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Is Your Audience in an Oil Train Blast Zone? [1]

After a February 16, 2015, oil train derailment and explosion in West Virginia, new concerns have arisen over the public's right to know about the dangers oil trains pose to communities. Now trackside communities have some data and maps to help them protect themselves. Image: AP Photo/ Office of the Governor of West Virginia, Steven Wayne Rotsch.

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"New York’s Fluoridation Fuss, 50 Years Later" [12]

"In March 1957, as Elvis was buying Graceland and the Soviets were preparing to shock the world with Sputnik, Robert F. Wagner, the famously cautious mayor of New York, was having trouble taking a stand."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [5]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [15], 02/25/2015

"Supreme Court Rules Neb. Must Pay Kan. in Interstate River Battle" [16]

""The Supreme Court today ruled that Nebraska "recklessly gambled" in taking more water from the Republican River than it was allowed. A majority of the justices held that Nebraska knowingly violated an interstate compact governing the river, depriving Kansas of water that should have flowed over the states' border."

Laws & Regulations [17]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [18], 02/25/2015

"House Dems: Did Big Oil Seek To Sway Scientists in Climate Debate?" [19]

"A key Democratic lawmaker is seeking an expanded inquiry into whether fossil-fuel companies have been secretly underwriting the research of some of the country’s most prominent scientific skeptics of climate change."

Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [5]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Wash Post [22], 02/25/2015

"Oil Refinery Strike Spreads Across US" [23]

"An oil refinery strike continues to spread across California, Texas, and elsewhere across the US. It is now the largest US oil refinery strike in nearly 35 years."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [24], 02/25/2015

"A Whale of a Fight Is Brewing Over Atlantic Coastal" [25]

"Oil and gas companies hoping to drill in the Atlantic Ocean will have to contend with a new federal proposal to declare waters off the Carolinas and Georgia as critical for endangered whales."

Energy & Fuel [4]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: McClatchy [26], 02/25/2015

"E.P.A. Issues Stiffer Rules on Vehicle Fuel Ratings" [27]

"After two years of imposing increasingly stiff penalties on automakers that overstate their fuel economy ratings, federal regulators on Monday said they would tighten guidelines used in determining the mileage advertised to consumers."

Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [17]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NY Times [28], 02/25/2015

"Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, The Third Veto Of His Presidency" [29]

"President Barack Obama formally vetoed legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, the latest development in what has become an ongoing standoff between him and congressional Republicans over approval of the controversial pipeline."

Energy & Fuel [4]
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Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Huffington Post [30], 02/25/2015

Lobbyist aka 'Dr. Evil' Behind Front Groups Attacking Obama Power Rules [31]

"To Washington insiders he is Dr Evil: the hidden orchestrator of industry campaigns against the Humane Society, Mothers against Drunk Driving, and other seemingly uncontroversial groups. Now Richard Berman, a one-time lobbyist turned industry strategist, has zeroed in on another target: Barack Obama’s new power plant rules."

Climate Change [20]
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Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [32], 02/24/2015

"Obama Will Quickly Veto Keystone Bill" [33]

"President Obama is poised to reject GOP-backed legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline with a swift veto designed to minimize any distraction from a looming shutdown within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)."

Environmental Politics [5]
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Source: The Hill [34], 02/24/2015

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