Exxon Sowed Doubt About Climate Science for Decades
"Collaborating with the Bush-Cheney White House, Exxon turned ordinary scientific uncertainties into weapons of mass confusion."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/23/2015
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"Nuclear Repository Fire Shines Light on Nevada’s Waste"
"A fire at a nuclear waste dump in Beatty did more than just snarl traffic — it shone a light on the close relationship between the state of Nevada and the company that runs the low-level repository."
Source: Las Vegas Sun, 10/23/2015
Watts Bar: NRC Grants 1st New Nuclear Operating Licence in 19 Years
"Federal regulators [Thursday] approved an operating license for TVA's Watts Bar Unit 2, allowing the first new American nuclear plant to begin operation in nearly two decades."
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press, 10/23/2015
Colorado Mine Wastewater Spill Caused By EPA Was Preventable: Report"
"DENVER -- The release of 3 million gallons (11 million liters) of toxic wastewater from a defunct southwestern Colorado gold mine that was triggered by the Environmental Protection Agency was preventable, a government review of the spill concluded on Thursday."
Source: , 10/23/2015
Enviros, Energy Companies Lobby Administration on Coming Methane Rule
"Environmentalists and energy companies are trying to influence the Obama administration’s plan for thwarting an oil industry practice of venting and burning natural gas at some wells."
Source: FuelFix, 10/23/2015
"Norfolk Southern Says It Will Stop Hauling Key Chemicals on Dec. 1"
"One of the nation’s largest railroads has notified customers that it will stop shipping key chemicals used in water treatment and agriculture on Dec. 1, the latest development in a standoff over a year-end safety deadline few railroads are expected to meet.:
Source: McClatchy, 10/23/2015
"Paris Climate Summit Will Hinge on Climate Aid: Poor Nations"
"BONN -- More funds to help poor nations cope with climate change will be the make-or-break issue when a Paris summit seeks a U.N. deal in December to slow global warming, the main group of developing nations said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/23/2015
"OPEC Nations Plan To Join U.N. Climate Drive"
"OPEC members Iran and Saudi Arabia, the top greenhouse gas emitters yet to submit national strategies for tackling climate change, say they will do so before a U.N. summit in December in a sign of widening participation even by oil producers."
Source: Reuters, 10/23/2015
States Begin to Comply with Clean Power Plan, While Planning to Sue
"As the Obama administration's carbon rules become final, states weigh fighting vs complying. ‘We can’t count on winning the lawsuit,’ one official says."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/23/2015
"Hurricane Patricia Strengthens To Category 5 as It Nears Mexico"
"Hurricane Patricia strengthened into an 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 storm late on Thursday as it churned toward Mexico's Pacific coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said."
Source: Reuters, 10/23/2015
