"Three Injured in Fuel Barge Explosion In Mobile River"
"MOBILE, Alabama -- Three people were hurt in a fuel barge explosion on the east side of Mobile River on Wednesday night, Mobile Fire-Rescue reported.
Source: Mobile Press-Register, 04/25/2013
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Rep. Issa Investigating Energy Dept. Loan, Sought Funds For His District
"Has the GOP found its new Solyndra? On Wednesday the House Oversight Committee held a hearing titled, 'Green Energy Oversight: Examining the Department of Energy's Bad Bet on Fisker Automotive.'"
Source: Huffington Post, 04/25/2013
U.S. Alarmed By Japanese Nuclear Recycling Plan
"U.S. officials and experts have expressed strong reservations about the plan to operate a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori to recover fissionable plutonium while most of the nation's reactors remain shuttered, a Japan Atomic Energy Commission member said."
Source: Kyodo, 04/24/2013
"BP Delays $10 Billion Gulf of Mexico Project Due To Rising Costs"
"BP's largest new oil project in the Gulf, called Mad Dog Phase 2, sits atop a 4 billion barrel oil field. BP blames 'market conditions and industry inflation' for delay."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/24/2013
"Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that clean up power plant water pollution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled [Tuesday]. The decision turns back an attempt by the utility industry to avoid the financial and operational burdens of the regulations."
Source: ENS, 04/24/2013
Wisc. Utilities Settle for $1.2B with EPA On Coal Plant Air Pollution
"Wisconsin Power & Light Co. and three other utilities will spend $1.2 billion to clean up coal-fired power plants and shut down older plants under a settlement announced Monday with federal regulators."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04/23/2013
Ark. Oil Spill Probe Falls to Understaffed Agency With Industry Ties
"Underfunded agency faces the challenge of finding answers to key questions: When did Exxon's pipeline rupture and when did the company learn of the spill?"
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/23/2013
"Coal-Backed Research Takes on Mining Health Studies"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Scientists backed by a $15 million industry-funded research project are picking apart -- and trying to disprove -- a series of studies that found coalfield residents near mountaintop-removal mining operations face greater risks of serious illness and premature death."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 04/23/2013
Agency Nears Decision on Fracking in George Washington National Forest
"The U.S. Forest Service is expected in June to end two years of wrangling over whether to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the George Washington National Forest."
Source: Charlottesville Daily Progress, 04/22/2013
Enbridge Tarsands Proposal Shines Light on Toronto’s Aging Pipelines
"Few Torontonians know there are oil pipelines beneath the city and that Enbridge has applied to make significant changes to one of them."
Source: Toronto Star, 04/22/2013
