"Shell Agrees $84M Deal Over Niger Delta Oil Spill"
"Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $84m (£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta for two oil spills."
Source: BBC News, 01/07/2015
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"Deep Debt Keeps Oil Firms Pumping"
"American oil and gas companies have gone heavily into debt during the energy boom, increasing their borrowings by 55% since 2010, to almost $200 billion."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 01/07/2015
"California Breaks Ground on Bullet Train as Climate Solution"
"California broke ground Tuesday on its $68 billion high-speed rail system, promising to combat global warming while whisking travelers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours."
Source: AP, 01/07/2015
"Climatologists Balk as Brazil Picks Skeptic for Key Post"
"RIO DE JANEIRO — Calling Aldo Rebelo a climate-change skeptic would be putting it mildly. In his days as a fiery legislator in the Communist Party of Brazil, he railed against those who say human activity is warming the globe and called the international environmental movement 'nothing less, in its geopolitical essence, than the bridgehead of imperialism.'"
Source: NY Times, 01/07/2015
"Jerry Brown Seeks New Green Regulations in Historic Fourth Term
"In an inaugural address drawing on his family's deep roots in California, Gov. Jerry Brown called for expansive new environmental regulations that would protect the state for future generations."
Source: LA Times, 01/07/2015
UK: "2014 Was UK's Hottest Year on Record, Says Met Office"
"2014 was the UK’s warmest year on record, figures from the Met Office show."
Source: UK Press Association, 01/07/2015
"White House Issues Veto Threat Over Keystone XL Pipeline"
"The White House issued a veto threat Tuesday for pending legislation intended to force federal approval of the Keystone XL pipeline."
Source: Huffington Post, 01/07/2015
"Before Killing a Rhinoceros Bull, a Hunter Faces Anger, Death Threats"
"Ben Carter heard the story of the fearsome black rhinoceros during a trip to Namibia more than a year ago, and it’s still fresh in his mind."
Source: Wash Post, 01/06/2015
"5 GOP Science 'Believers' in the New Congress"
"Not every Republican in the incoming 114th Congress dismisses human-driven climate change. A few within the GOP majority accept the science. But on key policies, expect them to vote with those who dismiss the issue as a hoax.""
Source: Daily Climate, 01/06/2015
"Looking Ahead in the Arctic, With the United States on Point"
"An American admiral is in line to lead the eight-nation Arctic Council as a climate steward and a caretaker of the ocean."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/06/2015
