"Q. & A.: Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club"
The New York Times' Felicity Barringer interviews Sierra Club head Michael Brune about environmental politics, money, and President Obama.
Source: Green (NYT), 04/18/2012
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"U.S. Throws Open Doors To LNG Exports With Cheniere Approval"
"Cheniere Energy Inc. has cleared a major regulatory hurdle to building a $5 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana."
Source: EnergyWire, 04/18/2012
"Obama Wants To Target Oil Market Manipulation"
"President Barack Obama pushed Congress Tuesday to give oil market regulators more muscle to deter price manipulation by speculators, the latest White House response to determined Republican attacks on administration energy policies amid high gas prices at the pump."
Source: AP, 04/18/2012
"Electric Cars Cheaper To Run, Less Polluting: Report"
"Electric vehicles in the United States save money on fuel and are less polluting than most gasoline-powered vehicles, even in places where electricity is made by burning coal, the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a report released on Monday."
"'Drivers should feel confident that owning an electric vehicle is a good choice for reducing global warming pollution, cutting fuel costs, and slashing oil consumption,' said Don Anair, a senior engineer on UCS's clean vehicles program.
Source: Reuters, 04/17/2012
"Natural Oil Seep Caused Gulf Of Mexico Sheen: BSEE"
"An oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico last week came from a natural sea floor seep and not from Royal Dutch Shell offshore production platforms, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said on Monday."
"'A modest amount of oil is being released from a natural sea floor seep previously suspected as the source of an oil sheen reported last week in the Gulf of Mexico,' BSEE said in an emailed news release."
Bruce Nichols reports for Reuters April 17, 2012.
Source: Reuters, 04/17/2012
Mitochondria Related to Ocean Bacteria, But Not the Ones We Thought
"Two billion years ago, around the time atmospheric oxygen levels were rising, one cell engulfed another, and instead of becoming lunch, the ingestee became an Earth-changer and, eventually, a vital part of you: mitochondria."
Source: Scientific American, 04/17/2012
"U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Headed Up Again"
"After dropping for two years during the recession, emissions of the gases blamed for global warming rose in 2010 as the economy heated up, the Environmental Protection Agency reports. Output of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gasses were up 3.2 percent from 2009 as the nation climbed slowly out of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, the E.P.A. said."
Source: Green (NYT), 04/17/2012
"As Air Pollution From Fracking Rises, EPA To Set Rules"
"On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce the first national rules to reduce air pollution at hydraulically fractured -- fracked -- wells and some other oil and gas industry operations. The agency estimated that the plan it proposed in July would reduce smog-forming, cancer-causing and climate-altering pollutants from the natural gas industry by about one-fourth."
Source: McClatchy, 04/17/2012
"Expert Says All Pa. Oil, Gas Waste Needs Treatment"
"PITTSBURGH -- A former top environmental official says Pennsylvania’s successful efforts to keep Marcellus Shale wastewater away from drinking water supplies should be extended to all other oil and gas drillers."
Source: AP, 04/16/2012
"Growth Prospects for Uranium Stir Concerns"
"HOBSON, Texas -- At the back of a South Texas uranium processing facility, a few dozen black container drums stood outside, waiting to be shipped. Each was filled with about $50,000 worth of yellowcake, a powdery substance created from raw uranium."
Source: Texas Tribune, 04/16/2012
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