"Arctic Ice Melting Quickly, Report Says"
"The ice around the North Pole has experienced another severe meltdown this year, German scientists said."
Source: UPI, 09/14/2010
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7 Dead, 6 Missing After California Gas Pipeline Explodes
A 30-inch natural gas pipeline routed through a densely populated area in San Bruno, Calif., exploded Thursday, killing at least 7 people. The fireball rose some 1,000 feet in the air and destroyed dozens of homes.
Source: San Francisco Examiner, 09/13/2010
"White House Spurns Solar Panel"
"Bill McKibben, an environmental campaigner from Vermont with a flair for showmanship, was rebuffed Friday morning in his effort to get the White House to reinstall one of the solar panels that President Jimmy Carter had placed on the White House roof."
Source: Green (NYT), 09/13/2010
"Production of Stimulus-Aided Car Batteries Revs Up"
"The first wave of mass-produced advanced batteries funded by the Obama administration's economic recovery program is starting to roll off assembly lines, setting the stage for new hybrid and electric vehicles."
Source: AP, 09/13/2010
"Gas Drilling Becomes Election Issue in the 29th"
"Candidates are lining up behind the issue of gas drilling as the controversial method called hydrofracking takes center stage this election season in the Finger Lakes region."
Source: Canandaigua Messenger Post, 09/13/2010
"Why Obama Should Put Solar (Back) on the White House Roof"
Author Bill McKibben and a group of activists have found the old solar panels that Jimmy Carter installed atop the White House, and that Ronald Reagan removed. McKibben's group 350.org has been hauling the panel on a publicity road trip to DC to urge Barack Obama to reinstall them. The symbolism has everything to do with the fossil industry's victory in quashing climate legislation, the future of a world climate treaty, and the political future of a president whom environmentalists see as AWOL on his campaign promises. McKibben has booked a meeting with Obama for today.
Source: Huffington Post, 09/10/2010
"E.P.A. to Study Chemicals Used to Tap Natural Gas"
"The Environmental Protection Agency sent letters to nine drilling companies on Thursday requesting detailed information about the chemicals contained in fluids used to crack open underground rock formations in the hunt for oil and natural gas."
Source: NYTimes, 09/10/2010
"Rural Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Gas"
"In the rush to develop America's biggest new source of domestic energy, one community is fighting to protect its rural way of life from the environmental strains that accompany shale gas drilling."
Source: Reuters, 09/10/2010
"Sides Raise Concerns Over Coal Ash at EPA Hearing in Dallas"
"Hundreds of people packed a public hearing Wednesday in Dallas to sound off on a federal proposal to label the ash from coal-burning power plants a hazardous waste."
Source: Dallas News, 09/10/2010
"Environment Groups Cite Lansing Power Plant for Coal Ash Pollution"
Three environmental groups have issued a report detailing some 39 cases across the U.S. where pollution from the ash left from coal-burning electric power plants has cause pollution that often threatens human health. Now as EPA moves to close the electric utilities' longtime exemption from hazardous waste laws, industry lobbyists may have quietly put the fix in at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Source: Ithaca Journal, 09/10/2010
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