"Contract Awarded for First US Oil Sands Mine"
"Engineering firm Kellogg Brown & Root has been awarded a project and construction management contract for the US’ first commercial-level oil sands project."
Source: TCE Today, 01/31/2014
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"Deadline Set for Federal Coal Ash Regulation"
"ASHEVILLE — The Environmental Protection Agency will establish rules for coal ash disposal, handing environmental groups a long-sought win and setting the stage for debate over whether coal ash should be regulated as hazardous waste."
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 01/31/2014
"New Study: Babies Near Gas Wells More Likely To Have Birth Defects"
"Women who live near natural gas wells in rural Colorado are more likely to have babies with neural tube and congenital heart defects, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 01/31/2014
Federal Rail Agency Collects Minimal Enforcement Fines, Documents Show
"WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation collects relatively small civil penalties against the railroads it regulates, as concern grows over the safety of shipping large volumes of crude oil and ethanol in tank cars long known to be deficient, federal documents show."
Source: McClatchy, 01/31/2014
Green Groups Criticize Obama's Energy Strategy
"WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is sticking to a fossil-fuel dependent energy policy, delivering a blow to a monthslong, behind-the-scenes effort by nearly every major environmental group to convince the White House that the policy is at odds with his goals on global warming."
Source: AP, 01/31/2014
"Bloomberg Tapped To Be U.N. Cities, Climate Change Envoy"
"Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been tapped to be U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change, sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 01/31/2014
Henry Waxman, Key Democrat and Environmentalist Ally To Retire
"CAMBRIDGE, Md. — Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, a diminutive Democratic giant whose 40 years in the House produced some of the most important legislation of the era, announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of the year."
Source: NY Times, 01/31/2014
Environmental Books by SEJ Members (2012)
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For Vulnerable Penguins, Study Finds Climate Change Is Another Danger
"Life has never been easy for just-hatched Magellanic penguins, but climate change is making it worse, according to a decades-long study of the largest breeding colony of the birds."
Source: NY Times, 01/30/2014
"11 Arrested at Monsanto Protest Outside Shareholder Meeting"
"Dozens of protestors from around the globe rallied against Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, on Tuesday urging its shareholders to consider the risks of growing and consuming genetically modified crops."
Source: EcoWatch, 01/30/2014
