"The $38 Billion Nuclear Waste Fiasco"
"Doing nothing often has a cost -- and when it comes to storing the nation’s nuclear waste, the price is $38 billion and rising."
Source: Politico, 12/02/2013
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"As Oil Floods Plains Towns, Crime Pours In"
"SIDNEY, Mont. -- One cold morning last year, a math teacher jogging through her hometown in eastern Montana was abducted, strangled and buried in a shallow grave. Charged in her death were two drifters from Colorado, drawn to the region by the allure of easy money in the oil fields."
Source: NY Times, 12/02/2013
"Billionaire To Raise Pressure on Keystone"
"Billionaire Tom Steyer plans to renew his fight against Keystone XL in Washington on Monday."
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 12/02/2013
"Park Service Chief Withdraws ‘Fracking’ Comments"
"The National Park Service (NPS) is walking back comments that showcased doubts about whether natural gas development can help battle climate change, acknowledging they 'did not receive appropriate review.'"
Source: Hill/E2 Wire, 11/27/2013
"What's In It For U.S. To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions?"
A major reason for the U.S. to cut its greenhouse gas emissions is to play a global role as a technological, economic, and political leader while the world is shifting to cheaper production of low-carbon energy.
Source: NPR, 11/27/2013
"Shattered by Oil: Exxon Arkansas Spill and the People Left Behind"
"Fears for the future: About one in four people in Arkansas counts on drinking water from a source that is crossed by Exxon's burst Pegasus pipeline."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/27/2013
Coal Slurry Spill Threatens Drinking Water on Athabasca River
"EDMONTON - The coal slurry drifting along the Athabasca River swept through Fort McMurray Friday en route to Lake Athabasca where whatever is left of the murky waste water will likely settle in the coming days."
Source: Edmonton Journal, 11/26/2013
Docs Reveal Coal Exporter Disturbed Native American Archaeological Site
"BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Three summers ago the company that wants to build the largest coal export terminal in North America failed to obtain the environmental permits it needed before bulldozing more than four miles of roads and clearing more than nine acres of land, including some wetlands."
Source: EarthFix/OPB, 11/26/2013
"In Texas Water Contamination Case, the Fire Still Burns"
Texan Steve Lipsky can set his well-water on fire. A major U.S. fracking company, Range Resources, has taken him to court for telling the news media about it.
Source: EnergyWire, 11/26/2013
"U.S. May Be Producing 50 Percent More Methane Than EPA Thinks"
A new study says that U.S. emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, often emitted by farm and energy operations, are much larger than previously estimated.
Source: NPR, 11/26/2013
