Fracking's Thirst for Water: Investors Warned of Financial Risks
"In dozens of water-scarce counties where fracking is booming, water use is at or approaching more than a billion gallons a year."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/07/2014
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"Judge Finds Citgo Guilty of Clean Air Act Felonies"
"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A South Texas judge has fined Citgo Petroleum more than $2 million after finding it guilty of felony violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act by its Corpus Christi refinery."
Source: AP, 02/07/2014
"Energy Role Is Lifting Democrat in Louisiana"
"Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Democrat of Louisiana, is set to become chairwoman next week of the Senate Energy Committee, a powerful position that gives her jurisdiction over the oil and gas industry that fuels her state’s economy — and which will be a major source of contributions to Ms. Landrieu’s tough re-election campaign this fall."
Source: NY Times, 02/07/2014
"Water Safety Threatened By North Carolina Coal Ash Spill, Group Says"
"EDEN, N.C. – An environmental group Thursday challenged Duke Energy’s assurances that drinking water from the Dan River in North Carolina and Virginia remained safe despite a massive spill of toxic coal ash that released a deluge of murky gray sludge into the river Sunday."
Source: LA Times, 02/07/2014
"Ice Storm Leads to Record Number of Power Outages"
"A record-number of people lost their power across the region thanks to a significant ice storm and power officials warn it could be days before everyone has their electricity back."
Source: NBC, 02/06/2014
"Photo Essay: North Dakota's Energized Landscape"
"What does oil independence look like? Those living and working in North Dakota's booming Bakken oil field are seeing first-hand both pros and cons. Photographer Gary Braasch returned from the region with a slice of that life." The photoessay appeared February 5 in The Daily Climate.
Source: Daily Climate, 02/06/2014
"Keystone XL Pipeline Records Sought in Sierra Club Suit"
"Keystone XL pipeline records are being sought by the Sierra Club in a lawsuit claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has to make public documents related to its review of TransCanada Corp.’s project."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/06/2014
"NC River Turns To Gray Sludge After Coal Ash Spill"
"ON THE DAN RIVER, N.C. — Canoe guide Brian Williams dipped his paddle downstream from where thousands of tons of coal ash has been spewing for days into the Dan River, turning the wooden blade flat to bring up a lump of gray sludge."
Source: AP, 02/06/2014
Assault on Calif. Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism
"SAN JOSE, Calif.—The attack began just before 1 a.m. on April 16 last year, when someone slipped into an underground vault not far from a busy freeway and cut telephone cables."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 02/06/2014
"3 Companies Fined for Mislabeling Crude Oil in Rail Transit"
"Federal regulators said on Tuesday that they had fined three companies for mislabeling the type of crude oil they were transporting. The penalties — a total of $93,000 — were the first from surprise inspections begun after since a series of accidents in the last year underscored the hazard of transporting highly flammable oil by rail."
Source: NY Times, 02/05/2014
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