersey Shore, which took the brunt of Sandy's huge storm surge. Another reactor at Indian Point Energy Center north of New York City shutdown because of power grid disruptions, and a third reactor in southern New Jersey shutdown when Sandy knocked out four of its circulating water pumps."
Source: Climate Central, 10/23/2013
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