Maryland Legislature Sends Fracking Ban to Governor
"Maryland lawmakers on Friday voted to send Gov. Larry Hogan a two-year ban on the natural gas extraction process known as fracking."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 04/14/2015
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"Pesticides Are Polluting Our Waters — And We Often Don’t Know It"
"Pesticides bring major benefits to modern agriculture, keeping dangerous bugs and fungi and pathogens at bay while boosting yields and making farming more efficient. But what about risks? Like any chemicals — manmade or not — pesticides can be bad for human health and ecosystems if they’re toxic enough and the amount that ends up in the environment is high enough. It’s often tough, however, to get a clear picture of the full array of problems a pesticide may cause."
Source: Wash Post, 04/14/2015
"Federal Researchers ID at Least 9 VOC Inhalation Deaths at Oil Sites"
"At least nine oil workers have died since 2010 from inhaling toxic amounts of vapors while measuring crude oil in storage tanks at well sites, according to new findings by federal researchers."
Source: EnergyWire, 04/14/2015
"EPA Blasts GOP’s Bill To Change Climate Rule"
"The top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee joined the Environmental Protection Agency Monday in criticizing the House GOP’s efforts to weaken the Obama administration’s climate rule for power plants."
Source: The Hill, 04/14/2015
"China To Surpass U.S. as Top Cause of Modern Global Warming"
"China is poised to overtake the United States as the main cause of man-made global warming since 1990, the benchmark year for U.N.-led action, in a historic shift that may raise pressure on Beijing to act."
Source: Reuters, 04/14/2015
"Japan Court Halts Restart of Two Reactors in Blow To Nuclear Sector"
"A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an injunction to prevent the restart of two reactors citing safety concerns, in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to return to atomic energy four years after the Fukushima crisis."
Source: Reuters, 04/14/2015
"Harvard Students Block Campus Building To Push Fossil Fuel Divestment"
"A group of Harvard University students are calling for the school to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies. Protesters began blocking the entrance to the main administration building Sunday night."
Source: NPR, 04/14/2015
"Ontario Confirms It Will Join Quebec, California in Carbon Market"
"Ontario will join a cap-and-trade market set up by Quebec and California to reduce carbon emissions and slow the pace of climate change, provincial Premier Kathleen Wynne said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 04/14/2015
"Coal Is Dead: It's Time to Accept It"
"For years, coal supporters have been saying that a turnaround is just around the corner. China's demand is about to pick up, domestic environmental regulations will be struck down and we'll fire up coal plants again, or clean coal is here! Let's face it: Coal is dead, and it's been a long time coming."
Source: Motley Fool, 04/14/2015
"New Regulation Aims to Prevent Explosions at Offshore Rigs"
"The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new regulation for offshore oil and gas rigs intended to improve equipment standards and well designs and avoid a catastrophic spill like the one in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010."
Source: NY Times, 04/14/2015
