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"Northern Pennsylvania Gas Explosion Was Out of Regulatory Reach" [1]

"Houses trembled a half mile away when a natural gas explosion rattled a compressor station near Springville, a hotbed of Marcellus Shale development in northern Pennsylvania. Just two hours after the March 29 blast, a gas safety inspector from the state Public Utility Commission was on the scene to begin an investigation into possible violations of gas safety rules. But he did not get far."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [2], 04/09/2012

"Windfall of Cash Could Hit State Treasury From Global Warming Program" [3]

"For the past 10 years, California has struggled with huge budget deficits and wrenching cuts. Suddenly, however, the state is poised to raise billions from an unusual new source: the proceeds from its landmark global warming law."

Source: San Jose Mercury News [4], 04/09/2012

"Scarce Water Spreads Disease on Waterfowl Refuge" [5]

"Dave Mauser walked the edge of a mudflat, peering underneath the dried brown rushes where one coot after another had gone to hide and then die."

Source: AP [6], 04/09/2012

"U.S.-Backed Battery Company's Sale To Russian Tycoon Sparks Anxiety" [7]

"Department of Energy invested millions to develop cutting-edge technology to power electric vehicles, but that know-how is now in foreign hands"

Source: Chicago Tribune [8], 04/09/2012

"St. Thomas Boys Choir Copes With Voices Deepening at a Younger Age" [9]

"LEIPZIG, Germany — For 800 years, the St. Thomas Boys Choir has been filling churches with pure, young voices. Now it’s confronting a confounding phenomenon: Every year, those voices are cracking with teenage angst just a little earlier than before."

Source: Wash Post [10], 04/09/2012

"Is Nuclear Power Industry Poised To Repeat 'Managerial Disaster'?" [11]

"'The failure of the U.S. nuclear power program ranks as the largest managerial disaster in business history, a disaster on a monumental scale.' The rant of an antinuclear activist? Hardly. It was the first sentence of an in-depth story in a conservative business magazine, Forbes. In 1985."

Source: Tampa Bay Times [12], 04/09/2012

"Early Tree Flowering Puts Midwest Fruit Harvest in Jeopardy" [13]

"To the delight of flower lovers, fruit trees have exploded with early vibrant blossoms across the Midwest. But to fruit farmers these early blooms inspire more distress than delight. If the flowers are hit by a frost and die, the trees' fruit crops will die with them."

Source: Chicago Tribune [14], 04/09/2012

"How Murdoch's Aussie Papers Cover Climate Change" [15]

Most Australiams read a newspaper owned by conservative tycoon Rupert Murdoch. New research by a journalism professor indicates that those readers are not getting a balanced or diverse view of climate change.

Source: NPR [16], 04/09/2012

"States' Readiness Ranked in Face of Water Threats" [17]

"ALBUQUERQUE -- New Mexico, Arizona and more than two dozen other states could face increased threats to water supplies if they don't do more to plan for rising temperatures and changes in rain and snowfall patterns, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Natural Resources Defense Council."

Source: AP [18], 04/06/2012

"Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Unlikely To Restart Before Fall" [19]

"BLAIR, Neb. -- Federal regulators said Wednesday it's unlikely the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant will restart before fall because of the extensive inspections and repairs needed."

Source: AP [20], 04/06/2012

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