"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
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"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
"A Rising Tide of Contaminants"
"Deborah Swackhamer, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota, decided last year to investigate the chemistry of the nearby Zumbro River. She and her colleagues were not surprised to find traces of pesticides in the water."
Source: NY Times, 09/29/2014
"Dark Side of the Boom"
"North Dakota’s oil rush brings cash and promise to reservation, along with drug-fueled crime"
Source: Wash Post, 09/29/2014
"Pennyslvania DEP Admits Drilling Probe Error"
"The state Department of Environmental Protection might have used incomplete and inaccurate test information to decide whether chemicals leaking from a Marcellus Shale wastewater impoundment and a drill cuttings pit contaminated a water well and springs in Washington County."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09/29/2014
"Solar Advocates Fight Utilities Over Grid Access"
"The solar power business is growing quickly in the U.S. More than 500,000 homeowners and businesses installed solar panels in just the first half of this year, according to a Solar Energy Industries Association report."
Source: NPR, 09/29/2014
"Mining for Sand for Fracking Holds Risks for Communities, Study Says"
"As a domestic energy boom driven by hydraulic fracturing spreads, so could strip-mining for sand needed for the controversial production process, introducing risks to water, air, public health and property values, according to a report issued Thursday."
Source: LA Times, 09/26/2014
"Businesses Won't Have To Return BP Spill Payouts, Federal Judge Says"
"NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ruled that BP must stand by the agreement made with the companies it compensated for losses after the 2010 Gulf oil spill despite the oil giant saying some claims were overestimated."
Source: AP, 09/25/2014
"Watchdog Warns Nuke Weapon Sites at Risk From Natural Disasters"
"A nuclear watchdog is warning about "shortcomings" in emergency preparedness at nuclear weapons facilities around the country."
Source: The Hill, 09/23/2014
"Six Energy Firms to Sign Pact to Cut Methane Emissions"
"NEW YORK -- Six international energy companies have agreed to work to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in partnership with more than a dozen national governments through a new United Nations framework, according to executives and officials familiar with the program."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/23/2014
