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SEJ Objects to Non-Public FERC Comment Meeting Format [1]

In the face of rising protests from anti-fracking and anti-pipeline activists, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has adopted a format for some meetings that prevents the press from covering [2] public comment in real time. The Society of Environmental Journalists has expressed concern to FERC about this practice, which also prevents the public from engaging in dialogue. The text of SEJ's Feb. 23, 2017 letter is here [3].

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"Fracking Led To More Than 6,000 Spills In 10 Years, Study Finds" [7]

"A new study looks at fracking sites in four states, finding 6,648 spills between 2005 and 2014. Their research, the study's authors say, highlights a need for better data collection – and may help prevent future incidents."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [8]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [10], 02/23/2017
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"Automakers Call on E.P.A. Chief to Ease Fuel-Efficiency Standards" [11]

"President Trump has vowed to roll back regulations on business, and automakers are wasting no time in pushing his administration to make good on the promise."

Air [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [15]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NY Times [16], 02/23/2017
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"Dakota Pipeline Protest Camp Nearly Empty As Holdouts Face Removal" [17]

"CANNON BALL, N.D. -- All but a few dozen of the last holdouts from a months-long mass protest against a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota peacefully vacated their riverside camp as an eviction deadline passed on Wednesday."

Activism [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
People & Population [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [22], 02/23/2017
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News Media Hamstrung at FERC “Listening Session.” SEJ Objects. [2]

FERC’s calendar listed it as a “public comment meeting.” Later, FERC said it wasn’t a public meeting, but a “listening session” to which the public was invited. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulates things like interstate pipelines and powerlines, and has been no stranger to controversy in recent years. In Wilson, N.C., the night of February 14, 2017, FERC officials would not allow the news media to work inside the auditorium where a “public” listening session was being held. The Society of Environmental Journalists today wrote FERC expressing concern about the procedure.

Activism [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: SEJ [23], 02/23/2017
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"EPA: Emails Show Pruitt's Ties To Fossil Fuel Industry" [24]

"Emails released today from U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's time as Oklahoma attorney general show he and his office had a familiar if not symbiotic relationship with fossil fuel companies."

Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [26], 02/23/2017
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"Trump-Putin Bromance: Election Hacking, Oil Drilling" [27]

"The president’s deference to Russian energy interests is a disturbing signal of weakness before the Putin regime."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Europe [28]
Source: Huffington Post [29], 02/22/2017
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"Deadline Looms For Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp" [30]

"As dawn breaks over an encampment that was once home to thousands of people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a few hundred holdouts rise for another day of resistance."

Activism [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: AP [31], 02/22/2017
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"Trump Seeks To Quell Ethanol Industry Worry As Pruitt Enters EPA" [32]

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday assured ethanol industry advocates of their importance in U.S. energy strategy in an apparent bid to quell concerns over potential changes to policies that mandate the use of such renewable fuels."

Agriculture [33]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [19]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Reuters [34], 02/22/2017
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As Standing Rock Construction Restarts, Pipeline Fights Flare Across US [35]

"In at least four states, encampments built as bases for pipeline resistance have emerged." They include the Trans-Pecos Pipeline, the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, the Sabal Trail Pipeline, and the Pilgrim Pipeline.

Activism [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Intercept [36], 02/21/2017
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