"Climate: FERC, Greens Spar Over 'Cursory' Reviews of Gas Projects"
"Climate change activists have opened a new front in their fight against fossil fuels at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."
Source: Greenwire, 10/21/2014
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"A Year After N.D. Oil Spill, Cleanup Goes On"
"BISMARCK, N.D. -- One year after a pipeline rupture flooded a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota with more than 20,000 barrels of crude, Tesoro Corp. is still working around the clock cleaning up the oil spill -- one of the largest to happen onshore in U.S. history."
Source: AP, 10/21/2014
"The Drilling Industry's Explosion Problem"
"Temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit froze the valve on the back of Greg Bish's frack truck. To thaw it, he fetched a blowtorch and put the 4-inch flame to the metal. The explosion blew him 75 feet, over a 7-foot-tall barbed-wire fence, and killed him."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/21/2014
"Tax Credits for Energy Industry Are Under Scrutiny"
"AUSTIN — Susan Combs, the state comptroller, stirred controversy last month when she said Texas’ growing wind energy industry should 'stand on its own two feet.'"
Source: NY Times, 10/20/2014
"Concerns Over Beluga Whales Delay Energy East Pipeline Project"
"TransCanada Corp.’s $11-billion Energy East pipeline project has run into another stumbling block in Quebec as public opposition mounts over a possible threat to the endangered beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 10/20/2014
Pa. Studies on Shale-Site Air Emissions Incomplete: Court Documents
"Three widely cited state studies of air emissions at Marcellus Shale gas development sites in Pennsylvania omit measurements of key air toxics and calculate the health risks of just two of more than two dozen pollutants."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/20/2014
Disabled Russian Ship Secured, Post-Mortem On BC Ocean Emergency Begins
"A disabled Russian cargo ship was en route to port in British Columbia for repairs and the rescue operation was declared officially over Sunday. Now the debate begins."
Source: Waterloo Region Record, 10/20/2014
"Bernie Sanders: Chevron Is ‘Trying To Buy’ a City Council"
"Chevron Corp. is spending millions of dollars on a Richmond, Calif., city council election in an attempt to 'buy' the council, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said."
Source: The Hill, 10/17/2014
"Trucks Hauling Frac Sand Not a Source of Lung-Disease Dust, Data Shows"
"Trucks hauling mounds of sand into the southern Minnesota town of Winona for delivery to drilling sites across the nation's shale regions are not spewing dangerous dust emissions into the air, preliminary data shows."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/17/2014
"Grid: Exploring the 'Insecure By Design' Blind Spot in Industrial Systems"
"While cyberattackers and defenders duel for advantage in ever-more-complex digital battlegrounds, a set of basic vulnerabilities affecting power grids, factories and pipelines has gone largely unaddressed."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/17/2014
