"Congress Ready For Final Stretch On 800-Page Energy Reform Bill
"Congress is going down to the wire on a bill to rewrite federal energy policy."
Source: The Hill, 09/07/2016
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"Syria Conflict: Government Helicopters 'Drop Chlorine' On Aleppo"
"Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people."
Source: BBC News, 09/07/2016
"U.S. Lifts Protection For Most Humpback Whales"
"The United States lifted protection for most humpback whales around the globe on Tuesday, including some in American waters, based on evidence they have made a strong comeback since commercial whaling drove them to near extinction."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2016
"Senate Moves On Water Bill With Flint Aid"
"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the first procedural step on Tuesday evening towards advancing a $9.4 billion waterways bill that contains emergency funding for Flint, Mich."
Source: The Hill, 09/07/2016
"Senate Resumes Gridlock As Zika Funding Vote Fails"
"The top Republican and Democratic Senate leaders returned from their seven-week summer recess Tuesday and picked up where they left off in July -- harshly blaming the other's party for inaction on critical bills to battle Zika and fund the government."
Source: CNN, 09/07/2016
"Judge Grants Partial Stop On North Dakota Pipeline Work"
"An American Indian tribe succeeded Tuesday in getting a federal judge to temporarily stop construction on some, but not all, of a $3.8 billion four-state oil pipeline, but its broader request still hangs in the balance."
Source: AP, 09/07/2016
"'Rolling Coal' in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke"
"There is a new menace on America’s roads: diesel truck drivers who soup up their engines and remove their emissions controls to 'roll coal,' or belch black smoke, at pedestrians, cyclists and unsuspecting Prius drivers."
Source: NY Times, 09/06/2016
"Cape Kiwanda Pedestal: Collapse Could Lead To Fines, Criminal Charges"
"Oregon State Police and Parks officials watched the viral video showing the toppling of a popular sandstone pedestal at Cape Kiwanda earlier this week, and the agencies said Monday they would "review the incident immediately" and decide how to respond to the apparent vandalism."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 09/06/2016
"Enbridge to Buy Spectra Energy in $28 Billion Deal"
"Canadian pipeline company Enbridge Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Houston’s Spectra Energy Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at about $28 billion, creating a major North American energy-infrastructure company at a time when energy-industry operators continue to deal with the fallout from low oil prices."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 09/06/2016
"Eastern Kentucky Tries To Keep Former Coal Miners From Leaving"
"Jake Bowen slips slowly down a telephone pole, his boots fixed with little metal spears to grip the wood. 'It's just like starting all over again, but I figure a couple of years the money will start rolling in better,' he says, his face dripping with sweat from the Kentucky humidity. 'It has to be better on my health. I won't be breathing in the coal dust and the rock dust no more.'"
Source: NPR, 09/06/2016
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