"Reuters' Climate Coverage Slashed Under 'Skeptic' Editor"
"Last week, former Reuters reporter David Fogarty published a scathing letter online accusing his former employer of abandoning coverage of climate change."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/25/2013
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"Peak Oil Isn't Dead; It Just Smells That Way"
"Emboldened by the recent exuberance over fracking in the United States, ... pundits now claim that the only thing that has peaked 'was the ability to argue that the era of oil, and hydrocarbons, was over.' Not one of them said a single word about the global rate of oil production, which is the essence of the peak oil question."
Source: smartplanet, 07/25/2013
"Feds Update Plan To Protect Great Lakes From Carp"
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- A $50 million federal plan released Wednesday for keeping hungry Asian carp from reaching the valuable fish populations of the Great Lakes calls for reinforcing electrical and other barriers currently in place and for field-testing other methods, including the use of water guns and hormonal fish love potions."
Source: AP, 07/25/2013
"Polar Thaw Opens Shortcut for Russian Natural Gas"
"YURKHAROVSKOYE GAS FIELD, Russia -- The polar ice cap is melting, and if executives at the Russian energy company Novatek feel guilty about profiting from that, they do not let it be known in public."
Source: NY Times, 07/25/2013
"San Antonio Agrees to $1.1 Billion Sewer System Upgrade"
"SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- To address thousands of raw sewage discharges in violation of the Clean Water Act, the San Antonio Water System has agreed to a $1.1 billion upgrade to its infrastructure and will pay a $2.6 million civil penalty."
Source: ENS, 07/25/2013
"European Investment Bank To Stop Financing Coal-Fired Power Plants"
"The European investment bank (EIB), the EU's main lending arm, said it would stop financing most coal-fired power stations to help the 28-nation bloc reduce pollution and meet its climate targets."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2013
"Gulf Rig Partially Collapses as Fire Rages" -- Relief Well Mulled
"A Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire because of a ruptured natural gas well, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday."
Source: NBC News, 07/25/2013
OMB Tries To Water Down EPA Controls on Coal Ash Wastewater Pollution
"After a three-decade delay, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed the first controls that would significantly curb power plant discharges of toxic coal ash and sludge into the nation's waterways, according to a report by five national environmental organizations."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 07/24/2013
Court Backs EPA Ozone Limit; Orders Review of Public Welfare Standard
"Federal judges today upheld U.S. EPA's ozone air standard in a challenge from public health groups that said the agency ignored a scientific consensus pointing to a stricter limit."
Source: Greenwire, 07/24/2013
"Vancouver, Wash., Port Commissioners Approve Oil Train Terminal"
"VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Port of Vancouver commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a lease for a Columbia River terminal that would take in crude oil by train from North Dakota and ship it to West Coast refineries."
Source: AP, 07/24/2013
