"Uncertain Future For US Towns Built on Coal"
"Appalachian coal producers worry about new environmental laws as poverty and pollution rise in some mining regions."
Source: Aljazeera, 02/01/2013
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"State Dept's Keystone XL Review Will Face EPA Scrutiny a Third Time"
"The EPA found serious flaws in two earlier environmental reviews. Soon it will have another opportunity to weigh in, with climate impacts a major concern."
"One of the biggest unknowns in the unfolding Keystone XL debate is the role the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency might play."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/01/2013
"Blast Kills 25 at Headquarters of Mexican Oil Company"
"MEXICO CITY -- An explosion rocked the headquarters of Mexico's state-run oil monopoly Pemex, killing 25 people, injuring 101, and damaging three floors of Mexico's second tallest building before sending plumes of smoke into the Mexico City skyline."
Source: USA TODAY, 02/01/2013
"Chevron Fire: State Seeks Record Fine"
"Chevron ignored potentially life-threatening dangers to workers at its Richmond refinery and should pay a record fine of nearly $1 million stemming from the fire there in August, state regulators said Wednesday."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/31/2013
"Georgia Nuclear Power Plant Could Be Solyndra Redux, Report Says"
"A report by two energy-consulting firms says the US government has not protected US taxpayers well enough against the risks of federal loan guarantees to a new nuclear power project."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 01/31/2013
"CHART: Which Kills More Birds, Cats or Turbines?"
"Last month Fox News reported on the 'grizzly deaths' of 500 songbirds in West Virginia. Behind the fell deed: a wind farm, caught red-turbined. 'To date, the Obama administration... has not prosecuted a single case against the wind industry,' the Fox reporter laments. Opponents of renewable energy love to trot out the risk wind turbines pose to birds, and some engineering work has gone into making them more avian-friendly. But a new study released today in Nature shows that if you really want to protect birds, forget about wind: You need to lock up Kitty."
Source: Mother Jones, 01/30/2013
"Is There a Green Side to the Super Bowl?"
"The Super Bowl is known for unpredictable half-time shows, fabulous TV commercials and, of course, football. But how about energy savings?"
Source: Green/NYT, 01/29/2013
Enviros Threaten To Sue 3 Coal Plants for Polluting Chesapeake Rivers
"A trio of environmental groups warned Monday they would sue the operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland for allegedly discharging excessive amounts of nutrient pollution into Chesapeake Bay rivers and trying to mask their violations by transferring pollution 'credits' among facilities."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/29/2013
Message from Mexico: US Polluting Water It May Someday Need to Drink
"Mexico City plans to draw drinking water from a mile-deep aquifer, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. The Mexican effort challenges a key tenet of U.S. clean water policy: that water far underground can be intentionally polluted because it will never be used."
Source: ProPublica, 01/29/2013
"Europe Sets Common Standard for Electric Vehicle Charging"
"BRUSSELS -- The 'Type 2 plug developed by the German company Mennekes will be the common standard for charging electrified vehicles across the European Union, the European Commission has announced."
Source: ENS, 01/29/2013
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