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5 Years After Disaster in Tennessee, Still No Coal Ash Safeguards

"This coming Sunday, Dec. 22, marks five years since the Kingston Coal Plant's ash dam in Tennessee ruptured, sending more than a billion gallons of toxic sludge into homes, onto farmland, and into the Emory and Clinch Rivers in Roane County - one of the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. Five years later, we're still waiting - and pushing - for the Environmental Protection Agency to put in place long-overdue protections to prevent more coal ash disasters."

Source: Sierra/Huffington, 12/20/2013

"U.S. Pump Prices Seen Setting 2013 Low as Supply Swells: Energy"

"U.S. gasoline pump prices are poised to reach their lowest level this year as supply expands to a two-decade seasonal high and winter curbs demand."

Source: Bloomberg, 12/20/2013

"Chesapeake Fined $3.2 Million for West Virginia Water Violations"

"U.S. federal regulators on Thursday said oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy Corp will pay a civil penalty of $3.2 million to settle Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia where it drills in the Marcellus Shale."

Source: Reuters, 12/20/2013

"Canadian Review Panel Approves Plans for an Oil Pipeline"

"OTTAWA — An environmental and economic review panel approved plans for a pipeline and port project that, if built, will move oil from Alberta’s oil sands to tankers on Canada’s Pacific Coast."

Source: NY Times, 12/20/2013

"Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down Zoning Limits on Gas Drilling"

"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday struck down portions of a law that stripped some of the powers municipalities have to decide where the booming natural gas industry can operate."

Source: AP, 12/20/2013

"Ex-BP Worker Is Found Guilty of Obstruction in Gulf Spill"

"HOUSTON — Nearly four years after the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion that left 11 dead, a former low-level engineer at BP was found guilty on Wednesday of obstruction of justice for deleting messages during a federal investigation into how much oil leaked."

Source: NY Times, 12/19/2013

"Oil Trains Raise Concerns in Small Towns, Cities"

"WOLF POINT, Mont. -- It's tough to miss the trains hauling crude oil out of the Northern Plains. They are growing more frequent by the day, mile-long processions of black tank cars that rumble through wheat fields and towns, along rivers and national parks."

Source: AP, 12/19/2013

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5 Years After Disaster in Tennessee, Still No Coal Ash Safeguards

"U.S. Pump Prices Seen Setting 2013 Low as Supply Swells: Energy"

"Chesapeake Fined $3.2 Million for West Virginia Water Violations"

"Canadian Review Panel Approves Plans for an Oil Pipeline"

"Pennsylvania Court Strikes Down Zoning Limits on Gas Drilling"

"Ex-BP Worker Is Found Guilty of Obstruction in Gulf Spill"

"Oil Trains Raise Concerns in Small Towns, Cities"

"Study Links BP Oil Spill To Dolphin Deaths"

Opinion: "Danger And Delay on Dirty Bombs"

"U.S. Pump Prices Seen Setting 2013 Low as Supply Swells: Energy"

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