"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
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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
"Solar Energy Could Dominate Electricity By 2050: IEA"
"Solar energy could be the top source of electricity by 2050, aided by plummeting costs of the equipment to generate it, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the West's energy watchdog, said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 10/01/2014
Did Canada Muzzle Scientist on Oil Terminal Risks to Belugas?
"A stunning Quebec Superior Court injunction that temporarily halted exploratory work on a major cross-Canada oilsands pipeline project is raising fresh questions about whether the Canadian government muzzled a top scientist while reviewing the industry proposal."
Source: Mike De Souza, 10/01/2014
"FERC Gives Final Approval To Cove Point LNG Project"
"Federal regulators approved Monday night plans for a proposed liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export terminal that would be the closest one to the Marcellus Shale region."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/01/2014
"Willie Nelson, Neil Young Lend Their Talents to Keystone XL Fight"
"NELIGH, Neb. — Music legends Willie Nelson and Neil Young delivered Saturday on a promise to comfort opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline while also pleasing a few project supporters who ventured into a crowded Nebraska farm field."
Source: Omaha World Herald, 09/30/2014
"Clinton To Speak Before League of Conservation Voters"
"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak at the League of Conservation Voters' dinner in New York in December."
Source: The Hill, 09/30/2014
"Tiny Spanish Island Nears Its Goal: 100 Percent Renewable Energy"
"It actually takes quite a lot of fossil fuel power to reach the tiny Spanish island of El Hierro. You have to catch a commercial jet flight, a propeller plane and then a ferry to reach what was once the end of the known world, before Columbus set sail."
Source: NPR, 09/30/2014
"A Rising Tide of Contaminants"
"Deborah Swackhamer, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota, decided last year to investigate the chemistry of the nearby Zumbro River. She and her colleagues were not surprised to find traces of pesticides in the water."
Source: NY Times, 09/29/2014
