"In Alaska, Rare Earth Discovery Pits Jobs Against Environment"
Mining of a newly discovered rare earth element near the remote Alaskan town of Hydaburg jeopardizes the fishery which is its economic mainstay.
Source: New America Media, 07/09/2013
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Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Making Progress But Falling Short: Report
"RICHMOND, Va. — Washington, D.C., and states within the Chesapeake Bay watershed are making progress to reduce pollution flowing into the hobbled estuary but none is on track to meet cleanup commitments set this year, an analysis by environmental groups concludes."
Source: AP, 07/09/2013
"Energy, Water Spending Bill Likely To Pass House This Week"
"The House this week is scheduled to take up a bill to fund the Department of Energy, the Army Corps of Engineers and related agencies that proposes steep spending cuts to clean energy and research programs."
Source: E&E Daily, 07/09/2013
"EPA Set To Unveil Host of New Regs"
"The Obama administration is looking forward to a host of new environmental regulations that go far beyond the president's plans to issue new standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants."
Source: The Hill, 07/09/2013
"Tropical Storm Chantal Heads for Puerto Rico, Then Probably Florida"
"Tropical storm warnings were issued for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean on Monday as Tropical Storm Chantal chugged along a course that could take it near Florida's Atlantic coast by the weekend."
Source: NBC News, 07/09/2013
"Oil Spills: U.S. Well Sites in 2012 Discharged More Than Valdez"
"It went up orange, a gas-propelled geyser that rose 100 feet over the North Dakota prairie. But it was oil, so it came down brown. So much oil that when they got the well under control two days later, crude dripped off the roof of a house a half-mile away."
Source: EnergyWire, 07/09/2013
Koch-Owned Group May Have Misled In Georgia Solar Energy Fight
"ATLANTA -- A political group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch wants Georgia's utility regulators to reject a plan requiring Southern Co. to buy more solar energy, but an Associated Press review ahead of a vote on the issue finds that it has used misleading figures to build its case."
Source: AP, 07/09/2013
"Keystone XL Pipeline: Deciding Without Data"
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The U.S. State Department is in the process of deciding whether the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline would be in the U.S. national interest, but the determination is being made without Keystone XL’s digital GIS data, such as the longitude and latitude of milepost markers, waterbody crossings and the centerline route."
Source: ENS, 07/09/2013
"U.S. System for Flagging Hazardous Chemicals Is Widely Flawed"
"A 27-year-old U.S. program intended to warn the public of the presence of hazardous chemicals is flawed in many states due to scant oversight and lax reporting by plant owners, a Reuters examination finds."
Source: Reuters, 07/09/2013
Webcast from the XXth Regular Session of the CEC Council
Join Mexican, Canadian, and US high-level government environment officials for a live, webcast town hall discussion on transportation and the environment as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s 2013 Council Session.
