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Secret Dilbit: Press Locked Out at Arkansas Pipeline Spill? [1]

Reports from the spill of tar sands oil from an ExxonMobil pipeline at Mayflower, Arkansas, indicate that reporters are being kept from doing their jobs. They are kept far away from the oil, threatened with arrest, and told things that aren't true. It looks like Exxon — not federal clean-up agencies — is running the press operation. The result may be skewed or scant coverage — possibly a boon for an Obama administration facing a tough choice on the Keystone XL pipeline. More on media access at The Daily Glob. [2]

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Journalism & Media [3]
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Disasters [5]
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"New Orleans Stench May Be Linked to Exxon Refinery Leak: Coast Guard" [7]

"A 'rank' odor that has spread across parts of greater New Orleans may be linked to a leak from the 192,500-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery, the U.S. Coast Guard investigating the smell said on Thursday."

Chemicals [8]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [9]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Reuters [11], 04/05/2013

"New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro" [12]

"TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, April 4, 2013 (ENS) – The province of Ontario is harnessing more renewable electricity from Niagara Falls through the just-completed Niagara Tunnel Project, as part of its plan to phase out its coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [6]
Canada [14]
Source: ENS [15], 04/05/2013

"Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Plummet" [16]

"Coal production in Kentucky last year reached its lowest level since 1965, while shedding more than 4,000 jobs, nearly all of them in Appalachian counties, according to a new state report."

Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [18], 04/05/2013

"U.S. Proposal To Move Fracking Wastewater By Barge Stirs Debate" [19]

"The Obama administration is inching ahead with a plan that would allow wastewater from fracking to be shipped on barges, fueling a debate whether it is safer than other transportation modes or risks polluting drinking water."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [22], 04/04/2013

"How Ontario Is Putting an End To Coal-Burning Power Plants" [23]

Next year, Ontario will become the first industrial region in North America to eliminate coal-fired electrical generation.

Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
Canada [14]
Source: YaleE360 [24], 04/04/2013

Politics, Environmental Worries Threaten New Coal Ports in Northwest [25]

"Growing environmental objections to exporting coal from Washington state and Oregon have begun to endanger the coal industry’s hope to restore its flagging fortunes by shipping much more of the embattled fossil fuel to China and India."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: McClatchy [26], 04/04/2013

"Leaking Gas Pipelines Across Michigan Create An Underground Danger" [27]

"Crisscrossing Michigan are more than 3,100 miles of old wrought- and cast-iron natural-gas pipelines -- the type federal regulators consider the most at risk of corrosion, cracking and catastrophic rupturing. The state's two largest utilities have replaced less than 15% of these pipelines -- 542 miles -- in the past decade."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Detroit Free Press [28], 04/04/2013

"Arkansas AG: Oil Spill Shows Need for Inspections" [29]

"MAYFLOWER, Ark. -- An ExxonMobil pipeline that ruptured and spilled thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas last week highlights the need for pipeline maintenance, inspections and safety standards, the state's attorney general said Wednesday."

Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [30]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [31], 04/04/2013

"Solar Plane To Set Out To Cross U.S. In Early May" [32]

"The first crossing of the United States by a solar-powered plane is expected to start in just over a month, its creators said on Thursday, as they make final preparations for an attempt two years from now at the first round-the-world flight without any fuel."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Technology [33]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Reuters [34], 04/03/2013

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