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"Major Oil And Gas Firm To List Fracking Chemicals" [1]

A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: AP [7], 04/25/2014
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"Trailing Canada, U.S. Starts a Push for Safer Oil Shipping" [8]

"A day after Canada issued stringent new rules for the transportation of oil by rail, federal regulators in the United States said on Thursday that they would push forward their own tank standards next week, potentially resolving a critical safety issue that has been mired in regulatory limbo for years."

Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [11], 04/25/2014
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"Judge Suspends Arctic Drilling, Orders New Environmental Report" [12]

"In the ongoing battle over offshore drilling, a federal judge in Alaska told regulators Thursday to redo an environmental impact study that underestimated the amount of recoverable oil and, potentially, the risks to delicate Arctic habitat."

Disasters [9]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: LA Times [13], 04/25/2014
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"FDA Outlines Plan To Regulate E-Cigarettes" [14]

"The Food and Drug Administration will for the first time regulate the booming market of electronic cigarettes, as well as cigars, pipe tobacco and hookahs, under a proposal to be released Thursday."

Environmental Health [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Wash Post [16], 04/24/2014
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"US Announces Sweeping Reforms To Protect Coal Miners From Black Lung" [17]

"After almost two decades of reports, hearings, failed proposals and political wrangling, federal regulators on Wednesday announced sweeping changes to protect coal miners from black lung disease."

Environmental Health [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [18], 04/24/2014
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"Drones Are Becoming Energy’s New Roustabouts" [19]

"PALO ALTO, Calif. — The egg white drone lifted off from its ground station at a hospital construction site here, hovered for an instant, then zoomed off, sounding like a five-pound bee as it buzzed around the cranes towering over the six-acre project."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Technology [20]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [21], 04/23/2014
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"Baltimore, Other Big Cities Back EPA in Bay Cleanup Dispute" [22]

"Baltimore has joined with other major U.S. cities in defending the federal government's authority to impose a 'pollution diet'  on the Chesapeake Bay."

Environmental Politics [10]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [24]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Baltimore Sun [25], 04/23/2014
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"Are Climate Claims for Burning Renewable Trees a Smokescreen?" [26]

"Nestled into a seaside forest on the University of British Columbia's lands, amid a carpet of sword ferns and salal, sits a gleaming industrial facility that's been hailed as a significant step toward a carbon-neutral future for B.C., Canada and even the world."

Air [27]
Forests [28]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Canada [29]
Source: InvestigateWest/Tyee [30], 04/23/2014
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"Federal Probe Finds Regulatory Shortcomings Leading Up To West Blast" [31]

"WEST, Texas -- Although the cause of the deadly blast at West Fertilizer Co. remains a mystery, a federal agency on Tuesday said the tragedy was preventable, citing shortcomings in existing regulations and standards at all levels of government."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Houston Chronicle [32], 04/23/2014
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"Cowboy and Indian Alliance Protest Keystone Pipeline" [33]

"The Cowboy and Indian Alliance met Tuesday morning in front of the Capital to kick off a five-day protest against the proposed expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline."

Activism [34]
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Medill News Service [36], 04/23/2014
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