"How Ontario Is Putting an End To Coal-Burning Power Plants"
Next year, Ontario will become the first industrial region in North America to eliminate coal-fired electrical generation.
Source: YaleE360, 04/04/2013
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Politics, Environmental Worries Threaten New Coal Ports in Northwest
"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."
Source: McClatchy, 04/04/2013
"Marcia McNutt Bringing Her 'Intellectual Energy' to Science"
"Rumors of Scripps begone -- geophysicist Marcia McNutt, who stepped down as head of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in February, is returning to Washington, D.C., as the new editor-in-chief of Science. McNutt will take over the editorship on 1 June from Bruce Alberts, who announced his retirement last year."
Source: Science, 04/04/2013
"Leaking Gas Pipelines Across Michigan Create An Underground Danger"
"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."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 04/04/2013
"The Koch Brothers’ Media Investment"
Rumors that the conservative billionaire Koch brothers could be poised to buy the Tribune Company raise questions about how that might affect Tribune news outlets' coverage of environment and energy issues, in which the Kochs have a substantial stake.
Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 04/04/2013
"Arkansas AG: Oil Spill Shows Need for Inspections"
"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."
Source: AP, 04/04/2013
'Solid Majority' of Republicans Say US Should Tackle Warming: Survey
"Global warming isn't just an issue for Democrats, according to a report released yesterday by George Mason and Yale universities. Sixty-two percent of self-identified Republicans and GOP-leaning independents said in a national survey that the United States should or probably should take action to address climate change despite uncertainties, the report says."
Source: Greenwire, 04/04/2013
"Solar Plane To Set Out To Cross U.S. In Early May"
"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."
Source: Reuters, 04/03/2013
"Leak Near Colo. Plant Highlights Pipeline Problems"
"DENVER -- Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River."
Source: AP, 04/03/2013
Analysis: "Emissions Rules Put Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in a Bind"
"WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency's latest proposed tightening of limits on sulfur in gasoline, and its previous rules, will most likely have the perverse consequence of retarding the development of cars running on batteries, advanced biofuels or hydrogen -- all promising but expensive technologies that have not become mass-market products."
Source: NY Times, 04/03/2013
