"Guns in Parks. ... It's Complicated"
"Two months ago, as the busy summer season was winding down at Yellowstone National Park, 3-year-old Ella Marie Tucker found her father's gun and shot herself."
Source: Greenwire, 11/15/2013
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Southern KXL Pipe Dents, Sags Show Need For More Tests: Public Citizen
"WASHINGTON -- The Keystone XL pipeline section from the oil transport hub of Cushing, Okla., to the Texas Gulf Coast is plagued by construction problems, code violations and improper inspection and shouldn't be allowed to operate until the government steps up oversight, the watchdog group Public Citizen argued in a report Tuesday."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/15/2013
Personnel: "Chief of Major Green Group To Retire in 2014"
"The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on Thursday announced president Frances Beinecke will retire at the end of 2014.
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/15/2013
"In N.M., 3,600 Violations, 1 Court Case, 0 Fines"
"New Mexico oil and gas regulators haven't fined a single driller for violations this year. They didn't last year, either. Or the year before that."
Source: EnergyWire, 11/15/2013
"Gas Pipeline Explodes In Texas"
"A liquid petroleum gas pipeline south of Dallas, Texas caught fire and exploded on Thursday. The fire from the 10-inch line has forced evacuations from the small town of Milford, CBS DFW reported."
Source: AP, 11/15/2013
"U.S. EPA To Unveil Biofuel Rules as Soon as Friday"
"Environmental regulators are likely to unveil rules on Friday dictating how much ethanol and other renewable fuels must be blended into the U.S. gasoline supply in 2014, following weeks of lobbying by the oil and biofuels industries, industry sources who have been briefed on the process said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2013
"Experts: Man, Nature Share Typhoon Tragedy Blame"
"Nature and man together cooked up the disaster in the Philippines. Geography, meteorology, poverty, shoddy construction, a booming population, and, to a much lesser degree, climate change combine to make the Philippines the nation most vulnerable to killer typhoons, according to several scientific studies."
Source: AP, 11/15/2013
"U.S., EU, Reject Brazilian Call for Climate Equity Metric"
"The U.S. and European Union blocked a proposal supported by 130 nations including Brazil and China that would use pollution levels dating back to the industrial revolution to help set limits on emissions in the future."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/15/2013
"Tennessee Valley Authority To Close 8 Coal-Fired Power Plants"
"The Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the nation’s five biggest users of coal for electricity generation, said Thursday it would close down eight coal-fired power units with 3,300 megawatts of capacity."
Source: Wash Post, 11/15/2013
Weeklong Fellowship for Journalists Focusing on Climate Change
Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting is accepting applications for its 16th Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists: Climate Change in Coastal Ecosystems. The workshop runs from June 1 through June 6, 2014 at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, one of the nation’s premier oceanographic research institutions. Deadline: Feb 7, 2014.
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