"TransCanada Submits New Route for Oil Pipeline"
"The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region."
Source: AP, 04/19/2012
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"Obama Endorsed by Major Environmental Groups"
"In one of the least-shocking political developments of 2012, four major environmental groups simultaneously endorsed President Obama's reelection bid Wednesday."
Source: Wash Post, 04/19/2012
Obama Proposes Reviving Wetlands Policy Industry Blocked Under Bush
"In 2006, developers, mining companies and agribusinesses convinced the George W. Bush administration to scale back a proposal that would have widened federal protections for wetlands and waterways in the wake of a muddled Supreme Court ruling on Clean Water Act enforcement."
Source: Greenwire, 04/19/2012
Emerald Ash Borer Found Closer To New England
"ALBANY, N.Y. -- The invasive beetle that has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees over the past decade has been found east of the Hudson River for the first time, marking its closest known threat to New England, researchers in New York told The Associated Press Wednesday."
Source: AP, 04/19/2012
EPA Frustrates Groups with Delay on Coal Ash Hazwaste Ruling
"LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Black dust from the giant coal ash heap across the street from Kathy Little's Louisville home swirls in the wind, coating her windows, her car, and blows indoors to settle on the furniture. The ash blanketing Little's property is a byproduct of a nearby coal-burning power plant. Since it's full of fine particles of arsenic, chromium and other metals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering classifying the ash as a hazardous material."
Source: AP, 04/19/2012
"Farm Group Seeks U.S. Halt On "Dangerous" Crop Chemicals"
"A coalition of more than 2,000 U.S. farmers and food companies said Wednesday it is taking legal action to force government regulators to analyze potential problems with proposed biotech crops and the weed-killing chemicals to be sprayed over them."
Source: Reuters, 04/19/2012
"Papers Detail BP Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill"
"The estimated multibillion-dollar settlement between BP and lawyers representing individual and business plaintiffs in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was fleshed out on Wednesday in hundreds of pages of motions and exhibits."
Source: NY Times, 04/19/2012
"U.S. Caps Emissions in Drilling for Fuel"
"WASHINGTON -- Oil and gas companies will have to capture toxic and climate-altering gases from wells, storage sites and pipelines under new air quality standards issued on Wednesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule is the first federal effort to address serious air pollution associated with the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which releases toxic and cancer-causing chemicals like benzene and hexane, as well as methane, a powerful greenhouse gas."
Source: NY Times, 04/19/2012
BP To Get Gulf Oil Spill Information Withheld from Public
After complaints from BP, the US government agreed to give the company evidence of the basis for its calculation of the flow rate from the stricken Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The government will hand over to BP some 100 documents about the size of the 2010 oil spill that have not yet been made public.
Data Accumulates Slowly on What's in Fracking Fluid
If you have a fracking story in your beat, getting information about what's in the controversial fracking fluids may be like pulling teeth. But there are a few resources that can help, such as the "FracFocus" chemical disclosure registry.
