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"Interior Launches National Conversation on Federal Coal" [1]

"Top Interior Department officials got an earful in their first of five listening sessions on the future of the federal coal program, which produces about 40 percent of our nation’s coal."

Source: High Country News [2], 07/31/2015

EPA Poised To Push Carbon Rule Compliance To 2022: Document [3]

"U.S. EPA appears to be leaning toward giving states an extra two years -- until 2022 -- to start cutting carbon emissions from power plants under a final Clean Power Plan rule expected to be rolled out as early as Monday."

Source: EnergyWire [4], 07/31/2015

"Senate Energy Panel Votes To Lift Oil Export Ban" [5]

"The U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Thursday narrowly passed a bill to lift a 40-year-old ban on the export of crude oil, but the measure faces an uphill battle in getting passed by the full Senate."

Source: Reuters [6], 07/31/2015

Shell Icebreaker Gets Past Protesters at Portland Bridge [7]

"Just before 6 p.m. Thursday night, Shell Oil's controversial icebreaker MSV Fennica weaved through nine remaining protesters hanging from the St. Johns Bridge and made its way toward the Pacific Ocean."

Source: Portland Oregonian [8], 07/31/2015

Yes, You Should Run for SEJ’s Board [9]

Busy people know how to get things done. So, when I suggest that you consider running for a seat on the board of directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists, your first reaction (“I’m far too busy!”) can be quickly countered: Busy people are known for managing their time. Read more from SEJ President Jeff Burnside.

"Could Deep-Earth Microbes Help Us Frack for Oil?" [10]

"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- On a muddy hill above a World War II ordnance plant that made material for atomic bombs, a fracking crew will drill thousands of feet underground in a search for life itself. The drilling is a hunt for microscopic organisms, first introduced hundreds of millions of years ago, which have evolved to live in the shale 7,000 feet below the ground, at pressures 600 times that of the surface, and temperatures around 160 degrees F."

Source: McClatchy [11], 07/30/2015

"AP Investigation: Olympic Teams To Swim, Boat in Rio's Filth" [12]

"RIO DE JANEIRO — Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press investigation has found."

Source: AP [13], 07/30/2015

"World Bank Rejects Energy Industry Notion That Coal Can Cure Poverty" [14]

"The World Bank said coal was no cure for global poverty on Wednesday, rejecting a main industry argument for building new fossil fuel projects in developing countries."

Source: Guardian [15], 07/30/2015

Defense Dept To Congress: Global Warming Is a 'Present Security Threat' [16]

"For the first time, the U.S. Department of Defense has detailed what it views as its greatest challenges related to climate change. In a report to Congress, the Defense Department said that global warming poses a 'present security threat, not strictly a long-term risk.'"

Source: Mashable [17], 07/30/2015

"Obama Will Use Veto To Defend Climate Change Plan If Necessary" [18]

"Barack Obama will use all of his powers – including his veto – to defend his plan to fight climate change, the White House said, on the eve of new rules cutting carbon pollution from power plants."

Source: Guardian [19], 07/30/2015

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