"Florida Blasts Away Old Power Plant to Make Way for New"
"Oil plant demolition in Port Everglades part of a nationwide trend to decommission inefficient, costly, and polluting facilities."
Source: NatGeo, 07/17/2013
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Aglukkaq Takes Environment Post as Ottawa Seeks To Win Over 1st Nations
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper has moved his cabinet’s lone aboriginal minister into the sensitive portfolio of Environment as the government works to win crucial First Nations’ support for new pipelines and other resource-development projects."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 07/17/2013
"World Bank To Limit Financing of Coal-Fired Plants"
"The World Bank's board on Tuesday agreed to a new energy strategy that will limit financing of coal-fired power plants to 'rare circumstances,' as the Washington-based global development powerhouse seeks to address the impact of climate change."
Source: Reuters, 07/17/2013
Full Extent of Heavy Metal Contamination in Exxon Spill Still Unknown
"Levels of manganese, a neurotoxin, in the cove and in a nearby creek were 10, 20 or nearly 30 times above the EPA's safety standard for tap water."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/16/2013
"Many Mishaps Among Drillers, But Few Fines"
"If Kristi Mogen causes a crash on the road, she knows she'll probably get a ticket and have to pay a fine. So she's frustrated that Wyoming officials didn't fine Chesapeake Energy Corp. for an April 2012 blowout near her home outside Douglas, Wyo. The ruptured gas well spewed gas and chemicals for three days, forcing her and her neighbors to evacuate their homes." ...
Source: EnergyWire, 07/16/2013
"New Map Shows Where Nature Protects U.S. Coast"
"Coastal habitats like reefs and marshes protect people from natural disasters—in the right locations."
Source: NatGeo, 07/16/2013
"Meet Canada, Keystone's Marquee Lobbyist"
Canada is "making itself seen and heard inside the Beltway, lobbying for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that's become a lightning rod in the debate over climate change."
Source: National Journal, 07/15/2013
Paducah Nuclear Fuel Plant Shutdown in Hands of Financially Shaky Firm
"Its stock is sliding. Its economic future is in question. The company that operated and is now responsible for shutting down the Paducah nuclear fuel plant insists it will meet its obligations to safely and cleanly return the aging facility to its owner, the U.S. Department of Energy, next year."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/15/2013
Louisiana Seafood: Did BP Spill and River Diversions Strain Oysters?
"It’s difficult to talk about Louisiana seafood these days without the BP oil spill working its way into the conversation. It wasn’t that long ago, after all, that television screens were filled with high-def images of fouled coastal marsh and angry fishermen forlornly staring at their idled fleet."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/15/2013
"Regulators OK Solar Expansion for Georgia Power"
"ATLANTA — Georgia Power must purchase more solar power for its energy system under a plan approved Thursday by state utility regulators, a move sought by solar developers and renewable energy proponents but denounced by a commissioner who argued it could raise costs."
Source: Savannah Morning News, 07/15/2013
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