"Energy Experts Say Drilling Can Be Made Cleaner"
Drilling for gas and oil can be safe or it can be dangerous.
Source: AP, 12/11/2012
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How Feds Let Industry Pollute the Nation’s Underground Water Supply
"Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half of the nation's drinking water. In many cases, the Environmental Protection Agency has granted these so-called aquifer exemptions in Western states now stricken by drought and increasingly desperate for water."
Source: ProPublica, 12/11/2012
"Judges Tread Carefully Over Possible Conflicts In BP Criminal Case"
"After two federal judges recused themselves from a criminal case against former BP PLC managers indicted for their role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a third has made disclosures of his own."
Source: Greenwire, 12/10/2012
"Breathers Beware: Particulate Fouls Icy Fairbanks"
"The young, the elderly and the weakened in Fairbanks risk accelerated health problems every winter because of particulate. Much of it comes from wood smoke produced by homeowners trying to cut their fuel bills."
Source: AP, 12/10/2012
"Gas Tanker Completes Arctic Sea Journey"
"A bit of news about the melting of the Arctic waterways associated with climate change: Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, says it recently completed the world’s first liquefied natural gas cargo delivery through the Arctic Northern Sea Route. Escorted by Russian nuclear icebreakers, the giant L.N.G. carrier Ob River went through the waters of the Barents and Kara seas and then through an icy passage between the Vilkitsky and Bering straits."
Source: Green/NYT, 12/07/2012
"University of Texas to Withdraw Fracking Study"
"The University of Texas said today that it has accepted the findings of a damning independent review of the preparation of a report on potential impacts of shale gas drilling by the school’s Energy Institute. The school said it will undertake six recommended actions, the most significant being the withdrawal of papers from the Energy Institute’s Web site related to the report until they are submitted for fresh expert review."
Source: Bloomberg, 12/07/2012
Debate Over Coal Exports in Pacific NW Leaves Some Out, Critics Charge
"PASCO, Wash. -- While proposals to turn green-leaning Washington state into a major exporter of coal to China have caused an uproar in coastal communities, the heated debate is largely absent from other places along the industry's expected trade route to Asia."
Source: McClatchy, 12/06/2012
"Oil Trains On The Rise In The Northwest"
"SEATTLE — As regulators in the region weigh the potential impacts of trains full of coal moving along the Columbia River and the shores of Puget Sound, trainloads of oil are quietly on the move."
Source: EarthFix/KUOW, 12/06/2012
"Harrison County Impoundment Had Previous Problems, Records Show"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Details began to emerge Wednesday of previous problems at a Harrison County coal-slurry impoundment, as CONSOL Energy continued its efforts to locate a coal miner missing and presumed dead following last week's collapse of an embankment at the facility."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 12/06/2012
"CDC Gets An Earful From House GOP on Fracking Health Studies"
"The Obama administration is getting more push-back from House Republicans about federal research aimed at assessing the health risks associated with a booming natural gas industry."
Source: EnergyWire, 12/05/2012
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