"Groups Sue To Protect Walrus From Drilling"
"ANCHORAGE -- Six environmental groups sued Monday to throw out a federal agency rule that concludes oil exploration off Alaska’s northwest coast has a negligible effect on walrus."
Source: AP, 11/14/2014
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"Green Groups Sue for Fresh Review of U.S. Sands Pipeline Plan"
"The U.S. State Department must halt plans to expand an oil sands pipeline route from Canada to Wisconsin until possible environmental harm has been closely studied, several green groups said in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 11/14/2014
"Lightning Will Strike More Often as Climate Warms, Study Says"
"Lightning strikes in the United States will likely increase by nearly 50 percent by the end of the century as the world gets warmer and wetter, a new study says."
Source: AP, 11/14/2014
"Shell Lawsuit Against Environmental Groups Ruled Unconstitutional"
"Two years ago, in a preemptive move, Shell sued a host of environmental and advocacy groups to prevent them from suing Shell over its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court called Shell's legal strategy 'novel' and ruled it unconstitutional."
Source: LA Times, 11/14/2014
"Mary Landrieu's Keystone Bill Close To Passing Senate"
"Legislation to force the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline picked up support Thursday as more Democratic senators signed on to Sen. Mary Landrieu's effort."
Source: Huffington Post, 11/14/2014
"Longtime Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship Indicted"
"Don Blankenship, the longtime chief executive officer of Massey Energy, was indicted Thursday on charges that he orchestrated the routine violation of key federal mine safety rules at the company’s Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 11/14/2014
"Fracking Sand in Oilfields Stirs Up a Serious Health Risk for Workers"
"Health concerns about oil field fracking have been focused on the mixed brew of chemicals injected into wells. But it is another innocuous-sounding substance — sand — that poses a more serious danger to workers."
Source: Denver Post, 11/13/2014
Bills To Approve Keystone Pipeline Could Be Headed To Senate, House
"Bills to take approval of the contentious Keystone XL pipeline from Canada out of the hands of the Obama administration could be headed for votes in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Democrat Mary Landrieu, chair of the Senate Energy Committee, said she would propose debate later on Wednesday and a vote on Thursday on a bill floated in May to approve the project, which would deliver heavy Canadian oil sands crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Source: Reuters, 11/13/2014
"Post Climate Pact, IEA Warns Fossil Fuel Trends Dire"
The International Energy Agency Wednesday issued a report saying the world is still hooked on fossil fuels, and will have to cut carbon emissions further.
Source: Climate Central, 11/13/2014
"Gas to Average Under $3 in 2015, Government Says"
"The average price of gasoline will be below $3 a gallon in 2015, the government predicted Wednesday. If the sharply lower estimate holds true, U.S. consumers will save $61 billion on gas compared with this year."
Source: AP, 11/13/2014
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