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"Testimony: Obsolete Tests Tainted Shale Analysis"

"[Pennsylvania] State regulators did not consider available water chemistry test results and had limited knowledge of past spills and leaks at Range Resources’ Yeager Farm shale gas development site in Washington County before deciding the operation did not contaminate the nearby private water supply of Loren Kiskadden, according to testimony last week in the ongoing case before the state Environmental Hearing Board in Pittsburgh."

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/06/2014

"Canada Switches on World's First Carbon Capture Power Plant"

"Boundary Dam held up as first commercial-scale CCS plant and proof that coal-burning is compatible with cutting emissions."

Source: Guardian, 10/03/2014

"Saudi Signals Price Skirmish as Oil Heads To Bear Market"

"Oil could continue its deep slide, possibly dipping into bear market territory, under new pressure from Saudi Arabia's decision to defend market share, as opposed to cutting production to battle falling prices."

Source: CNBC, 10/03/2014

"Nuclear Waste Dump in New Mexico Is Expected To Reopen By 2016"

"The U.S. Energy Department expects to resume operations at its shuttered nuclear waste dump in New Mexico by early 2016, about two years after two serious accidents released radioactive materials and soot throughout the 2,150-foot-deep repository."

Source: LA Times, 10/03/2014

"Watchdog Hits Offshore Drilling Regulator on Permit Oversight"

"The federal agency tasked with regulating the safety of offshore oil-and-gas drilling does not consistently enforce rules for permit review on its regional offices, according to the Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG)."

Source: The Hill, 10/03/2014

Baker Hughes Starts 'No Secrets' Fracking Disclosure

"Starting [Wednesday], Baker Hughes Inc., a major provider of hydraulic fracturing services, says it will disclose all the chemicals it uses in fracking fluid and will no longer withhold ingredients as trade secrets."

Source: EnergyWire, 10/02/2014

"Oil, Rail Industries Want 7 Years to Fix Tank Cars"

"In July, the transportation department proposed that older cars be retrofitted within two years""

Source: AP, 10/02/2014

"Rising U.S. Crude Exports Move Closer to 1957 Record"

"U.S. oil exports are set to surpass a record held since 1957 as traders find ways around a four-decade ban on supplies leaving the country."

Source: Bloomberg, 10/02/2014

Hanford Nuclear Waste Tank Can Keep Leaking For Over A Year, Under Deal

"A new deal allows a radioactive waste storage tank to continue leaking for more than a year before its contents are pumped out at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site."

Source: AP, 10/01/2014

"U.S. Emissions Increased In 2013, According To EPA"

Emissions from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities in the United States increased in 2013, up 20 million metric tons -- or 0.6 percent -- over the previous year, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency released Tuesday."

Source: Huffington Post, 10/01/2014

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