"Big Energy Measures To Slide Past 2012"
"Capitol Hill’s biggest energy policy trend of 2011 is a Congress unable to accomplish much of anything."
Source: Politico, 12/12/2011
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"Industry Pours Campaign Cash Into State, Local Races"
"The chairwoman of the Texas Railroad Commission, Elizabeth Ames Jones, gets more campaign contributions from oil and gas than from any other industry. The Railroad Commission doesn't oversee railroads. By accident of history, the elected three-member panel regulates Texas's oil and gas industry. And when the three commissioners campaign, they turn to the companies they regulate to fill up their war chests."
Mike Soraghan reports for Greenwire December 9, 2011.
Source: Greenwire, 12/12/2011
"New U.N. Climate Deal Struck, Critics Say Gains Modest"
"Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming."
Source: Reuters, 12/12/2011
"W.Va. Judges OK $35M Settlement in Coal Slurry Pollution Case"
"MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A $35 million settlement between Massey Energy and some 600 southern West Virginia residents who blamed the mining company for poisoning their wells with coal slurry finally has court approval."
Source: AP, 12/09/2011
"Congressional Leaders Reach Agreement on Pipeline Safety"
"House and Senate leaders on Thursday reached agreement on tougher safety rules for the nation’s vast network of pipelines in the wake of a spate of incidents including a deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., last year that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes."
Source: LA Times, 12/09/2011
"Scientists Excited Over Hints of Finding Elusive 'God Particle'"
"Scientists eagerly await data that may prove the existence of the Higgs boson, which is key to understanding mass in the universe. Or the hints may be a false alarm."
Source: LA Times, 12/09/2011
"MSHA Blocked Questions About Previous UBB Methane Incidents"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. Labor Department officials blocked an independent state team investigating the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster from digging into questions about the federal government's response to earlier incidents where methane leaked from the Raleigh County operation's mine floor, newly disclosed records show."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/09/2011
"U.S. Finds No Link Between Vieques Bombings and Health Risks"
"A federal agency announced Thursday that it had found no evidence that decades of live fire and bombing exercises by the Navy on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques had caused health problems documented among its residents."
Source: NY Times, 12/09/2011
"Analysis: U.S. Congress Attacks Drinking Water"
In many places across the country today, manmade pollution and natural contamination of drinking water poser serious threats to people's health. Polls show Americans want such problems solved, and for four decades, the two political parties worked together to protect public health. But now Republicans (and some Democrats) in both House and Senate are trying to pass bills that would end safe drinking water and most other environmental protections.
Source: ENS, 12/09/2011
"Republicans Tie Keystone Pipe To Tax Cut Bill"
"House of Representatives will include approval of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline in a payroll tax cut bill, House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday, raising the political stakes on the issue.
The move by House Republicans marked a challenge to President Barack Obama, who has warned he would veto any bill that linked quick approval of TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline to extending a tax cut for American workers that is due to expire on December 31.
Source: Reuters, 12/09/2011
