Summer Raised Questions: How Might Power Plants Fare in Warming World?
"Rising seawater temperatures forced an unprecedented shutdown last month of a nuclear reactor on the Connecticut coast."
Source: Greenwire, 09/17/2012
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"Japan to Zero Out Nuclear Power by 2030s"
"TOKYO -- The Japanese government has decided to phase out nuclear power by sometime in the 2030s and shift the country in the direction of renewables, energy conservation and natural gas."
Source: ENS, 09/17/2012
"'Astonishing' Ice Melt May Lead to More Extreme Winters"
"The record loss of Arctic sea ice this summer will echo throughout the weather patterns affecting the U.S. and Europe this winter, climate scientists said on Wednesday, since added heat in the Arctic influences the jet stream and may make extreme weather and climate events more likely."
Source: Climate Central, 09/13/2012
"Caves Create Long-Term Water Contamination Concerns"
Oil and gas drilling can usually protect groundwater when enough effort is taken to install well casings and cement them properly. But even those safeguards may fail in karst formations, as the Bureau of Land Management's experience in New Mexico shows.
Source: EnergyWire, 09/12/2012
Hurricane Isaac Washed Up Gulf Oil Spill Remnants, Researchers Confirm
"AUBURN, Ala. -- Scientific testing has confirmed a link between oil from the massive BP spill and tar found on Alabama beaches after Hurricane Isaac."
Source: AP, 09/12/2012
"DHS Undersecretary Defends CFATS Progress"
Eleven years after the 9/11 terrorism attack, Department of Homeland Security officials explained to a House Energy subcommittee why their program to harden security at U.S. chemical plants still hasn't been implemented.
Source: Occupational Health & Safety, 09/12/2012
"Shell Halts Arctic Drilling Right After It Began"
"A day after it began drilling its first well in the Arctic Ocean, Shell has been forced to temporarily abandon the work because of sea ice moving into the area."
Source: Green/NYT, 09/11/2012
"Eric Latino Is the 'Green Ambassador' of Drag Racing"
"If you get to talking to Eric Latino about his 1969 Pro Modfied Camaro, which he'll be racing this weekend in the 'Thunder by the Beach' drag-racing meeting at the Grand Bend Motorplex, he might tell you that race cars are painted almost any colour except green."
Source: Toronto Star, 09/10/2012
"Shell Begins Oil, Gas Drilling Off Alaska Coast"
"ANCHORAGE -- More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill bit into the ocean floor, beginning preliminary work on an exploratory well 70 miles off the northwest coast of Alaska."
Source: AP, 09/10/2012
California: "Too Few State Oil Refinery-Safety Checks"
"California regulators have not been conducting the intensive workplace-safety inspections of Chevron's Richmond plant and the state's 14 other oil refineries that federal standards call for, a Chronicle investigation shows."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 09/07/2012
