"Environmentalists Lose Ally In Congress With Boxer Retiring"
"Environmental advocates will lose an ally in Congress when Barbara Boxer leaves the Senate at the end of her term in 2016 after more than three decades in office."
Source: AP, 01/09/2015
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"EPA to Delay U.S. Carbon Rule for Power Plants Until Summer"
"The Environmental Protection Agency said it will delay carbon rules for power plants, missing a deadline set by President Barack Obama in one of the centerpieces of his climate-change agenda."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/08/2015
"Lawsuit Filed in Effort To Close Loophole on Fracking Emissions"
"Chemical plants, coal mines, power plants, steel mills, oil refineries and even the maple syrup industry must disclose their releases of hazardous pollutants on the federal Toxic Release Inventory."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 01/08/2015
"Low Oil Prices Take Their Toll on Canada. Are Oil Sands in Trouble?"
"Plummeting oil prices are bad news for much of Canada, which runs its economy largely on oil. But cheap oil has some positive benefits for Canadians, too."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/08/2015
"U.S. Oil Producers Cut Rigs as Price Declines"
"With oil prices plunging at an ever-quickening rate, producers are beginning to slash the number of drilling rigs around the country."
Source: NY Times, 01/08/2015
Much of World's Fossil Fuel Must Stay Buried To Prevent Climate Change: Study
"New research is first to identify which reserves must not be burned to keep global temperature rise under 2C, including over 90% of US and Australian coal and almost all Canadian tar sands."
Source: Guardian, 01/08/2015
"Plan for Offshore Wind Farm in Nantucket Sound Hits a Snag"
"Cape Wind, a massive wind farm proposed in Nantucket Sound, has been dealt a setback that threatens its finances and throws into doubt whether it will become the nation’s first such offshore project."
Source: NY Times, 01/08/2015
"Shell Agrees $84M Deal Over Niger Delta Oil Spill"
"Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills."
Source: BBC News, 01/07/2015
"Deep Debt Keeps Oil Firms Pumping"
"American oil and gas companies have gone heavily into debt during the energy boom, increasing their borrowings by 55% since 2010, to almost $200 billion."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 01/07/2015
"California Breaks Ground on Bullet Train as Climate Solution"
"California broke ground Tuesday on its $68 billion high-speed rail system, promising to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours."
Source: AP, 01/07/2015
