"Alaska Votes To Restrict Large Mine"
"Alaska voters approved a ballot measure aimed at adding a hurdle to the potential development of a major copper and gold mine."
Source: The Hill, 11/06/2014
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"Chevron’s $3 Million Backfires in Richmond Election"
"Richmond [CA] voters handed Chevron a resounding rejection in Tuesday’s election, defeating all four candidates supported by the oil giant despite Chevron outspending its opponents by a 20-to-1 margin."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 11/06/2014
"Republican Wave Unlikely To Sweep Away Obama's Major Rules"
"Despite their impressive gains last night, Republicans do not appear to have flipped enough seats to undo most of President Obama's environment and climate change agenda."
Source: Greenwire, 11/06/2014
Steyer Claims Success in Costly Effort To Make Climate a 'Wedge Issue'
"Tom Steyer's climate-focused electoral efforts came up with mixed results Tuesday, but the billionaire environmentalist and former hedge fund manager said he has no buyer's remorse."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/06/2014
"Meet the Senate's New Climate Denial Caucus"
The mid-term election raised the prominence of senators who deny the established science of climate change and promote the interests of fossil energy companies.
Source: Mother Jones, 11/06/2014
"Murkowski Readies for Reins of Senate Energy"
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is gearing up to take control of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee as the balance of power shifts to Republicans next year."
Source: The Hill, 11/06/2014
Washington Cities Map Crude-By-Rail Routes. Other States?
Here's an idea: let people know where 100-car trainloads of crude oil might be threatening their safety. After the July 2013 Lac-Mégantic disaster that killed 47, people might want to know about this. And the Federal Railroad Administration officially agrees — saying railroads can't hide this information. Now the Association of Washington Cities has an online map for that.
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Exxon Claims 900,000 Pages of Secrets on Arkansas Spill
Yes, the pipeline is publicly regulated. Yes, the March 2013 rupture of Exxon's Pegasus Pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas, quite publicly polluted people's yards and homes. Yes, it is publicly known that there were defects and poor maintenance on the pipeline. But 900,000 pages of documents that might show Exxon's neglect are being claimed as "confidential" by the company as it tries to defend against a class-action lawsuit.
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BLM FOIA Office "Fails To Provide Public Records"
The growing number of threats and assaults against employees of federal land agencies in the West is certainly the public's business. But efforts to document it by High Country News using the Freedom of Information Act have been thwarted by the Bureau of Land Management's central FOIA office. Veteran journalist Ray Ring tells the sad tale in HCN.
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SEJ Urges Obama to Take Stand on Bipartisan FOIA Bills
The Society of Environmental Journalists wrote President Barack Obama October 23, 2014, urging him to take a strong position supporting legislation that would strengthen the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Bipartisan FOIA improvements may be one of the few pieces of legislation with a chance to clear the lame duck 113th Congress before control shifts to Republicans in 2015.
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