"Senate Takes Up Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Legislation"
"The Senate is debating a bipartisan energy bill this week that if passed would become the first substantial energy legislation in six years."
Source: Huffington Post, 09/12/2013
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"The Duwamish River’s Deadly Catches"
"As he waits for crabs to take his bait, the Cambodian man explains his approach to eating seafood out of the Duwamish River. 'If it comes up black ... I throw it back,' he says. 'But if it looks normal, that means it just swam up from the Sound. It’s OK to eat.'"
Source: Seattle Weekly, 09/12/2013
"Molasses Spill Could Cause Substantial Damage to Marine Life"
"State officials are rushing to head off an environmental and health disaster in Honolulu Harbor, where nearly a quarter million gallons of molasses from a ruptured pipeline have caused a massive marine die-off."
Source: Honolulu Civil Beat, 09/12/2013
"Top Obama Aide Worked the Pavillion Fracking Investigation"
"Pavillion, Wyo., is a tiny community of fewer than 300 people, nearly 2,000 miles from Washington, D.C., in a deeply Republican state that President Obama never had any chance of winning. But Obama's top aide on energy issues, Heather Zichal, took a significant interest in the community's water supply in late 2011 and early 2012."
Source: EnergyWire, 09/12/2013
EPA To Revise Climate Rule for New Power Plants, Require Carbon Capture
"This month, the Environmental Protection Agency will propose standards that will establish stricter pollution limits for gas-fired power plants than coal-fired power plants, according to individuals who were briefed on the matter but asked not to be identified because the rule was not public yet."
Source: Wash Post, 09/12/2013
"Undercover Investigators Solve Heinous Wyoming Wildlife Crimes"
"The death threat itself didn’t bother Mike Ehlebracht. He’d been threatened plenty of times before."
Source: Casper Star-Tribune, 09/12/2013
Natural Disasters Bigger Threat Than Terrorism, First Responders Say
"Twelve years ago, terrorism seemed to be the biggest safety threat to the D.C. region. Now many area emergency management officials think a bigger threat has emerged: natural disasters."
Source: WAMU, 09/12/2013
"EPA Documents Raise Doubts Over Intent of New Nuclear-Response Guide"
"WASHINGTON -- Newly obtained government documents are prompting concern among critics that Environmental Protection Agency officials are seeking to use the organization’s new guide for nuclear-incident response to relax public health standards, but the agency is denying the claim."
Source: Global Security Newswire, 09/12/2013
"More Than 1,100 Have Cancer After 9/11"
"Reggie Hilaire was a rookie cop on September 11, 2001. He worked at ground zero for 11 days beside his colleagues -- many of them, including Hilaire, not wearing a mask. He was later assigned to a landfill in Staten Island, where debris from the World Trade Center was dumped."
Source: CNN, 09/12/2013
"EPA Chemist Who Revealed Twin Towers Toxic Dust Fired -- Again"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency scientist who first revealed the dangers of toxic dust at the World Trade Center disaster site has received a second notice of proposed removal from her job more than a year after a federal civil service court ordered her returned to work."
Source: ENS, 09/12/2013
