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"Coal's Slipping Grip: New England, Virtually Coal-Free, Leads the Way"

"Tiffany Mellers jogs behind her two daughters as they pedal their bikes along a ribbon of packed sand along Long Island Sound. “They are good girls,” Mellers said. “They deserve a healthy life.” Behind them, a 500-foot tall candy-stripe smokestack, a fixture of Bridgeport’s waterfront for nearly five decades, rises in the distance. A third generation of residents is now growing up in its shadow. But today this old giant is merely a vestige of this region’s coal-fired past. New England is virtually coal-free."

Source: EHN, 07/01/2013

"Quarrels Continue Over Repository for Nuclear Waste"

"WASHINGTON — As more nuclear reactors across the country are closed, the problem of what to do with their waste is becoming more urgent, government officials and private experts said at a conference here this week."

Source: NY Times, 06/28/2013

"Obama's Climate Plan Aims Straight at Coal"

"President Barack Obama's plan to curb climate change could transform American energy, potentially dealing a blow to the coal-fired power plants that supply much of the nation's electricity but also pump planet-warming gases into the atmosphere."

Source: McClatchy, 06/28/2013

Secrecy on Exxon's Pegasus Probe Fuels Questions Over Keystone XL Plans

"Exxon Mobil Corp.'s bid to shield from public view its inspection results for a shuttered pipeline that leaked at least 5,000 barrels of heavy Canadian oil sands crude in Arkansas this spring is galvanizing a debate over transparency and spill readiness that could affect the future of Keystone XL."

Source: EnergyWire, 06/28/2013

"U.S. Moves to Abandon Costly Reactor Fuel Plant"

"The Energy Department is moving toward abandoning a half-built factory that has cost $3.7 billion so far and was intended to make reactor fuel out of plutonium from retired nuclear bombs — part of an agreement with Russia to shrink the world’s supply of nuclear bomb fuel after the cold war."

Source: NY Times, 06/26/2013

"Manchin: Obama Declared 'War on Coal'"

"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) blasted President Obama's proposals to address climate change, saying new regulations on power plants would unfairly burden the coal industry."

Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 06/26/2013

"Obama Sets Strict Test For Keystone XL Pipeline"

"President Obama set a high bar for approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, declaring for the first time that he would let the project go forward only if it does not 'significantly increase' emissions of greenhouse gases."

Source: LA Times, 06/26/2013

"Obama Outlines Ambitious Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases"

"WASHINGTON -- President Obama, declaring that 'Americans across the country are already paying the price of inaction,' announced sweeping measures on Tuesday to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and prepare the nation for a future of rising temperatures."

Source: NY Times, 06/26/2013

"Step Inside the World's Largest Solar Boat"

"The solar plane will land in New York City soon, but its water-borne counterpart is already here: Early this week the world's largest solar-powered boat steamed into lower Manhattan and docked in small marina, usually reserved for multimillion dollar yachts, in the shadow of the new World Trade Center tower."

Source: Mother Jones, 06/25/2013

"Renewable Energy Standards Survive Lobby's Anti-Mandate Blitz"

"For renewable energy supporters, this was supposed to be a year of statehouse setbacks."

Source: Stateline, 06/25/2013

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