"Keystone XL Protesters Pressure Obama on Climate Change Promise"
"Event billed as largest climate protest in US history intended as show of force as Obama nears decision on controversial project."
Source: Wash Post, 02/18/2013
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"Judge: BLM Must Disclose Names of Entities in Drilling Nominations"
"A U.S. District Court in Denver handed down a precedent-setting decision on Wednesday, ruling that the Bureau of Land Management must reveal the names of companies or individuals nominating public land for oil and gas drilling."
Source: Denver Post, 02/15/2013
"Chevron Workers Faulted in Refinery Leak"
"A lab analysis released by federal investigators Wednesday confirmed suspicions that a Chevron firefighter's sharp, pole-mounted device punctured an already leaking oil pipe at the company's Richmond refinery before the line caught fire in August."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/14/2013
Dems Offer Long-Shot Bill To Meet Obama’s Climate Change Challenge
"Democrats in Congress wasted no time in taking up President Barack Obama’s challenge Tuesday night that lawmakers take a 'market-based' approach to addressing climate change, even if their effort has little hope of success."
Source: McClatchy, 02/14/2013
"Manager Says Safety Issues Are Ignored at Hanford Nuclear Site"
"Donna Busche, a nuclear engineer and health physicist, files a suit alleging that executives tried to dissuade her from raising warnings about serious problems with the waste site's design."
Source: LA Times, 02/14/2013
"Suit Alleges TVA Colbert Plant in Violation Of Clean Water Act"
"Alleging violations of the federal Clean Water Act at the Colbert Fossil Plant, a coalition of environmental groups announced plans to file a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday."
Source: Mobile Press-Register, 02/14/2013
"NY Fracking Decision Faces Further Delay on Health Study"
"New York State's decision to lift a four-year ban on natural gas drilling faced further delay on Tuesday after officials conducting a key health impact study asked for more time to form their conclusions on the divisive issue."
Source: Reuters, 02/13/2013
"Obama Administration Releases First-Ever Climate Adaptation Plans"
"This year, the Commerce Department will investigate the feasibility of a bicycle share program. The Agriculture Department's Risk Management Agency will redraw planting zone maps for the purposes of insuring nursery-grown plants. And the Department of Defense will scale down its fleet of gas-guzzling Humvees. These are all examples of steps federal agencies will take in 2013 in an effort to deal with the risks of future climate change. The Obama administration released its first climate change adaptation plans Thursday, as part of the annual sustainability reports."
Source: Scientific American, 02/13/2013
"Obama Gives Congress a Climate Change Ultimatum"
"U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House will go it alone."
Source: Reuters, 02/13/2013
"Shell Vessels Sidelined, Imperiling Arctic Plans"
"HOUSTON -- In another blow to its Alaskan Arctic drilling program, Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday that it had decided to tow its two drill vessels there to Asian ports for major repairs, jeopardizing its plans to begin drilling for oil in the icy northern seas next summer."
Source: NY Times, 02/12/2013
