"Is There a Green Side to the Super Bowl?"
"The Super Bowl is known for unpredictable half-time shows, fabulous TV commercials and, of course, football. But how about energy savings?"
Source: Green/NYT, 01/29/2013
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Enviros Threaten To Sue 3 Coal Plants for Polluting Chesapeake Rivers
"A trio of environmental groups warned Monday they would sue the operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland for allegedly discharging excessive amounts of nutrient pollution into Chesapeake Bay rivers and trying to mask their violations by transferring pollution 'credits' among facilities."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/29/2013
Message from Mexico: US Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink
"Mexico City plans to draw drinking water from a mile-deep aquifer, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Mexican effort challenges a key tenet of U.S. clean water policy: that water far underground can be intentionally polluted because it will never be used."
Source: ProPublica, 01/29/2013
"Europe Sets Common Standard for Electric Vehicle Charging"
"BRUSSELS -- The 'Type 2 plug developed by the German company Mennekes will be the common standard for charging electrified vehicles across the European Union, the European Commission has announced."
Source: ENS, 01/29/2013
"Study: Distant Rural Areas May Feel Cities' Heat"
"Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes."
Source: AP, 01/29/2013
"Court Overturns E.P.A.’s Biofuels Mandate"
"WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court threw out a federal rule on renewable fuels on Friday, saying that a quota set by the Environmental Protection Agency for incorporating liquids made from woody crops and wastes into car and truck fuels was based on wishful thinking rather than realistic estimates of what could be achieved."
Source: NY Times, 01/28/2013
"Protesters in Maine Rally Against Tar Sands Oil"
"PORTLAND, Maine -- More than 1,000 people rallied in Portland on Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against the possibility of so-called tar sands oil being piped in from Montreal."
Source: AP, 01/28/2013
"Congressional Democrats Form Climate Change Task Force"
"WASHINGTON -- Climate change is getting renewed attention in Congress. Representative Henry Waxman of California and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, both Democrats, today announced the formation of a Task Force on Climate Change that will be active in both the House and the Senate."
Source: ENS, 01/25/2013
"Canadians Fear Spill From New Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Tankers"
"VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Canadian environmental groups today warned that a new proposal by Kinder Morgan pipeline company would "exponentially" raise the risk of a major oil spill in the Salish Sea's most populous region, including the cities of Vancouver and Victoria."
Source: ENS, 01/25/2013
"Texas Railroad Commission Takes Steps to Modernize"
"The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates one of the most advanced industries in the world — oil and gas drilling. Yet the commission's software systems, many of its rules and even its name are from another era."
Source: Texas Tribune, 01/25/2013
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