"EPA Audit Faults Wash. State's Hanford Oversight"
"A U.S. EPA draft report criticizes Washington state for lax oversight of the Hanford nuclear site, citing too few inspections and ignored violations."
Source: Greenwire, 06/20/2013
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"New Indictments for ex-BP Executive, Engineer Over Gulf Spill"
"Federal prosecutors unveiled new criminal indictments on Wednesday against a former BP Plc executive and a former BP engineer charged with obstructing investigations into the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill."
Source: Reuters, 06/20/2013
"Obama Threatens To Veto House Farm Bill"
"The White House on Monday threatened to veto the farm bill coming to the House this week."
Source: The Hill, 06/19/2013
"Religions Seen Slow To Go Green; Pope Has Chance To Inspire"
"Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross."
Source: Reuters, 06/19/2013
"Army Corps Won't Do Overall Environmental Study of Coal Exports"
"An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday it doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the western United States."
Source: AP, 06/19/2013
"Keystone XL Pipeline Shuns High-Tech Oil Spill Detectors"
"TransCanada Corp., which says Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline ever built, isn’t planning to use infrared sensors or fiber-optic cables to detect spills along the system’s 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) path to Texas refineries from fields in Alberta."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/18/2013
"Fracking Fuels Water Fights In Nation's Dry Spots"
"The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth's surface."
Source: AP, 06/18/2013
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn Signs New Fracking Regulations Into Law
"Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling."
Source: AP, 06/18/2013
Canada's Tar Sands Companies Fail To Clean Up Toxic Waste: Report
"None of the companies operating in Canada's tar sands have met a commitment to clean up the vast and expanding sprawl of toxic waste ponds, an official report has found."
Source: Guardian, 06/17/2013
Solar Plane Crosses Country, Lands at Dulles
"A solar-powered plane nearing the close of a cross-continental journey landed at Dulles International Airport outside the nation’s capital early Sunday, only one short leg to New York remaining on a voyage that opened in May."
Source: Politico, 06/17/2013
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