"Week Ahead: House To Vote on Crude Oil Ban"
"House lawmakers will cast a vote on lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, the next step in an expanding debate over the issue."
Source: The Hill, 10/05/2015
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"At Least 73 Dead in Guatemala Mudslide, Hundreds Feared Lost"
"Hopes faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 73 people, even as families scrabbled through rubble hoping to find the bodies of loved-ones, with hundreds of others still missing."
Source: , 10/05/2015
"Historic South Carolina Floods: Heavy Rain, Hundreds Rescued"
"Hundreds were rescued from fast-moving floodwaters Sunday in South Carolina as days of driving rain hit a dangerous crescendo that buckled buildings and roads, closed a major East Coast interstate route and threatened the drinking water supply for the capital city."
Source: AP, 10/05/2015
"Harvard Professor Failed To Disclose Connection"
"A Harvard Kennedy School professor wrote a widely disseminated policy paper last year in support of genetically modified organisms at the behest of seed giant Monsanto, without disclosing his connection, e-mails show."
Source: Boston Globe, 10/02/2015
"House Panel Approves Energy Reform Bill"
"The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved an overhaul of the nation’s energy laws on Wednesday, though the legislation shed much of the bipartisan support it once enjoyed."
Source: The Hill, 10/02/2015
"Federal Protection Sought for Joshua Trees"
"Drought, more frequent wildfires and rising temperatures due to climate change are upsetting the delicate balance between life and death conditions for Joshua Tree National Park’s peculiar namesake plant."
Source: LA Times, 10/02/2015
"Reid Slams GOP Over Expiration of Conservation Funding"
"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted Republicans on Thursday for refusing to take up a bill to reauthorize a federal conservation fund."
Source: The Hill, 10/02/2015
"Fertilizer Plant Reaches $2 Billion Settlement With U.S., State"
"Mosaic Fertilizer has reached a $2 billion settlement with state and federal environmental regulators and the U.S. Department of Justice over funding for the long-term disposal of massive phosphogypsum waste piles and the treatment of 60 billion pounds of wastewater from its plants in Florida and St. James Parish, authorities and the company said Thursday."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 10/02/2015
"U.S. Fines Exxon $2.63 Million for Arkansas Oil Pipeline Leak"
"The U.S. pipeline safety office has fined Exxon Mobil Corp $2.63 million for spilling crude oil in an Arkansas residential area in 2013, the regulator said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/02/2015
"India Announces Plan to Lower Rate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
"NEW DELHI — Under growing pressure to join in an international accord to battle climate change, India on Thursday announced its long-term plan to reduce its rate of planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution and to aggressively ramp up its production of solar power, hydropower and wind energy."
Source: NY Times, 10/02/2015
