"In Alaska, Rare Earth Discovery Pits Jobs Against Environment"
Mining of a newly discovered rare earth element near the remote Alaskan town of Hydaburg jeopardizes the fishery which is its economic mainstay.
Source: New America Media, 07/09/2013
Economy & Business
Koch-Owned Group May Have Misled In Georgia Solar Energy Fight
"ATLANTA -- A political group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch wants Georgia's utility regulators to reject a plan requiring Southern Co. to buy more solar energy, but an Associated Press review ahead of a vote on the issue finds that it has used misleading figures to build its case."
Source: AP, 07/09/2013
What the Public Doesn't Know About Treaties Won't Hurt the Corporations
If you are looking for yet another category of environmental information that the U.S. public is not allowed to know about, try international trade agreements. A recent court decision — one that got little attention from the news media — upheld the federal government's authority to keep secret some information about the health and environmental impacts of trade treaties.
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"Coal's Slipping Grip: Death of a Georgia Coal Plant"
"The smokestacks, more than 800 feet tall, barely peek from behind the tall pines just across from Chester Allen's farm, but to him the damage from Plant Yates' coal is plain to see."
"SARGENT, Ga. – The smokestacks, more than 800 feet tall, barely peek from behind the tall pines just across from Chester Allen's farm, but to him the damage from Plant Yates' coal is plain to see."
Source: EHN, 07/02/2013
"Koch Millions Spread Influence Through Nonprofits, Colleges"
"Koch Industries, one of the largest privately held corporations in the world and principally owned by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has developed what may be the best funded, multifaceted, public policy, political and educational presence in the nation today."
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop, 07/02/2013
"Tenaska Drops Taylorville Coal-Plant Project"
"TAYLORVILLE, Ill. -- A Nebraska company dropped plans to build a $3.5 billion coal-based power plant in central Illinois, saying it instead will focus on developing natural gas-fueled and renewable facilities elsewhere."
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 06/24/2013
"Exelon Cancels Power Uprates for Lasalle, Limerick Nuclear Plants"
"Exelon has canceled plans for power uprates at four of its nuclear power reactors in Illinois and Pennsylvania, the company has told the US Securities and Exchange Commission."
Source: Platts, 06/13/2013
"Canada To Make Nuclear Operators Pay More for Accidents"
"Canada will make operators of nuclear power plants liable for the first C$1 billion ($980 million) of damages in the event of an accident, up from C$75 million under existing rules, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 06/11/2013
"Canada Oil Output Will Double by 2030 If Pipelines Built"
To hear Canada's oil industry tell it, the U.S. State Department's draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is exactly wrong. The EIS said Canada's tar sands oil would be shipped regardless of whether the pipeline is built. But the oil industry says it will double their output.
Source: FuelFix, 06/07/2013
Pennsylvania Gas Industry Keeps Secret Database on Pre-Drill Quality of Wells
The fracking industry loves to argue there's no proof its gas-extraction methods cause pollution. But it works hard in Pennsylvania to keep secret any evidence that might prove the question — one way or the other. Existence of its database was reported by Marie Cusick of WITF in Harrisburg, via NPR's StateImpact Pennsylvania.
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