"EPA Push For Massive Munitions Burn Ignites Opposition In Louisiana"
"Explosions used to be no big deal for residents of sleepy rural towns in north Louisiana's piney woods near the Arkansas border. Blasts meant jobs."
Source: NPR, 02/04/2015
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"Bill Would Exempt Thousands of Tanks From Post-Spill Safety Law"
"Thousands of chemical storage tanks across West Virginia would be exempt from the law passed in the wake of the Freedom Industries spill, under legislation introduced Tuesday in the House of Delegates."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/04/2015
"EPA Questions Finding of Limited Climate Impact of Keystone XL"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday said the collapse in oil prices has cast doubt on the State Department's conclusion that building the Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline would not cause a big boost in greenhouse-gas emissions."
Source: National Journal, 02/04/2015
Vaccination Debate Flares In GOP Race, Alarming Medical Experts
"Medical experts reacted with alarm Monday as two top contenders for the Republican presidential nomination appeared to question whether child vaccinations should be mandatory — injecting politics into an emotional issue that has taken on new resonance with a recent outbreak of measles in the United States."
Source: Wash Post, 02/03/2015
"End of An Era, Corette Coal Plant Prepares for Mothball"
"It isn’t on its dying breath, but the J.E. Corette coal-fired power plant, for 40 years Billings’ worst air polluter, could be weeks away from its last gasp."
Source: Billings Gazette, 02/03/2015
"Lower Oil Prices Strike at Heart of Canada’s Oil Sands Production"
"For as long as 400-ton dump trucks have been rumbling around the open pit mines of Canada’s oil sands, crews from Kal Tire have been on hand to replace and repair their $70,000, 13-foot diameter tires."
Source: NY Times, 02/03/2015
BP Partner Anadarko Responsible for Oil Spill Fines: Federal Judge
"Anadarko Petroleum Corp., a minority investor in BP's failed Macondo well, is on the hook for federal pollution fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, regardless of whether the company was responsible for the disaster, a federal judge said Monday (Feb. 2)."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 02/03/2015
"EPA Urged To Tighten Ozone Standards"
"It is time to strengthen the nation's smog limits to improve the health of millions of people who suffer the ill effects of air pollution, dozens of environmentalists, doctors, asthmatic children and religious leaders told a panel of federal officials Monday at a daylong hearing."
Source: LA Times, 02/03/2015
"Mercury Levels Rising in Pacific Yellowfin Tuna, Study Says"
"Mercury levels in yellowfin tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean have been rising at a 3.8% annual rate since 1998, according to a new study."
Source: LA Times, 02/03/2015
GOP Finally Admits Climate Change Is Real: What Will They Do About It?
"In a vote last month 15 Republican senators agreed that climate change is caused by human activity. Only three were ready to state how they would tackle it and none suggested a target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions"
Source: Guardian, 02/03/2015
