"America's Oil Consumption Is Rising, Not Falling, Outpacing China's"
"For the first time in 14 years, the nation's crude oil consumption in 2013 was higher than China's, new figures show."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/15/2014
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"How Long Will World's Oil Reserves Last? 53 Years, Says BP"
"The world has 53.3 years left to find an alternative to oil before current proved reserves run dry, according to BP. Of course, nations are finding new oil – meaning that number is rising – but new extraction methods are costly and can pose environmental threats."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/15/2014
"Anti-Fracking Protesters Arrested In U.S. Capital"
"Two dozen protesters were arrested in Washington on Monday while demonstrating against hydraulic fracturing and the U.S. gas industry's push to sell "fracked" liquefied natural gas abroad."
Source: Reuters, 07/15/2014
"Influence Game: Shaping Railroad Safety Rules"
"WASHINGTON — A string of fiery train derailments across the country has triggered a high-stakes but behind-the-scenes campaign to shape how the government responds to calls for tighter safety rules. Billions of dollars are riding on how these rules are written, and lobbyists from the railroads, tank car manufacturers and the oil, ethanol and chemical industries have met 13 times since March with officials at the White House and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration."
Source: AP, 07/14/2014
"Appeals Court Upholds Obama's Crackdown on Mountaintop Mining"
"A federal appeals court today sided with U.S. EPA in a broad challenge from two states and the mining industry to controversial Obama administration policies aimed at addressing the environmental effects on waterways of mountaintop-removal coal mining."
Source: Greenwire, 07/14/2014
Near Saltwater Spill, Native Americans Wrestle With Impact of Oil
"MANDAREE, N.D. — Growing up, Ruth Anna Buffalo would follow the dirt track behind her house into the rugged North Dakota badlands, swimming in creeks picketed with beaver dams, finding artifacts and climbing bluffs overlooking Lake Sakakawea. For the young, the lake and the land around it were a wonderland."
Source: AP, 07/14/2014
"Texas, Leader in Greenhouse Gases, Stands Vulnerable to Their Effects"
"As Republicans promote the state’s economic 'miracle,' many climate scientists from Texas say prosperity has come at a steep price. With its dependence on an energy industry that relies on extracting fossil fuels, scientists say Texas has become a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions as well as more vulnerable to its consequences. Texas emits more greenhouse gases than any other state, according to federal data."
Source: NY Times, 07/14/2014
"Texas Sheriff Wants Criminal Charges Filed in Fracking Pollution Case"
"Hauling company that dumped toxic drilling waste over eight miles of road and never told authorities faces formal enforcement action."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/11/2014
"Natural Gas Pipeline Plan Creates Rift in Massachusetts"
"NORTHFIELD, Mass. — Standing on a dirt road outside his aging barn, Walter Jaworski, a former veterinarian turned cattle rancher in this rural part of north-central Massachusetts, points south across his 200 acres of forest and pasture to a nearby tree line. If things don’t go his way, he says, that’s about where a new natural gas pipeline will slice through his land on a 180-mile journey from central New York to a transmission hub north of Boston."
Source: NY Times, 07/11/2014
"Green Groups Call on Senate To Reject Manchin Ex-Im Bill"
"A coalition of green groups plan to urge President Obama and senators to oppose a bill reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank over its roll-back of restrictions for financing overseas coal plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/11/2014
