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"Soft-Spoken Researcher Rattles Appalachian Coal Industry, Politics" [1]

"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- It didn't take long for the new associate professor at West Virginia University to give the state's most powerful industry a bad case of heartburn."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Science [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [6], 12/14/2012
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"Exelon to Employees: Tell Congress to End Wind Tax Credit" [7]

"Nuclear power giant Exelon is telling its employees to lobby Congress to end the production tax credit for wind power, which will expire at month’s end unless lawmakers vote to extend it."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: National Journal [9], 12/14/2012
  • Read more about "Exelon to Employees: Tell Congress to End Wind Tax Credit" [7]

"Doctors Urge U.S. to Block Gas Export Terminals" [10]

"More than 100 physicians urged the Obama administration on Thursday not to approve the construction of liquefied natural gas export terminals until more is known about the health effects of hydraulic fracturing, the drilling process that has opened the way for a big increase in domestic gas production."

Activism [11]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Green/NYT [13], 12/14/2012
  • Read more about "Doctors Urge U.S. to Block Gas Export Terminals" [10]

"More Than 2,000 Attend Wash. Coal Terminal Hearing" [14]

"SEATTLE -- More than 2,000 opponents and supporters of a plan to ship coal through a northwest Washington terminal turned out Thursday for a final public meeting on the controversial proposal."

Climate Change [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Transportation [17]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [18], 12/14/2012
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"Tougher Offshore Scrutiny? Not Yet" [19]

"When a government deadline for new safety management programs at offshore drilling rigs and wells approached in November 2011, oil and gas industry leaders were bracing for tough scrutiny and plenty of penalties. But that scrutiny never materialized."

Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: FuelFix [23], 12/14/2012
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"Fossil-Fuel Funded Operatives Litter the Mainstream Media" [24]

"Have you ever found yourself reading a news article or op-ed in which an 'expert' from a distinguished-sounding 'think tank' or 'institute' seeks to distort or attack climate change science or, alternately, decries public investment in clean energy solutions, and wonder in whose interest this individual and their organization is operating?"

Journalism & Media [25]
Environmental Politics [8]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Economy & Business [16]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: DeSmogBlog [26], 12/13/2012
  • Read more about "Fossil-Fuel Funded Operatives Litter the Mainstream Media" [24]

Coal Slurry Database May Help Reporters Find Problem Impoundments [27]

A fatal November 30, 2012, collapse of part of a coal-slurry impoundment in West Virginia served as a reminder of safety issues that may not be adequately regulated in some states and localities. You can locate local coal-slurry impoundments and information on their status with an online public database.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
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Journalism & Media [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Disasters [20]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
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Public [4]
  • Read more about Coal Slurry Database May Help Reporters Find Problem Impoundments [27]

NRC Board Orders Calif. Nuclear Plant To Turn Over Withheld Records [30]

Is the public entitled to see documents that may bear on the safety of a for-profit utility's plan to restart the flaw-stricken San Onofre nuclear plant in California? Maybe not. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruled the utility must turn the documents over to the board — but currently plans to keep them secret from the public.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Region: 
California [32]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
  • Read more about NRC Board Orders Calif. Nuclear Plant To Turn Over Withheld Records [30]

Pennsylvania Newspapers Get Break in Fracking Disclosure Case [33]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was joined by the Washington (PA) Observer-Reporter in a suit to unseal records of the July 2011 settlement of a case in which a family had sued four natural gas companies over damages they claimed were caused by hydraulic fracturing. The appeals court said a lower court had erred in throwing out the newspapers' case.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
  • Read more about Pennsylvania Newspapers Get Break in Fracking Disclosure Case [33]

"Texas Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline Construction" [34]

"NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- Texas landowner Michael Bishop, 64, an analytical chemist and former U.S. Marine, has been granted a temporary restraining order that halts construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline across his land while a judge considers Bishop’s charges of fraud against the company."

Activism [11]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: ENS [35], 12/12/2012
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