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U.S. Wind Energy Surge: A New Turbine Rises Every 2.4 Hours [1]

"The wind power industry just chalked up its strongest first quarter in eight years. Tax credits play an important role." "Every two and a half hours, workers installed a new wind turbine in the United States during the first quarter of 2017, marking the strongest start for the wind industry in eight years, according to a new report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released on May 2."

Source: InsideClimate News [2], 05/05/2017

Outrage After Flint Sends Foreclosure Warnings Over Tainted-Water Bills [3]

"Thousands of Flint, Mich., residents have been warned that they could lose their homes if they don’t pay outstanding water bills — even as the city has just begun replacing lead-tainted pipes after a contamination crisis linked to a dozen deaths."

Source: Washington Post [4], 05/05/2017

"U.S. Will Lose Jobs If It Quits Paris Climate Deal: U.N." [5]

"The United States will shoot itself in the foot if it quits the Paris climate accord because China, India and Europe will snap up the best power sector jobs in future, U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters [6], 05/05/2017

"Rain Threatens U.S. Midwest As Flooding Force Hundreds From Homes" [7]

"Unrelenting rain will drench the already saturated U.S. Midwest on Thursday and Friday, forecasters said, after floods in the region killed at least five people and forced residents in vulnerable areas to evacuate their flooded communities."

Source: Reuters [8], 05/04/2017

"Spending Deal Overrides Climate Science on Wood Energy" [9]

"Congress’s bipartisan spending agreement could fund federal government operations for less than a year, but its effects on climate policy could persist through future presidential administrations."

Source: Climate Central [10], 05/04/2017

"Growing Antarctic Crack Primes Delaware-Sized Iceberg" [11]

"A crack that could create an iceberg the size of Delaware - and destabilize one of the largest ice shelves in the Antarctic - has branched out and begun to widen more quickly, a scientist said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [12], 05/04/2017

"Abandoned Gas Line Caused Colo. Home Explosion" [13]

"An abandoned pipeline that was cut off underground and left uncapped and connected to a natural gas well fueled an explosion that destroyed a Colorado home and killed two people last month, investigators said yesterday."

Source: EnergyWire [14], 05/04/2017

"Weak Safety Standards Led To Exxon Refinery Blast: U.S. Agency" [15]

"The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has concluded that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, California, refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp could have been prevented, the agency concluded in a report issued on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [16], 05/04/2017

"Inside The Debate Over Repealing Curbs On Methane Leaks" [17]

"A deadline is fast approaching for Republican lawmakers who want to undo an Obama-era regulation that aims to limit the emissions of methane — a powerful greenhouse gas — from energy production sites on public lands."

Source: NPR [18], 05/04/2017

Ohio Lawmakers Add Provision That Could Open State Parks To Fracking [19]

"Ohio legislators took a step toward allowing fracking in state parks, adding a provision in a pending budget that would strip the governor of the ability to control the issuing of licenses for the oil and gas drilling practice that has raised environmental concerns."

Source: Reuters [20], 05/04/2017

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