"Utah's Oldest Coal-Fired Power Plant Shut Down"
"Utah's oldest coal-fired power plant is no longer in operation."
Source: AP, 04/20/2015
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"Mendocino County Suspends Contract With a Federal Wildlife Agency"
"In a settlement with a coalition of animal advocacy groups, Mendocino County has agreed to suspend renewal of its contract with a federal wildlife management agency pending completion of an environmental impact report that will consider nonlethal methods of predator control."
Source: LA Times, 04/20/2015
"Honduras Most Dangerous Country for Environmental Activists - Report"
"Honduras is the deadliest place for environmental activists with scores of Hondurans killed defending land rights and the environment from mining, dam projects and logging, a campaign group said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 04/20/2015
"Nuclear Power Goes Begging, Likely at Consumers’ Expense"
"Electricity producers in several states are asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support to keep costly nuclear power plants in business—a move that is likely to boost customers’ power bills."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 04/20/2015
Obama To Press Climate Agenda With Trip To Everglades on Earth Day
"President Obama will tout his administration's efforts to protect the environment during a visit to the Everglades in south Florida on Wednesday, as the White House presses its go-it-alone climate-change agenda."
Source: Wash Post, 04/20/2015
Another PG&E Pipeline Explosion: What Was Learned From 2010 Explosion?
"A Friday afternoon pipeline explosion at the Fresno County Sheriff gun range left 11 people injured and caused a massive traffic jam on the nearby state Highway 99, according to the Associated Press."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 04/20/2015
"Big Oil Producers Sign Deal To End Gas Flaring"
"Twenty-five major oil companies, oil-producing nations and development institutions agreed on Friday to end the practice of routine flaring of natural gas by 2030 at thousands of oil production sites around the world."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 04/20/2015
"Safety Regulations Issued for Trains Carrying Oil"
"Responding to public pressure to act more quickly after a series of fiery train derailments involving oil shipments, the Transportation Department on Friday issued a series of emergency orders, including a 40-mile-an-hour speed limit for hazardous materials moving through urban areas."
Source: NY Times, 04/20/2015
"Mexico’s President Rolls Out Plan to Save Endangered Porpoise"
"MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Peña Nieto and his top military commanders flew to a modest fishing village in Mexico’s far northwest on Thursday and made a promise to protect a small porpoise called the vaquita that is on the edge of extinction."
Source: NY Times, 04/17/2015
"2015 Is Shaping Up to Be the Hottest Year on Record"
"The first three months of 2015 were the warmest start to any year on record, according to new data released from NASA on Wednesday."
Source: Slate, 04/17/2015
