Major New Pipeline Proposed Next to Enbridge Line That Ruptured in 2010
"ET Rover Pipeline Company has set a date of June 2017 to have the natural gas pipeline, which will cross Ohio and Michigan, running."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/03/2014
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"With North Dakota Oil Boom Comes Concern Over Spills"
"North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple wants to expand his state's oil pipeline capacity, after the state's oil production reached the 1 million barrels per day mark. But, many worry about the potential environmental consequences such as oil spills."
Source: Oilprice.com, 07/02/2014
Coal Mine's Rejection on Global-Warming Grounds Has Major Implications
"If the judge's reasoning holds up in other cases it could undermine the rationales for much bigger projects, such as the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/02/2014
"New York Court Rules Towns Can Ban Fracking"
"The Albany Court of Appeals Monday ruled New York cities and towns can ban hydraulic fracturing within their borders."
Source: The Hill, 07/01/2014
"Boom Meets Bust in Texas: Atop Sea of Oil, Poverty Digs In"
"GARDENDALE, Tex. — From the window of her tin-roofed trailer, Judy Vargas can glimpse a miraculous world. It is as close as the dust kicked up by the trucks barreling by but seems as distant as Mars."
Source: NY Times, 07/01/2014
"Arkansas Spill Pollution Case Against Exxon Can Proceed, Court Says"
"Potentially potent lawsuit claiming Exxon violated pollution laws after its 2013 Mayflower oil pipeline spill survives dismissal attempts."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/01/2014
Workplace Secrecy Agreements Seem To Violate Federal Whistleblower Laws
"In November 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy asked contract employees at the Hanford plutonium processing plant in Washington state to take an unusual oath."
Source: Wash Post, 07/01/2014
"No Limits to Shale Gas Chemicals in Mexico"
"MEXICO CITY -- The new legal framework for Mexico’s oil industry has not placed controls on the use of harmful chemicals in the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels, and environmentalists and experts fear their consumption will increase in an industry that is opening up to private capital."
Source: IPS, 06/30/2014
"BP Seeks Return Of Oil Spill Claim 'Overpayments'"
"NEW ORLEANS — BP wants a federal judge to order restitution — plus interest — of what it says are hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments to some businesses that claimed losses due to the 2010 Gulf oil spill."
Source: Huffington Post, 06/30/2014
"NC Senate Approves Ash-Pond Cleanups"
"The North Carolina Senate gave tentative approval Tuesday to a bill that makes Duke Energy close its 33 coal ash ponds in the state within 15 years, but it blocked a vote on shifting costs away from consumers."
Source: Charlotte Observer, 06/26/2014
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