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"Senate Rejects Partisan Amendments To Energy Bill" [1]

"The Senate on Tuesday voted against six amendments to its broad energy reform bill that pursued partisan priorities on political spending and conservation."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [7], 02/03/2016
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"Poor, Minorities Carry The Burden Of Frack Waste In South Texas" [8]

"Poor, heavily Hispanic neighborhoods shoulder a disproportionate fracking wastewater burden in Texas' booming Eagle Ford".

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
Source: EHN [13], 02/03/2016
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"BP Makes Record Loss And Axes 7,000 Jobs" [14]

"£6bn wiped off stock market value of oil company as investors react to losses and increasing Deepwater Horizon liablities".

Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [5]
International [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 02/03/2016
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L.A. Prosecutors File Criminal Charges In Methane Leak Near Los Angeles [18]

"Los Angeles prosecutors filed criminal charges against the Southern California Gas company on Tuesday over a huge methane leak near the city that has forced thousands of residents from their homes since October."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [9]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [11]
Public [5]
California [19]
Source: Reuters [20], 02/03/2016
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"S.E.C. Is Criticized for Lax Enforcement of Climate Risk Disclosure" [21]

"As recently as 2011, shares in Peabody Energy, the world’s biggest private sector coal company, traded at the equivalent of $1,000. Today, they hover around $4 each. Over that time, investors who held the stock lost millions."

Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [22], 02/02/2016
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"G.E. to Phase Out CFL Bulbs" [23]

"Just a few years ago, the compact fluorescent light was the go-to choice for customers seeking an inexpensive, energy-efficient replacement for the standard incandescent bulb. But as the light quality of LEDs improved and their cost plummeted, manufacturers and retailers began shifting their efforts in that direction."

Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Technology [25]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [26], 02/02/2016
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"Rail Cars Laden With Coal Ash Rolling Into Virginia Landfill" [27]

"Two years after one of the nation's worst coal ash spills, 1 ½ million tons of the potentially toxic waste byproduct from coal-fired power generation is being moved by rail from the banks of the Dan River in North Carolina to a landfill in central Virginia."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Pollution [11]
Waste [28]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [31], 02/01/2016
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SoCal Gas Knew Aliso Canyon Wells Were Deteriorating a Year Before Leak [32]

"Southern California Gas Co. knew of deteriorating wells at its underground methane storage facilities and warned state regulators of the risks almost a year before a massive, uncontrolled leak was discovered at its Aliso Canyon unit on the outskirts of Los Angeles."

Disasters [33]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
California [19]
Source: InsideClimate News [34], 02/01/2016
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"In Vermont, Thorn In Side Of Powerful Faces Criminal Probe" [35]

"Annette Smith has been fighting the power for more than 15 years, tenaciously opposing energy projects she believes harm the environment or quality of life in Vermont."

Activism [36]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: AP [38], 02/01/2016
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"Koch Network Spent Nearly $400M In 2015" [39]

"The Koch brothers’ donor network spent close to $400 million last year, and is on its way to spending an unprecedented $889 million supporting right-wing politics and causes during the 2016 cycle."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [40], 02/01/2016
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