"Massive Gas Leak At LA Suburb Plugged After 16 Weeks, Utility Says"
"A utility says it has stopped the leak from a ruptured well that gushed massive amounts of natural gas near Los Angeles for 16 weeks."
Source: AP/CBS, 02/12/2016
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"Obama On Supreme Court Climate Ruling: 'Don't Despair'"
"President Barack Obama told supporters 'don't despair' and overreact to the Supreme Court's decision this week that temporarily blocks the administration's rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants."
Source: CNN, 02/12/2016"With FBI Ring Tightening, Last Oregon Occupiers Give Up"
"With the FBI tightening its ring around them, the last four holdouts in the armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered Thursday, ending a 41-day standoff that left one man dead and exposed simmering anger over the government's control of vast expanses of Western land."
Source: AP, 02/12/2016"Transparency Debate Follows Vote By California Coastal Panel"
"The agency that decides what gets built and where along the California coast is facing questions about transparency after it pushed out its top executive in a closed-door vote and without a clear explanation of why the change was being made."
Source: AP, 02/12/2016"Group Questions Peabody Energy's Coal Mine Self-Bonding"
"An environmental group is formally questioning Peabody Energy's ability to fully bond its coal mines in Wyoming and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain region, saying the St. Louis-based company has insufficient funding to qualify for self-bonding."
Source: AP, 02/12/2016Shocking Truth About America's Ethanol Law: It Doesn't Matter (For Now)
Gasoline refiners would blend ethanol into fuel even if the Congressionally-passed law and EPA rules didn't require it. The reason: it's needed to boost the octane rating that makes cars perform properly.
"It took Sen. Ted Cruz to finally persuade me to answer a riddle that's bothered me for years. Suppose somebody yanked away the law that currently props up the nation's ethanol industry, as Cruz has proposed. What would actually happen?
Source: NPR, 02/12/2016"EPA Chief Downplays 'Covert Propaganda'"
"Lawmakers grilled the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over officials' reportedly illegal use of "covert propaganda" to promote a controversial water rule."
Source: The Hill, 02/12/2016"Ex-Exec Sentenced To 1 Month In West Virginia Chemical Spill"
"A former Freedom Industries executive was sentenced Thursday to one month in federal prison for a chemical spill that fouled the drinking water supply of 300,000 West Virginians."
Source: AP, 02/12/2016Obama Creates 3 New Calif. Desert Monuments, Protects 1.8 Million Acres
"President Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert Thursday, expanding federal protection to 1.8 million acres of landscapes that have retained their natural beauty despite decades of heavy mining, cattle ranching and off-roading."
Source: LA Times, 02/12/2016"Tiny Marshall Islands vs. Big Shipping Emissions"
"It's a bit of a David vs. Goliath story, but seeing an 'existential threat,' a small vulnerable archipelago is taking a stand against big maritime interests."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 02/12/2016"Occupiers At Oregon Refuge Say They'll Turn Themselves In"
"The last four armed occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn themselves in Thursday morning after law officers surrounded them in a tense standoff."
Source: AP, 02/11/2016CA Coastal Commissioners Vote 7-5 To Dismiss Executive Director
"In a 7-5 vote, the California Coastal Commission on Wednesday dismissed embattled executive director Charles Lester."
Source: LA Times, 02/11/2016Supreme Court’s Climate Stay May Imperil Paris Climate Accord
"The Supreme Court’s surprise decision Tuesday to halt the carrying out of President Obama’s climate change regulation could weaken or even imperil the international global warming accord reached with great ceremony in Paris less than two months ago, climate diplomats say."
Source: NY Times, 02/11/2016"House Passes Bill Requiring EPA Actions On Lead-Laced Water"
"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water."
Source: Reuters, 02/11/2016"Snyder Ordered DEQ To Withhold Flint Lead Test Results, Emails Claim"
"Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials allegedly withheld lead testing results from county health officials while they worked to find ways to present the information to the public, according to emails obtained by The Flint Journal."
Source: Flint Journal, 02/11/2016
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