"Americans by 2 to 1 Would Pay More to Curb Climate Change"
"Americans are willing to bear the costs of combating climate change, and most are more likely to support a candidate seeking to address the issue."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/12/2014
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"U.S. Judge Orders ExxonMobil Produce Documents on Arkansas Spill"
"A U.S. federal judge has denied ExxonMobil Corp's bid to dismiss a government lawsuit and instead ordered the oil giant to hand over documents going back decades on a pipeline that ruptured last year and inundated an Arkansas town with oil."
Source: Reuters, 06/11/2014
"Rules Force Washington To Cut Emissions More Than Other States"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has announced strict new carbon emissions regulations. Washington state has the largest reduction target — about 72 percent overall."
Source: KUOW/NPR, 06/11/2014
Coal Exports: "America’s Dirty Secret"
"Shipping coal to China could wipe out the benefits of Obama’s climate-change policy."
Source: Maclean's, 06/11/2014
"Leaking Natural Gas Wells Spew Methane, Report Warns"
"Up to 10 per cent of B.C. natural gas wells are leaking and some have become “super-emitters” of methane, which is an environmental and health concern, says a new report."
Source: Vancouver Sun, 06/10/2014
"NC, Va. Sign Deal With Duke for Dan River Cleanup"
"RALEIGH, N.C. — Environmental and wildlife officials in North Carolina and Virginia signed an agreement with Duke Energy Monday for the cleanup of toxic coal ash from the Dan River, which flows through the two states."
Source: AP, 06/10/2014
"U.S. Supreme Court Refuses, for Now, To Stop BP Oil Spill Payments
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request from BP to block payments to businesses while the oil giant appeals its 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster settlement. For the time being, the decision upholds the ruling by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that under terms of the settlement, businesses claiming damages from the undersea eruption need not prove direct harm."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/10/2014
"For Minnesota's Pristine Wetlands, N.D. Oil Boom Is New Threat"
"A remote wetland near Itasca State Park, already undercut by three crude oil pipelines, is one of several fragile, isolated habitats along the proposed path of the 610-mile Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 06/09/2014
"Report Finds Higher Risks if Oil Line Is Not Built"
"WASHINGTON — If the Keystone XL pipeline is not built — and more oil from the Canadian oil sands is moved by rail — there could be hundreds more deaths and thousands more injuries than expected over the course of a decade, according to an updated State Department analysis of the contested project that was released Friday."
Source: NY Times, 06/09/2014
"Flawed Drilling Gear Still in Use After BP Oil Spill, Board Says"
"Design problems with a blowout prevention system contributed to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, and the same equipment is still commonly used in drilling four years after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a report issued by the federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board."
Source: LA Times, 06/09/2014
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