"Kern County OKs Mile-Long Oil Trains"
"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Mile-long trains filled with millions of gallons of flammable crude oil may be rolling through Kern County next year."
Source: AP, 09/12/2014
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Coast Guard: We Can't Adequately Respond To Great Lakes Heavy Oil Spill
"The U.S. Coast Guard and other responders are not adequately equipped or prepared for a “heavy oil” spill on the Great Lakes, according to a Coast Guard commander who is pushing for action."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 09/12/2014
"Fracking Workers Exposed To Dangerous Amounts of Benzene, Study Says"
"Some workers at oil and gas sites where fracking occurs are routinely exposed to high levels of benzene, a colorless gas that can cause cancer, according to a study by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety."
Source: LA Times, 09/12/2014
"DOE Clears Natural Gas Exports at Two Sites"
"The Department of Energy Wednesday granted approval for two facilities in Louisiana and Florida to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to nearly any country."
Source: The Hill, 09/11/2014
"How Hillary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World"
"A trove of secret documents details the US government's global push for shale gas."
Source: Mother Jones, 09/11/2014
"Yale, Penn State Studies Offer Conflicting Views of Fracking"
"Two academic studies exploring health and water issues in the gas drilling industry on Wednesday painted very different pictures of its potential impact and brought rebukes from advocates on both sides."
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 09/11/2014
"Treasury To Step Up Efforts Against ISIS Oil Sales"
"In line with President Obama's strategy to 'systematically degrade, dismantle and defeat' the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Treasury Department said Wednesday that it plans to up its pressure on the terror group's oil sales."
Source: The Hill, 09/11/2014
"Free Speech Case Springs From Fracking Dispute"
"Steve Lipsky’s tainted water well had already stirred national debate about the impacts of oil and gas production. Now it stars in a free speech dispute that has landed in Texas’ highest court – the biggest test of a state law meant to curb attempts to stifle public protest."
Source: Texas Tribune, 09/10/2014
"Stocks Fall as Oil Price Slump Hits Energy Sector"
"A retreat in oil and energy stocks pulled the rest of the U.S. stock market mostly lower Monday."
Source: AP, 09/09/2014
Report: Koch Founded Anti-Enviro Group To Protect Oil Industry Handouts
Faceless on Facebook, a shadowy but aggressive anti-environmental propaganda group called the Institute for Energy Research turns out, documents reveal, to be founded and funded by oil billionaire Charles Koch. It's mission: preserve tax breaks for big oil.
Source: Salon, 09/09/2014
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