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"10 Years On, Tsunami Warning Stumbles at the 'Last Mile'"

"In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people on Boxing Day ten years ago, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster. As an 8.6-magnitude quake struck at sea, thousands of residents shunned purpose-built shelters and fled by car and motorcycle, clogging streets with traffic. A network of powerful warning sirens stayed silent."

Source: Reuters, 12/23/2014

"Court Upholds Cutback in California Water Drawdown To Protect Fish"

"Federal officials acted properly when they curtailed water extraction from California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect fish and orca species at the expense of farmers and other water users in central California, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 12/23/2014

"Fracking Fumes: Where There's a Well, All is Not Well"

"After analyzing 24 scientific studies, the Natural Resources Defense Council finds plenty to worry about, from birth defects to deadly effects."

Source: InsideClimate News, 12/23/2014

"Groups Urge Administration To Steer Clear of Gas Exports Bill"

"Some 114 groups are pressing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to reject proposals to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports."

Source: The Hill, 12/23/2014

"Regulators Want To Change Energy Pricing Rules for Federal Land"

"Federal land managers will release proposed rules next month to change the pricing structure for oil, natural gas and coal leases on public land."

Source: The Hill, 12/23/2014

"Job Losses Hit All But Renewable Energy Across Power Sector"

"The electric power generation sector lost more than 5,800 jobs over the last three years, according to an Energy Department stat shop. The losses hit all energy sources across electric power except for renewables, the Energy Information Administration said on Friday."

Source: The Hill, 12/23/2014

"Top Firms' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise, Despite Call for Cuts"

"Greenhouse gas emissions by the world's top 500 companies rose 3.1 percent from 2010 to 2013, far off the cuts urged by the United Nations to limit global warming, a study showed on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 12/23/2014

"Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor"

"TOKYO — The cleanup of Japan’s devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crossed an important milestone on Saturday when the plant’s operator announced it had safely removed the radioactive fuel from the most vulnerable of the four heavily damaged reactor buildings."

Source: NY Times, 12/22/2014

Judge Rules Against Whaling Activists in Campaign To Stop Japan Hunt

"Radical environmentalists who threw acid and smoke bombs at Japanese whalers were found in contempt of court for continuing their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the waters of Antarctica."

Source: AP, 12/22/2014

Enviros Will Sue To End Dominion Coal Ash Pollution of Elizabeth River

"On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing the Sierra Club, sent notice to Dominion Virginia Power of their intention to bring suit under the Clean Water Act to clean up leaking coal ash pits at the Chesapeake Energy Center (CEC) on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake, Virginia."

Source: Augusta Free Press, 12/22/2014

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