"Ethanol Industry Lobbies Up"
"Pro-ethanol group Fuels America has signed with a pair of high-profile lobbyists from both parties as part of its effort to defend the federal ethanol blending mandate."
Source: The Hill, 03/04/2015
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Okla. Linked Quakes To Oil in 2010, But Kept Mum Amid Industry Pressure
"Oklahoma's state scientists have suspected for years that oil and gas operations in the state were causing a swarm of earthquakes, but in public they rejected such a connection."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/04/2015
"Clinton Emails Raise Red Flags for Keystone Review, Greens Say"
"Major environmental organizations are sounding the alarm over revelations that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account to conduct official business during her tenure as secretary of State, pointing to disputes about her review of the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: National Journal, 03/04/2015
Canada Pushes 1st Nations To Give Up Land Rights for Oil, Gas Profits
"The Harper government is trying to win support for its pipelines and resource agenda by pushing First Nations to sideline their aboriginal rights in exchange for business opportunities, documents reveal."
Source: Guardian, 03/04/2015
Bank of England Warns: Huge Financial Risk From Fossil Fuel Investments
"Global action on climate change could cause insurers’ investments in fossil fuels to take a huge hit, says bank’s prudential regulation authority".
Source: Guardian, 03/04/2015
"Senate Committee Battles Over Climate Change Transparency"
"In a new chapter in Congress’s battle over climate change and how to address it, senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee are dueling over scientific conflicts of interest and academic freedom."
Source: Boston Globe, 03/04/2015
"Can Fracking Pollute Drinking Water? Don't Ask the EPA"
"The EPA has been unable to collect the data it needs from the multibillion dollar oil and gas sector, which has stymied a five-year federal study."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/03/2015
100s of Pits Full of Oil Wastewater Discovered in Calif.'s Kern County
"Unbeknown to California officials, oil producers in Kern County have been disposing of chemical-laden wastewater in hundreds of unlined trenches in the ground without proper permits, according to an inventory that regional water officials completed this week."
Source: LA Times, 03/02/2015
PUCO Rejects Deal To Have Ratepayers Subsidize a Coal-Fired Power Plant
"The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio made history Wednesday in a ruling refusing to allow AEP Ohio to saddle ratepayers with extra charges to subsidize the continued operation of a 1950s-era coal-fired power plant that it owns along with FirstEnergy and other state utilities."
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 02/27/2015
"Shell Shelves Plan for Tar Sands Project in Face of Low Oil Prices"
"Shell has shelved plans for a major new tar sands mine in Canada, the largest project yet to fall victim to low oil prices."
Source: Guardian, 02/26/2015
