"‘Paddle in Seattle’ Protesters Gather Against Shell Oil Rig"
"Conrad Ely drove from Olympia with three friends, a double kayak and a canoe."
Source: Seattle Times, 05/18/2015
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"In Arctic Drilling Debate, A Dispute Over Cleanup Preparedness"
"Royal Dutch Shell can drill oil exploration wells this summer in the Chukchi Sea, if Shell shows it can prevent and clean up a potential spill. Environmentalists are skeptical; Shell says it's ready."
Source: NPR, 05/18/2015
"N.J. Air Quality Takes a Hit"
"Power companies have been turning off pollution control equipment at coal-fired plants and allowing massive amounts of contaminants to escape through the stacks — a practice that is perfectly legal and saves the plants money but ends up contributing to chronic air and health issues in New Jersey."
Source: Bergen Record, 05/18/2015
"NY Fracking Report Underscores Quake, Climate Risks"
"New York is 2,000 pages closer to becoming the first fossil fuels-rich state in the U.S. to ban fracking indefinitely because of the climate-changing methane it could emit and the earthquakes, air pollution and water contamination it could cause."
Source: , 05/15/2015
"Energy Regulators Move To Protect Electric Grid From Solar Storms"
"Regulators overseeing the country’s electric grid want to set new rules to better protect it from disturbances caused by solar storms."
Source: The Hill, 05/15/2015
"Oil Lobby Launches Ads Against EPA Ozone Rule"
"The oil industry is launching a multimedia advertising campaign tomorrow in opposition to the Obama administration’s attempt to restrict allowable concentrations of ozone pollution."
Source: The Hill, 05/15/2015
"U.S. Green Groups Sue in Challenge To Oil Train Safety Rules"
"Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public."
Source: Reuters, 05/15/2015
"Prosecutors: Duke Energy Could Have Avoided Dan River Spill"
"As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, federal prosecutors recounted examples where time and again the nation's largest electricity company failed to prevent its illegal pollution."
Source: AP, 05/15/2015
"More Protests Planned After Giant Oil Rig Muscles In"
"Paddle-powered activists hit the waters of Elliott Bay in kayaks Thursday to throw an 'unwelcome party' for a massive Shell drilling rig as it reached the Port of Seattle."
Source: Seattle Times, 05/15/2015
"Oil Rig Coming To Seattle Despite Port Vote To Delay"
"Shell Oil says its offshore oil rigs will arrive shortly on Seattle’s waterfront to prepare for drilling in Alaska, despite a Port of Seattle resolution Tuesday asking it to delay while the Port challenges a city ruling aimed at keeping the rigs out."
Source: Seattle Times, 05/14/2015
