"Watchdog Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Mandate"
"A watchdog group is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to release communications with the oil industry over the 2014 renewable fuel mandate."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2014
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WV Chemical Maker Wary After ‘Near-Catastrophic’ Fracking Incident
"As the Tomblin administration considers a plan to allow natural gas drilling under the Ohio River, a major chemical maker in Marshall County has been fighting a proposal for hydraulic fracturing near its plant, citing a 'near-catastrophic' gas-well incident last year that might be linked to geologic conditions beneath the river."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 10/23/2014
"Will Coal Exports Kill the Great Barrier Reef?"
"Stretching along the Queensland coast, the reef is an underwater wonderland home to thousands of different fish and coral species. But it is facing multiple threats."
Source: BBC News, 10/23/2014
Frackers Use Loophole To Avoid Permits for Dangerous Chemicals: Report
"Federal laws meant to protect drinking water require fracking companies to get a permit before using diesel fuel in the drilling process."
Source: Columbus Dispatch, 10/23/2014
"Environment Is Grabbing Big Role in Ads for Campaigns"
"WASHINGTON — In Michigan, an ad attacking Terri Lynn Land, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate, opens with a shot of rising brown floodwaters as a woman says: 'We see it every day in Michigan. Climate change. So why is Terri Lynn Land ignoring the science?'"
Source: NY Times, 10/22/2014
"High Pollution Levels Found Near Ohio Gas Wells"
"A study in a rural Ohio county where oil and gas drilling is booming found air pollution levels near well sites higher than those in downtown Chicago."
Source: AP, 10/22/2014
"More Than 5 Million in State Live Near Oil Or Gas Well, Report Says"
"More than 5 million Californians — most of them in Los Angeles and Kern counties — live near an oil or gas well, and expanding drilling in the state could increase their exposure to health risks, according to a report released Wednesday by a national environmental group."
Source: LA Times, 10/22/2014
'That Stuff Can Get You So Fast' - Deadly Gas on the Rise in Oil Fields
"ODESSA, Texas -- Elaine Beadle initially thought the odor creeping into her home on this city's west side was a sewer leak."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/22/2014
"For E.U. Climate Meeting, Deep Divisions and High Stakes"
"BRUSSELS — The leaders of the 28 members of the European Union are set to meet here on Thursday to reassert their global leadership in climate protection, but they will first need to finesse deep divisions over how to generate and distribute energy."
Source: NY Times, 10/22/2014
"Climate: FERC, Greens Spar Over 'Cursory' Reviews of Gas Projects"
"Climate change activists have opened a new front in their fight against fossil fuels at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."
Source: Greenwire, 10/21/2014
