"Heather Zichal Stepping Down as W.H. Climate Chief"
"The White House confirmed Monday that Heather Zichal plans to step down as President Barack Obama’s chief energy and climate adviser."
Source: Politico, 10/08/2013
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Residents Want Answers from Wisc. Officicals on Frac Sand Plants
"NEW AUBURN, Wisc. -- Frances Sayles is cleaning her counters and vacuuming her home more often in an attempt to keep a never-ending stream of sand at bay. But it is not just the cleaning that concerns her. She also worries about her health."
Source: WI Ctr for Investigative Journalism, 10/07/2013
"Panel Links Underwater Mapping Sonar To Whale Stranding for 1st Time"
"For the first time, a rigorous scientific investigation has associated a mass whale stranding with a kind of sonar that is widely used to map the ocean floor, a finding that has set off alarms among energy companies and others who say the technology is critical to safe navigation of the planet’s waters."
Source: Wash Post, 10/07/2013
It Continues: 2 Pennsylvania Coal Plants Will Close for Good Next Week
"The coal sector is in its death throes, thanks to cheaper alternatives and a growing distaste for what is the worst of the global-warming fuels. The latest casualties: two coal-burning power plants in Pennsylvania that will pump their last energy into the grid, and cough their last pollution in to the air, this weekend."
Source: Grist, 10/07/2013
"Company Fires Scientist Who Warned of Hanford Waste Site Problems"
"When senior scientist Walter Tamosaitis warned in 2011 about fundamental design flaws at the nation's largest facility to treat radioactive waste in Hanford, Wash., he was assigned to work in a basement room without office furniture or a telephone. On Wednesday, Tamosaitis, an employee of San Francisco-based URS Corp., was laid off from his job after 44 years with the company."
Source: LA Times, 10/07/2013
"Sen. Wyden Presses Energy Secretary on Hanford Nuke Site Risks"
"A senior Democrat wants the Energy Department (DOE) to explain how it will address problems described in a new inspector general report that criticizes DOE’s oversight of a major nuclear waste treatment plant that’s under construction in Washington State."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 10/04/2013
"Environmental Groups Expect Coal Ash Rules After Ruling"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could resume rulemaking for the disposal of toxic coal ash after a federal judge ruled against the agency in a lawsuit brought by environmental groups."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/04/2013
"Blessed by Geography, Fujairah Flexes New Clout"
"Fujairah is emerging from its status as a back-water. The United Arab Emirates, led by Abu Dhabi, is turning the little emirate into an export hub for its oil in case of trouble from Iran."
Source: NY Times, 10/03/2013
"BP's Well Control Exec Says He Was Unprepared for U.S. Gulf Blowout"
"BP's manager in charge of controlling the Macondo blowout in 2010 was never trained to permanently plug a ruptured oil well and said in court on Wednesday the British company was not fully prepared for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."
Source: Reuters, 10/03/2013
"Fracking May Be Polluting River with Radioactive Waste"
"Fracking may be contaminating a Pennsylvania river with radioactive waste, a Duke University study to be published this week shows."
Source: Climate Central, 10/03/2013
