"Radio Disney's Pro-Fracking Elementary School Tour Sparks Outrage"
"Radio Disney made 26 stops across Ohio with a pro-fracking group to promote oil and gas to elementary school students."
Source: Aljazeera, 01/09/2014
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Thousands of Railcars Need Updating After Crude Crashes: Greenbriar CEO
"Some 80,000 tank cars that don't meet current industry safety standards need to be replaced or retrofitted after several crashes of trains carrying crude oil, the head of railcar maker The Greenbriar Companies said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/09/2014
"Energy Reporters Criticize 60 Minutes' 'Poor Piece of Journalism'"
"A 60 Minutes segment claiming that federal government efforts to encourage clean tech -- the production and use of alternative energy sources and more efficient technology -- have failed drew some harsh disagreement among reporters covering the energy beat who say the negative report ignored many successes and focused too narrowly on a few unsuccessful companies."
Source: Media Matters, 01/08/2014
"As 'Frack Hits' Grew in Alberta, Regulators Stepped in"
Sometimes hydraulic fracturing of underground shale formations to produce oil and gas goes awry. Pumping fluids into formations at high pressure to release hydrocarbons can cause oil, gas, and toxic liquids to spew from old abandoned wells.
Source: EnergyWire, 01/08/2014
"China Approves Massive New Coal Capacity Despite Pollution Fears"
"BEIJING -- China approved the construction of more than 100 million tonnes of new coal production capacity in 2013 - six times more than a year earlier and equal to 10 percent of U.S. annual usage - flying in the face of plans to tackle choking air pollution.
Source: Reuters, 01/08/2014
Oil Train Derails, Catches Fire in New Brunswick
"Several homes near the village of Plaster Rock, N.B., were evacuated Tuesday evening after a train carrying 'dangerous goods' derailed and caught fire."
Source: QMI, 01/08/2014
"Oil Industry Backs Murkowski's Effort To Lift Ban On Crude Exports"
"WASHINGTON -- The oil industry's leading trade group on Tuesday praised Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R) call for a review of the country's effective ban on exporting crude oil."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/08/2014
"Oil Glut Stirs Debate Over US Crude Exports"
"WASHINGTON — As a new year dawns in the nation’s capital, the Obama administration and Congress find themselves grappling with a scenario that was unthinkable just a short time ago: What to do with the domestic oil flowing out of West Texas, North Dakota and other states?"
Source: FuelFix, 01/07/2014
"Key Marcellus Study Didn't Test Waste, Researcher Says"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A state-sponsored study meant to examine potential pollution from the boom in natural gas drilling never actually tested key wastes from the Marcellus Shale formation, according to a West Virginia University researcher who led the effort."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/07/2014
"White House Urged EPA Restraint On 2014 RFS Targets"
"U.S. EPA modified its proposed 2014 renewable fuel standard rule last year after the White House raised concerns about production targets being too high and based on unreliable analyses, according to documents from interagency reviews of the draft proposal."
Source: Greenwire, 01/07/2014
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