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"Illinois Expands Crackdown on Petroleum Coke" [1]

"Already targeted as a source of lung-damaging air pollution, a company that has been piling petroleum coke on Chicago's Southeast Side now faces new accusations that it illegally allowed contaminated runoff to spill into the Calumet River."

Source: Chicago Tribune [2], 03/05/2014

"Climate Figures Large in Obama’s FY 2015 Budget" [3]

President Obama [Tuesday] released a $3.9 trillion budget plan for Fiscal Year 2015 with many green features, including funds for his Climate Action Plan and a new Climate Resiliency Fund."

Source: ENS [4], 03/05/2014

"House Votes To Curtail Flood Insurance Rate Hikes" [5]

"WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote of 306-91 Tuesday night, agreed to limit premium rate increases under the National Flood Insurance Program."

Source: McClatchy [6], 03/05/2014

Study: KXL Would Have Much Larger Impact Than State Dept Suggests [7]

"WASHINGTON -- The State Department's final environmental impact analysis for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline downplays the significance the pipeline would have for development of the Canadian tar sands, according to a new analysis from a United Kingdom-based group. The analysis also argues that the State Department underestimated the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that would come with that development."

Source: Huffington Post [8], 03/04/2014

Sea Otters In Prince William Sound Back to Pre-Exxon Valdez Numbers [9]

"OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the southern coast of Alaska, sea otters in the most affected parts of Prince William Sound have recovered to their pre-spill numbers, a federal report released on Friday showed."

Source: Reuters [10], 03/04/2014

"U.S. Farmers Report Widespread GM Crop Contamination" [11]

"WASHINGTON -- A third of U.S. organic farmers have experienced problems in their fields due to the nearby use of genetically modified crops, and over half of those growers have had loads of grain rejected because of unwitting GMO contamination."

Source: IPS [12], 03/04/2014

"The Scary New Evidence on BPA-Free Plastics" [13]

Environmentalists may have won a victory convincing manufacturers to remove the estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from products like babies' sippy cups -- but lab results are showing that the chemicals replacing them are as bad or worse.

Source: Mother Jones [14], 03/04/2014

"Ash Spill Shows How Watchdog Was Defanged" [15]

"RALEIGH, N.C. — Last June, state employees in charge of stopping water pollution were given updated marching orders on behalf of North Carolina’s new Republican governor and conservative lawmakers."

Source: NY Times [16], 03/04/2014

"Keystone XL Opponents Turn Attention To U.S. Crude Oil Export Ban" [17]

"WASHINGTON -- As the years-long fight over the Keystone XL pipeline grinds toward resolution, green groups are broadening their focus to include the possibility that the Obama administration will loosen curbs on how much oil and gas the United States exports."

Source: Reuters [18], 03/04/2014

"Native Americans Vow a Last Stand To Block Keystone XL Oil Pipeline" [19]

"Faith Spotted Eagle figures that building a crude oil pipeline from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast would bring little to Indian Country besides more crime and dirty water, but she doubts that Native Americans will ever be able to get the U.S. government to block the $7 billion project."

Source: Reuters [20], 03/04/2014

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