"Court Tells EPA To Enforce Obama Methane Pollution Rule"
"A federal court told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday that it has to enforce an Obama administration methane pollution rule."
Source: The Hill, 08/01/2017
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"U.S. Nuclear Comeback Stalls as Two Reactors Are Abandoned"
"In a major blow to the future of nuclear power in the United States, two South Carolina utilities said on Monday that they would abandon two unfinished nuclear reactors in the state, putting an end to a project that was once expected to showcase advanced nuclear technology but has since been plagued by delays and cost overruns."
Source: NY Times, 08/01/2017
"More New Yorkers Opting for Life in the Bike Lane"
"Biking has become part of New York’s commuting culture as the city expands bike routes and Citi Bikes become ubiquitous. There are more than 450,000 daily bike trips."
Source: NY Times, 07/31/2017
"EU Court Orders Poland To Stop Logging Primeval Forest Now"
"The European Union's top court ordered Poland on Friday to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, eurosceptic government in Warsaw against the bloc."
Source: Reuters, 07/31/2017
"How Congress Is Cementing Trump's Anti-Climate Orders into Law"
"These 'cynical' efforts are mostly flying under the radar, but they could short-circuit lawsuits and make it harder to restore environmental protections."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/31/2017
Small New Mexico Communities Struggle To Deliver Water Free Of Uranium
"Eloy Jacquez lives in the house his parents built on Los Lujans Road in 1948. There was no water in Santa Cruz then. The family waited several more years before the first well was drilled just up the street, next to land used as an informal waste dump."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 07/31/2017
12 Years Later, Feds Start Investigating Leaking Gulf Oil Platform
"Twelve years after Hurricane Ivan destroyed a Taylor Energy Co. platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the federal government has finally started investigating how oil and gas that is still leaking from its wells damages natural resources."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/31/2017
Companies Abandon Nearly One Million Hectares Of Alberta Oilsands
"In another sign the bloom is off the boom for the oilsands, the industry has returned almost one million hectares of northern Alberta exploration leases to the province over the past two years — abandoning an area far bigger than P.E.I."
Source: Canadian Press, 07/31/2017
"Biofuels: Court Tosses EPA Justification For RFS Reduction"
"A federal court [Friday] rejected U.S. EPA's justification for reducing renewable fuel requirements in a win for the biofuels industry."
Source: Greenwire, 07/31/2017
10 Yellowstone Park Workers To Be Disciplined For Harassment
"As many as 10 workers in Yellowstone National Park's maintenance division will be disciplined after an investigation found female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems."
Source: AP, 07/31/2017
