"Senate Approves Pipeline Safety Bill"
"The Senate has approved a bill overhauling federal energy pipeline rules and reauthorizing the main agency overseeing pipeline safety in a vote Thursday."
Source: The Hill, 03/04/2016
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"Divide Grows in Southeast Over Offshore Drilling Plan"
"KURE BEACH, N.C. — On a recent frigid night, anxious residents, many in “Protect Our Coast” sweatshirts, packed the town hall here, spilled onto the lawn, and then erupted in cheers as their town government gaveled in a resolution urging President Obama to block oil drilling off their shoreline. “Some things are just too precious to risk,” Mayor Emilie Swearingen said."
Source: NY Times, 03/04/2016
"As Board Weighs Coal Ash Permit, Citizens Fight Back"
"Since the early 1990s, thousands of York County residents have played softball and soccer on acres of well-manicured fields at Chisman Creek Park and the adjacent Wolf Trap Park."
Source: Chesterfield Observer, 03/03/2016
"Justice Department Refers Exxon Investigation Request to FBI"
"The U.S. Justice Department has forwarded a request from two congressmen seeking a federal probe of ExxonMobil to the FBI's criminal division."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/03/2016
Former Chesapeake CEO Dies In Crash A Day After Price-Fixing Indictment
"Former Chesapeake Energy chief executive Aubrey McClendon, the embattled co-founder of one of America’s largest natural gas producers, died Wednesday morning in a fiery car crash one day after he was charged in an Oklahoma bid-rigging conspiracy."
Source: Wash Post, 03/03/2016
"Oil And Gas Industry Has Pumped Millions Into Republican Campaigns"
"Fossil fuel barons have invested more than $100 million in Republican presidential Super Pacs – raising concerns over special interests if GOP takes White House".
Source: Guardian, 03/03/2016
"Moniz Visit Puts Spotlight On Controversial Uranium Company"
"The Department of Energy's relationship with uranium enrichment company USEC Inc. will be under the microscope this week, when Secretary Ernest Moniz visits Capitol Hill to defend the agency's budget request."
Source: E&E Daily, 03/02/2016
"Polar Bear Critical Habitat in Alaska Restored by Appeals Court"
"A 187,000 square-mile swath of land and sea in Alaska was restored by a federal appeals court as a “critical habitat” for polar bears, a boon for the endangered species and yet another blow to Alaska’s tumbling petroleum industry."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/02/2016
"Greenpeace Says China Increasing Coal-Fired Capacity"
"Greenpeace East Asia said on Wednesday that China had a total of 210 coal power projects in the pipeline"for environmental assessment permitting at the end of 2015, despite overcapacity in the industry and pollution concerns."
Source: Reuters, 03/02/2016
"Fracking Fracas: Sanders Attacks Clinton on Environment"
"The environmental policy debate between Democratic contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton could soon become much more heated."
Source: American Prospect, 03/02/2016
