"Coastal First Nations Call Out 'Eagle Spirit' Pipeline"
"Energy project seen as Northern Gateway alternative rejected by two vital aboriginal alliances."
Source: Vancouver Tyee, 02/17/2015
Search results
"As N.J. Pipeline Network Grows, Safety Is Concern"
"With more than 1,500 miles of aging natural gas pipelines already crisscrossing New Jersey, and five new projects to expand the network’s capacity being proposed or recently completed, federal authorities are raising concerns about the safety of such pipelines nationwide, especially in densely populated areas."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/17/2015
"Another Oil Train Derails, Ignites Fire in Canada"
"Another train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in Canada early Sunday, potentially putting pressure on the White House to accelerate its review of new regulations intended to improve the safety of hazardous rail shipments throughout North America."
Source: McClatchy, 02/17/2015
"West Virginia Train Derailment Sends Oil Tanker Into River"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Emergency crews and environmental officials are responding to a train derailment in West Virginia that sent at least one tanker containing crude oil into a river and also caused a nearby house to catch fire."
Source: AP, 02/17/2015
Essay: The Sixty-Year Nuclear Pitch
"The nuclear power industry has often been its own worst enemy through its marketing."
Source: EHN, 02/16/2015
"Officials Welcome Superfund Possibility for Hackensack River"
"The federal government’s decision to consider making the Hackensack River a Superfund site is drawing praise from local mayors and other elected officials — but that praise comes with caveats, including a sense that the Hackensack’s pollution is so pervasive and its hydrology so complex that trying to clean it up might be a fool’s errand."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/16/2015
"U.S. Rigs Are Being Idled, but the Oil Boom Is Not Ending"
"The U.S. drilling frenzy is over. What’s not is the boom in oil production."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/16/2015
"Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic"
"Earlier this month the U.S. Navy's research office rented out a conference center in Washington, D.C., to show off some of its hottest new technology."
Source: NPR, 02/16/2015
"Commercial Drone Rules To Limit Their Weight, Speed And Altitude"
Small pilotless remote-controlled "drones," which have promise for many kinds of environmental journalism, are finally coming under tentative regulation from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA released proposed rules Sunday.
Source: NPR, 02/16/2015
Starving Sea Lions Dying Off in Alarming Numbers on California Coast
"For the past five weeks, volunteers have been desperately trying to nurse back to health more than a hundred sea lions found stranded along the state's beaches in a mystery that's threatening one of California's most lovable sea creatures."
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 02/16/2015
