"White House Issues Veto Threats for Two GOP Environment Bills"
"The White House has threatened to veto two GOP measures taking aim at Obama administration climate efforts."
Source: The Hill, 06/24/2015
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"What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?"
"A fracking boomtown, a spike in stillborn deaths and a gusher of unanswered questions"
Source: Rolling Stone, 06/23/2015
"Renewables to Beat Fossil Fuels With $3.7 Trillion Solar Boom"
"Renewable energy will draw almost two-thirds of the spending on new power plants over the next 25 years, dwarfing spending on fossil fuels, as plunging costs make solar the first choice for consumers and the poorest nations."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/23/2015
"Tar Balls on Los Angeles-Area Beach Linked To Santa Barbara Oil Spill"
"At least some of the tar balls found littering one of southern California's most popular beaches last month were matched by lab tests to crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline along the Santa Barbara coast about 100 miles away, state and pipeline company officials said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/23/2015
Near Fracking Center, Drinking Water Has More Chemicals and Carcinogens
"Drinking water wells in Texas counties that are home to intensive hydraulic fracturing operations contain elevated levels of more than two dozen metals and chemicals, including carcinogens, according to a new study in Environmental Science & Technology."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/22/2015
"Judge Sides With California in Rail Industry Suit Over Oil Spill Law"
"A federal judge dismissed a challenge by two major railroads of a California law requiring the companies to have oil spill prevention and response plans and to certify their ability to pay for the cleanup should one occur."
Source: McClatchy, 06/22/2015
"The People v. the Coal Baron"
"Don Blankenship always knew exactly what he wanted during the years he ran Massey Energy, once the sixth-largest coal company in the United States. He had specific and emphatic ideas about how to operate mines, how to treat employees and how to deal with regulators. When he issued instructions, he wanted them followed to the letter, and this wasn’t just true about his business."
Source: NY Times, 06/22/2015
"Advocates Blast Illinois EPA for Passing on Petcoke Oversight"
"Petroleum coke, or 'petcoke,' is still a problem in Chicago despite city regulations, and it could quickly become a problem in other parts of the state if there are no limits or rules on storage of the toxic powdery byproduct of oil refining."
Source: Midwest Energy News, 06/19/2015
UK: "Government Ordered To Publish Redacted Fracking Report in Full"
"Heavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department ".
Source: Guardian, 06/19/2015
"O’Malley Pushes Aggressive Climate Change Platform"
Democrat presidential candidates (most recently Martin O'Malley) have been lining up with Pope Francis and calling for action on climate. GOP candidates (most recently Jeb Bush) have mostly opposed climate action, often saying religion should have no rule in public policy.
Source: The Hill, 06/19/2015
