"Another Pipeline Rupture in Spill-Prone Alberta"
"Apache Canada has reported a significant pipeline rupture and spill about 20 kilometres northeast of Zama, Alberta, in the northeast corner of the province."
Source: The Tyee, 06/10/2013
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"EPA: Numbers Disprove Conservative Claim of Bias"
"The math underlying conservatives’ allegations of ideological bias at the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t add up, the agency says in a breakdown provided to POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 06/10/2013
"Problems With a Key Hand-Cleansing Chemical"
"Think of all the things you've touched today - the door handles pulled, the elevator buttons pushed, the railings held, the coins counted. All of them were coated with germs. Afterward, so were your hands."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/10/2013
The Amish Are Getting Fracked; Their Religion Prohibits Lawsuits
Land agents for fracking companies take advantage of the Amish when signing contracts for rights to drill -- because they know the Amish religion discourages lawsuits.
Source: New Republic, 06/10/2013
"Louisville Gas and Electric Cited Once More for Coal Ash Violations"
"The Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District has issued another notice of violation to LG&E over blowing coal ash and dust at its Cane Run power plant in western Louisville."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 06/10/2013
"Climate Change Causing Pentagon Planning Shift, Says DOD Strategist"
"One of the Pentagon’s top strategists said climate change is fundamentally altering how the Defense Department (DOD) evaluates future conflict areas."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 06/10/2013
"California Tops List of States With Water Infrastructure Needs"
"California could use $44.5 billion to fix aging water systems over the next two decades, according to a federal survey that placed the state at the top of a national list of water infrastructure needs."
Source: LA Times, 06/10/2013
"U.S., China Agree To Reduce Use of Hydrofluorocarbons"
"RANCHO MIRAGE, California -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed on Saturday to cooperate in fighting climate change by cutting the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, the White House said a statement."
Source: Reuters, 06/10/2013
California Nuclear Plant To Shut: Unforgiving Nuclear Economics
"The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a nuclear power plant set into the seaside bluffs in northern San Diego County, is closing after the high cost of repairs and a Nuclear Regulatory Commission board ruling prompted its owner, Southern California Edison, to pull the plug on the 45-year-old facility."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 06/10/2013
"Canada Oil Output Will Double by 2030 If Pipelines Built"
To hear Canada's oil industry tell it, the U.S. State Department's draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is exactly wrong. The EIS said Canada's tar sands oil would be shipped regardless of whether the pipeline is built. But the oil industry says it will double their output.
Source: FuelFix, 06/07/2013
