"Cross-Country Solar Plane Expedition Set for Takeoff"
Pilots will soon launch an effort to fly a solar-powered airplane across the United States.
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2013
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30 Toxic Chemicals Found at Arkansas Tar Sands Oil Spill Site
"An independent study co-published by the Faulkner County Citizens Advisory Group and Global Community Monitor reveals that, in the aftermath of ExxonMobil's Pegasus tar sands pipeline spill of over 500,000 gallons of diluted bitumen (dilbit) into Mayflower, AR, air quality in the area surrounding the spill has been affected by high levels of cancer-causing chemicals."
Source: DeSmogBlog, 05/02/2013
"Exxon's Pegasus Oil Pipe Spills Crude Into Missouri Yard"
"Exxon Mobil Corp's near 70-year-old Pegasus oil pipeline leaked a small amount of crude into a residential yard in Ripley County, Missouri on Tuesday, a month after the same pipe spewed thousands of barrels of crude in Arkansas."
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2013
"Diesel Program Cutting Emissions, But Funding To Be Slashed"
"More than 50,000 high-polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program designed to reduce smog and greenhouse gases, according to a new Environmental Protection Agency report to Congress. While industry and environmental officials call the program a landmark success, it is now threatened with a 70 percent cut in funding under the Obama Administration’s new budget."
Source: EHN, 05/01/2013
BP Makes Record Profit as Safety Record Comes Under Spotlight Again
"BP made a record pre-tax profit in the first quarter of double its $9bn for the same period in 2012, the company announced on Tuesday, as a Norwegian regulator rebuked the company for a 2012 oil spill in the North Sea."
Source: Guardian, 04/30/2013
Arkansas Spill, KXL Approval Linked In New Enviro Ad Campaign
"Environmental groups on Monday announced a new ad campaign that highlights ExxonMobil's massive oil spill in Arkansas last month. The ads will be concentrated in the Washington, D.C., Metro's Foggy Bottom station, which is used by many State Department employees commuting to work, as the agency considers whether to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/30/2013
Another Lawsuit Filed over Arsenic from South Carolina Coal Ash
"CONWAY, SC -- Pollution from a pair of coal ash ponds at Santee Cooper’s retired Grainger electric generating plant here has sparked another lawsuit – this one filed by The Southern Environmental Law Center, which alleges the state-owned utility is violating the federal Clean Water Act."
Source: Myrtle Beach Sun News, 04/30/2013
400 PPM Atmospheric CO2 Levels Soon To Be Surpassed, Scientists Report
"Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 parts per million for a sustained period of time in much of the Northern Hemisphere."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/30/2013
"China Becoming Global Climate Change Leader: Study"
"SYDNEY — China is rapidly assuming a global leadership role on climate change alongside the United States, a new study said Monday, but it warned greenhouse gas emissions worldwide continue to rise strongly."
Source: AFP, 04/30/2013
"EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps"
"PITTSBURGH -- The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists: Does the recent boom in fracking help or hurt the fight against climate change?"
Source: AP, 04/29/2013
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