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"Saving the Sage-Grouse: Can Oil And Conservation Work Together?"

"PINEDALE, Wyo. — The anticline is a tableland of nearly 200,000 acres, the Tetons visible in the distance and, in June, still covered with snow. The plateau is filled with sagebrush that barely reaches the knee, short grass, dirt roads and the occasional oil drill. Beneath its rocky surface are 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, one of the richest concentrations in the entire United States."

Source: Aljazeera America, 06/19/2014

"Feds: Oil Train Details Not Security Sensitive"

"BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. transportation officials said Wednesday that details about volatile oil train shipments are not sensitive security information, after railroads sought to keep the material from the public following a string of fiery accidents."

Source: AP, 06/19/2014

"Split Senate Panel Approves FERC Nominees, Bill To Fast-Track KXL"

"The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee [Wednesday] confirmed Norman Bay to take the helm of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission after receiving assurances from the White House that he will remain a commissioner for at least nine months."

Source: Greenwire, 06/19/2014

"Freedom Fires Cleanup Contractor; Judge Sets Claims Deadline"

"Freedom Industries has terminated the contractor in charge of the cleanup of its Elk River chemical tank farm, just days after two incidents in which stormwater overflowed a collection ditch at the high-profile site, sending potentially contaminated runoff pouring into the river."

Source: Charleston Gazette, 06/19/2014

"Government Silent as Questions Mount About Asbestos Danger"

"The federal Conservative government is refusing to join the rest of the developed world in declaring that there are no safe uses for asbestos, even though the material is the top workplace killer in Canada and deaths from exposure are expected to rise."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 06/19/2014

"Washington Residents Rail Against Crude Oil Shipments"

"SPOKANE, Wash. — Numerous speakers told a state Senate committee Tuesday that they oppose the rapid increase in railcars carrying crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota and Montana through the state."

Source: AP, 06/19/2014

"Clean Power Plan Exempts Major CO2 Emitters"

"The proposed Clean Power Plan, which aims to slash carbon emissions from existing electric power plants burning fossil fuel, may allow some of the most polluting coal-fired power plants in the country to continue operating without having to slash their emissions."

Source: Climate Central, 06/19/2014

"Fukushima ‘Ice Wall’ Looking More Like a Dirt Slurpee"

"Skeptics of the plan to build a massive ice wall around Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility didn’t have to wait particularly long for their first 'I told you so.'"

Source: Aljazeera America, 06/19/2014

Former EPA GOP Chiefs Try To Tell Senate GOP Climate Change Is Real

"Four Republican former administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency had a message for the Senate on Wednesday on climate change: It's real, it's bad and the United States should do something about it."

Source: Huffington Post, 06/19/2014

"Militants Fly Black Flags Over Iraq Refinery"

"BAGHDAD — Sunni militants have hung their black banners on watch towers at Iraq's largest oil refinery, a witness said Thursday, suggesting the vital facility had fallen to the insurgents in control of vast territories across the country's north. A top Iraqi security official, however, said the government still held the facility."

Source: AP, 06/19/2014

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