"Obama To Nominate Deputy Chief At EPA"
"President Obama said he will nominate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) acting deputy chief to take the position officially."
Source: The Hill, 01/23/2015
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"Billionaire Tom Steyer Won’t Run for Boxer’s Senate Seat"
"Billionaire activist Tom Steyer won’t run for the U.S. Senate in 2016, saying Thursday he will instead concentrate on electing a Democratic president and in continued activism on his signature issue of climate change."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/23/2015
"Into Thin Air: Boston Pipes Leak $90 Million in Fuel Yearly - Study"
"Boston's aging pipeline network leaks about $90 million worth of natural gas each year, marking a sizeable financial loss and a threat to the environment, according to a study released on Thursday by Harvard researchers."
Source: Reuters, 01/23/2015
"U.N. Asks Countries for Climate Plans After Record Warm 2014"
"The United Nations asked governments on Thursday to submit plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions as the building blocks of a deal due in Paris in December to limit global warming, after scientists said 2014 was the hottest year on record."
Source: Reuters, 01/23/2015
"Doomsday Clock' Moved Forward Two Minutes"
"The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says Earth is now closer to human-caused doomsday than it has been in more than 30 years because of global warming and nuclear weaponry. But other experts say that's way too gloomy."
Source: AP, 01/23/2015
"New Saudi Ruler Pledges Continuity After Death of King Abdullah"
"Hours after the death of Saudi Arabia’s ruler, his successor, King Salman, moved quickly on Friday to project a sense of continuity, saying in a televised address that the oil-rich nation, a Western ally that has long played a dominant role in Arab politics, would not change course."
Source: NY Times, 01/23/2015
"Senate’s Marathon Keystone Debate Ends in Anger"
"The new, freewheeling Senate of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell presided over an agitated debate on the Keystone XL pipeline that churned into Friday’s wee hours and ended with aggrieved Democrats crying Koch."
Source: Politico, 01/23/2015
"Hillary Clinton Declines To Take Position on Keystone"
"WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she would not express her views because of an ongoing review by the State Department."
Source: AP, 01/22/2015
U.S. Judge Strikes Down N.M. County's Fracking Ban as Unconstitutional
"A county's ban on hydraulic fracturing and drilling conflicts with both state and U.S. law, a federal court in New Mexico found this week."
Source: EnergyWire, 01/22/2015
"Federal Agencies at Odds Over Drilling Plan for Alaska Reserve"
"What's the best way to drill for oil in a mostly untouched Alaskan tundra, home to migrating caribou, abundant waterfowl, and Native Alaskan hunting and fishing grounds? It depends on which federal agency you ask."
Source: Greenwire, 01/22/2015
