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"Green Job Growth Outpaced All Other Industries 2010-2011"

"For people looking to put their finances in the black, a new report suggests they may be wise to look green. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that breaks down employment in green goods and services through 2011. As first pointed out by the LA Times, the report shows 'green jobs' growing from 2010 through 2011 at a rate 4 times faster than all other industries combined."

Source: Huffington Post, 03/21/2013

Transocean CEO: Rig Workers Should Have Done More To Detect Trouble

"Transocean's chief executive testified Tuesday during the BP oil spill civil suit in New Orleans that employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010."

Source: Mobile Press-Register, 03/20/2013

"Senate Panel To Vote Thursday on Interior Nominee Sally Jewell"

"WASHINGTON -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will vote Thursday on Sally Jewell’s nomination as Interior secretary. The vote comes two weeks after the REI chief executive’s sometimes-pointed confirmation hearing before the committee’s 12 Democrats and 10 Republicans."

Source: Seattle Times, 03/20/2013

"U.S. Water Infrastructure Given ‘D’ Grade by ASCE Group"

"The U.S. drinking water and sewage infrastructure earned a barely passing grade of D from the American Society of Civil Engineers today, which said at least $1 trillion is needed to fix the problem."

Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2013

System Turns US Fishing Rights Into Commodity, Squeezes Small Fishermen

"SAN FRANCISCO – For centuries, men like Larry Collins, a garrulous crab and sole fisherman, were free to harvest the seas. But sweeping across the globe is a system that slowly and steadily hands over a $400 billion ocean fishing industry to corporations. The system, called catch shares, in most cases favors large fishing fleets, a review of the systems operating across the United States shows."

Source: Center for Investigative Reporting, 03/20/2013

"Scientists Puzzled By Manatee Deaths on Florida's East Coast"

"Even as a Red Tide algae bloom is wiping out a record number of manatees in southwest Florida, a mysterious ailment is killing dozens more manatees on the state's east coast. So far, state biologists have been unable to pinpoint the cause."

Source: Tampa Bay Times, 03/20/2013

"Billionaire Joins Fight Against Keystone XL"

"The Keystone XL pipeline faces a new, formidable and deep-pocketed foe: Tom Steyer, a California billionaire, has targeted the controversial Canadian project to funnel Alberta’s landlocked heavy crude to Texas refineries on the Gulf Coast."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 03/20/2013

"The Miner's Daughter"

"Gina Rinehart is Australia’s richest—and most controversial—billionaire."

Source: New Yorker, 03/20/2013

"Unwanted Electronic Gear Rising in Toxic Piles"

"Last year, two inspectors from California’s hazardous waste agency were visiting an electronics recycling company near Fresno for a routine review of paperwork when they came across a warehouse the size of a football field, packed with tens of thousands of old computer monitors and televisions."

Source: NY Times, 03/20/2013

"Major Fuel, Emissions Savings Unlikely in Autos -- Report"

"Efforts to cut emissions and fossil fuel use by 80 percent by 2050 deemed 'extremely challenging' by a panel of experts: 'On its own, the market would not make this transition.'"

Source: Daily Climate, 03/20/2013

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