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"The People v. the Coal Baron" [1]

"Don Blankenship always knew exactly what he wanted during the years he ran Massey Energy, once the sixth-largest coal company in the United States. He had specific and emphatic ideas about how to operate mines, how to treat employees and how to deal with regulators. When he issued instructions, he wanted them followed to the letter, and this wasn’t just true about his business."

Climate Change [2]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [8], 06/22/2015
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"Advocates Blast Illinois EPA for Passing on Petcoke Oversight" [9]

"Petroleum coke, or 'petcoke,' is still a problem in Chicago despite city regulations, and it could quickly become a problem in other parts of the state if there are no limits or rules on storage of the toxic powdery byproduct of oil refining."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Source: Midwest Energy News [13], 06/19/2015
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UK: "Government Ordered To Publish Redacted Fracking Report in Full" [14]

"Heavily redacted report on the impact of fracking in the UK should be released in full, information commissioner tells environment department ".

Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [15]
Public [6]
Europe [16]
Source: Guardian [17], 06/19/2015
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"Greens: EPA Underestimating Harms From Power Plant Water Pollution" [18]

"Regulators are severely underestimating the health harms from the pollution that power plants dump into waterways, an environmental group said Wednesday."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [20], 06/18/2015
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"Plan for Fracking's Waste Pits Could Save Millions of Birds" [21]

"Federal agency aims to save the 500,000 to 1 million birds that die in the industry's vats of oily residue each year."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [11]
Wildlife [22]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: InsideClimate News [23], 06/18/2015
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New Congressional Research Service Reports for Environmental Journos [24]

Congress, you may remember, has exempted itself from the requirements for open government — and that included a ban on publishing taxpayer-funded explainers by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists, you can read them anyway.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
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Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
Asia [27]
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Public [6]
  • Read more about New Congressional Research Service Reports for Environmental Journos [24]

Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [28]

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on offshore Gulf fracking, and was refused by two Interior Department offshore drilling agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. CBD sued, and the lawsuit was settled June 2, 2015.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
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Chemicals [29]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
International [33]
Mexico [34]
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Public [6]
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AMA Calls for Disclosure, Monitoring of Chemicals in Fracking Fluid [35]

The American Medical Association, the nation's largest professional association of medical doctors, advocates public policies that doctors believe will protect public health. On Jun 9, 2015, the organization said fracking operation information should go not only to doctors, but also to the public whose health may be at risk.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [36]
Water & Oceans [19]
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Public [6]
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"Renewables Could Dominate World Electricity By 2030" [37]

"Renewables could surpass coal, natural gas, and nuclear as the world's top electricity source in 15 years, according to an IEA report. Still, without bolder emissions cuts, the world is on track to blow past its global warming targets."

"Renewable energy could surpass coal, nuclear power, and natural gas as the world’s largest source of electricity within only 15 years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
International [33]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [38], 06/17/2015
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"Virginia, Coal Country for Centuries, Now Embraces Carbon Regulations" [39]

"The state has been moving away from coal-fired electricity for the past decade, and the effects of climate change already has its attention."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [40]
Source: InsideClimate News [41], 06/17/2015
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