"Oil, Rail Industries Want 7 Years to Fix Tank Cars"
"In July, the transportation department proposed that older cars be retrofitted within two years""
Source: AP, 10/02/2014
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"Rising U.S. Crude Exports Move Closer to 1957 Record"
"U.S. oil exports are set to surpass a record held since 1957 as traders find ways around a four-decade ban on supplies leaving the country."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/02/2014
Hanford Nuclear Waste Tank Can Keep Leaking For Over A Year, Under Deal
"A new deal allows a radioactive waste storage tank to continue leaking for more than a year before its contents are pumped out at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear site."
Source: AP, 10/01/2014
"U.S. Emissions Increased In 2013, According To EPA"
Emissions from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities in the United States increased in 2013, up 20 million metric tons -- or 0.6 percent -- over the previous year, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency released Tuesday."
Source: Huffington Post, 10/01/2014
"Solar Energy Could Dominate Electricity By 2050: IEA"
"Solar energy could be the top source of electricity by 2050, aided by plummeting costs of the equipment to generate it, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the West's energy watchdog, said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 10/01/2014
Did Canada Muzzle Scientist on Oil Terminal Risks to Belugas?
"A stunning Quebec Superior Court injunction that temporarily halted exploratory work on a major cross-Canada oilsands pipeline project is raising fresh questions about whether the Canadian government muzzled a top scientist while reviewing the industry proposal."
Source: Mike De Souza, 10/01/2014
"FERC Gives Final Approval To Cove Point LNG Project"
"Federal regulators approved Monday night plans for a proposed liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export terminal that would be the closest one to the Marcellus Shale region."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 10/01/2014
"Willie Nelson, Neil Young Lend Their Talents to Keystone XL Fight"
"NELIGH, Neb. — Music legends Willie Nelson and Neil Young delivered Saturday on a promise to comfort opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline while also pleasing a few project supporters who ventured into a crowded Nebraska farm field."
Source: Omaha World Herald, 09/30/2014
"Clinton To Speak Before League of Conservation Voters"
"Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will speak at the League of Conservation Voters' dinner in New York in December."
Source: The Hill, 09/30/2014
"Tiny Spanish Island Nears Its Goal: 100 Percent Renewable Energy"
"It actually takes quite a lot of fossil fuel power to reach the tiny Spanish island of El Hierro. You have to catch a commercial jet flight, a propeller plane and then a ferry to reach what was once the end of the known world, before Columbus set sail."
Source: NPR, 09/30/2014
