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"Explosion Rocks Regina Refinery" [1]

"REGINA -- Shaken by an explosion that some described as a massive fireball, workers huddled in groups in the fields surrounding the Consumers' Co-operative Refineries Ltd. (CCRL) in north Regina on Thursday afternoon. Ten construction workers were injured in the explosion. Eight were taken to hospital to be treated for burns, two were treated at the site."

Source: Regina Leader-Post [2], 10/07/2011

"House Votes To Delay Controls on Toxic Pollution" [3]

"The Republican-controlled House passed the first of two bills Thursday to delay rules to cut toxic air pollution and mercury from cement plants, solid waste incinerators and industrial boilers."

Source: AP [4], 10/07/2011

"Group Opposed to Pipeline Seeks More Documents on Lobbyists" [5]

"Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, expanded its Freedom of Information Act request concerning the State Department’s evaluation of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, which involves the construction of a new pipeline to carry crude from Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast. The environmental group’s original request had centered on communication between the State Department and Paul Elliott, the chief Washington lobbyist for TransCanada, the pipeline company."

Source: NY Times [6], 10/07/2011

"200 Chinese Subsidies Violate Rules, U.S. Says" [7]

Chinese government subsidies to the energy industry may be among nearly 200 items the U.S. is complaining about before the World Trade Organization.

Source: NY Times [8], 10/07/2011

"EPA Loses First Round in Mine Permit Crackdown Case" [9]

"A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled with the coal industry — and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection — in the first phase of a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s crackdown on mountaintop removal mining."

Source: Coal Tattoo [10], 10/07/2011

"Chief of DOE Loan Program That Approved Solyndra Deal Leaves" [11]

"The head of the Energy Department’s embattled clean energy loan program is leaving in what officials called a planned departure."

Source: AP [12], 10/07/2011

E3 2011: The Latest in Renewable Energy Innovation, at the U of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment [13]

E3 (Energy, Economy and Environment) is the Upper Midwest's premier renewable energy conference. This year’s E3 conference showcases current technologies, environmental benefits and market opportunities in renewable energy, specifically focusing on renewable energy success stories from corporations and individuals around the world, as well as within the University of Minnesota.

DEADLINE: Scuba Diving Field Trip Offered by ORCA During the SEJ Conference in Miami. REGISTER BY OCTOBER 14th. [14]

Join marine biologist Dr. Sarah Frias-Torres, Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) fellow, and invited speaker at the SEJ conference, as she dives to film and study the goliath groupers. This trip is organized by Dr. Frias-Torres and is independent from the SEJ conference and outside the official program. However, to facilitate logistics, the fieldtrip is planned for Thursday October 20, which coincides with the conference official day tours. REGISTER BY OCTOBER 14th.

"Jimmy Carter Spearheads Final Drive To Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease" [15]

"The world is tantalisingly close to eradicating guinea worm disease, which would make it only the second disease of humans to be wiped from the planet, according to former US president Jimmy Carter."

Source: Guardian [16], 10/06/2011

"Floods Drown Asia's Rice Bowl" [17]

"Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest, experts say."

Source: AFP [18], 10/06/2011

E3 2011: The Latest in Renewable Energy Innovation, at the U of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment [13]

DEADLINE: Scuba Diving Field Trip Offered by ORCA During the SEJ Conference in Miami. REGISTER BY OCTOBER 14th. [14]

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