Coal: Appeals Court OKs EPA Retroactive Veto of Clean Water Act Permit
"A federal appeals court ruled today that U.S. EPA's 2011 retroactive veto of a major West Virginia mountaintop-removal mining project was legal."
Source: Greenwire, 04/24/2013
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"BP Delays $10 Billion Gulf of Mexico Project Due To Rising Costs"
"BP's largest new oil project in the Gulf, called Mad Dog Phase 2, sits atop a 4 billion barrel oil field. BP blames 'market conditions and industry inflation' for delay."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/24/2013
"Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule"
"WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that clean up power plant water pollution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled [Tuesday]. The decision turns back an attempt by the utility industry to avoid the financial and operational burdens of the regulations."
Source: ENS, 04/24/2013
"Supreme Court Justices Tackle Texas-Oklahoma Water Fight"
"Supreme Court justices on Tuesday wrestled with the sensitive issue of whether a thirsty Texas water district has the right to access water across the Oklahoma state line."
Source: Reuters, 04/24/2013
"Watchdogs Warned of Chemical-Plant Oversight Before Blast"
"In the months before last week's deadly fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, U.S. government watchdogs criticized federal oversight of facilities that make or store dangerous chemicals."
Source: Bloomberg, 04/24/2013
Goal-Setting 101: You Must Lose a Fly to Catch a Trout
Freelancer Christine Woodside shares her hard-earned wisdom about myriad aspects of weaving a life and business out of independent status in the inaugural column, "The Freelance Files."
Members Weigh in As Board Considers ‘SEJ 3.0’
SEJ President Don Hopey passes along some results from SEJ’s fall 2012 member survey, and also an update on the board’s just-launched review of our organization’s programs and services, an effort we are calling, not without some hope (or is it hype?) — “SEJ 3.0.”
"Group Kicks Off Planting of Ancient Tree Clones"
"COPEMISH, Mich. — A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change."
Source: AP, 04/23/2013
Wisc. Utilities Settle for $1.2B with EPA On Coal Plant Air Pollution
"Wisconsin Power & Light Co. and three other utilities will spend $1.2 billion to clean up coal-fired power plants and shut down older plants under a settlement announced Monday with federal regulators."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 04/23/2013
Ark. Oil Spill Probe Falls to Understaffed Agency With Industry Ties
"Underfunded agency faces the challenge of finding answers to key questions: When did Exxon's pipeline rupture and when did the company learn of the spill?"
Source: InsideClimate News, 04/23/2013
