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"Despite Bipartisan Support, Nuclear Reactor Projects Falter"

"In an effort to encourage nuclear power, Congress voted in 2005 to authorize $17.5 billion in loan guarantees for new reactors. Now, six years later, with the industry stalled by poor market conditions and the Fukushima disaster, nearly half of the fund remains unclaimed. And yet Congress, at the request of the Obama administration, is preparing to add $36 billion in nuclear loan guarantees to next year’s budget."

Source: NY Times, 04/29/2011

Tornadoes Strew Death, Destruction across South; Nearly 300 Dead

"The death toll soared to near 300 Thursday as rescuers dug through rubble from Mississippi to Virginia in the nation’s deadliest natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina."

Source: Wash Post, 04/29/2011

Policy Implications of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking

This seminar, hosted by Environmental Law Institute in Washington, DC, follows Nuts and Bolts of Marcellus Shale Drilling and Fracking, on April 14, the first of a two-part series addressing fast-moving developments in the natural gas drilling arena, focusing on Marcellus Shale. The panel will discuss current legislative and policy developments occurring at federal and state levels, potential changes to the regulatory framework, and the overall implications for balancing energy needs with environmental protection in the future.

"BP First-Quarter Profit Up 17% Despite Spill Damage"

"Bolstered by soaring crude oil prices, BP reported a 17 percent increase in first quarter profit to $7.1 billion and sought to convince investors that it was coping with the costs of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year."

Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2011

"Corps Preps for Levee Blast as Legal Tussle Looms"

As ominous as a floating hearse, twin barges creep up the Mississippi River carrying a payload of explosives bound for southeast Missouri and a levee facing the prospect of being sacrificed to spare a flood-threatened Illinois town just upriver."

Source: AP, 04/28/2011

"Coal Is Back, Even as the Obama Administration Pushes Green Energy"

"Big coal is hardly in retrenchment mode. Four of the nation’s five biggest coal companies saw sales rise in 2010, even as the Obama administration blocks expansion of coal mines and focuses on greener energy."

Source: Center for Public Integrity, 04/28/2011

"Jury Rules for EPA in 21-Year Battle With Cranberry Farmer"

"One of U.S. EPA's longest ongoing enforcement matters is about to be wrapped up after a federal jury ruled this week that the Clean Water Act protects 46 acres of wetlands filled in by a Massachusetts cranberry farmer more than two decades ago."

Source: Greenwire, 04/28/2011

"Study Ranks Food Pathogens by Cost To Society"

"Of the food pathogens that cost society the most money — in terms of medical care, lost days of work, long-term chronic health problems or deaths — half are found in poultry, pork, beef and other meat products, according to a study due for release Thursday."

Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2011

"Blowout Could Spill 58 Million Gallons in Arctic"

"The federal agency overseeing offshore drilling in Alaska says the worst-case scenario for a blowout in the Chukchi Sea lease could result in a spill of more than 58 million gallons of oil into Arctic waters."

Source: AP, 04/28/2011

"New BPA Report Linked To Industry"

"Four authors of a new report concluding that bisphenol A is safe have ties to companies and groups that benefit from the controversial chemical."

Source: California Watch, 04/28/2011

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