"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
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"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
Protecting a Home Where the Puffer Fish Roam in Biscayne National Park
"BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — For 15 years, officials, environmentalists, fishermen and boaters have struggled to put together a plan to protect one of South Florida’s jewels — a national park, almost entirely underwater, where a part of the largest reef tract in the United States lures throngs of divers and anglers who fish its once-abundant grouper and snapper."
Source: NY Times, 12/22/2014
"India’s Nuclear Ambitions Rattle Tsunami-Hit Coast"
"IDINTHA KARAI, India—Here along India’s southern coast—ravaged by tsunami waves 10 years ago—the country’s newest nuclear plant towers over the shoreline."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 12/22/2014
"Oil Patch Gas Flaring Continues To Go Up"
"SAN ANTONIO - Gas flares in the Eagle Ford Shale burned more than 20 billion cubic feet of natural gas and released tons of pollutants into the air in the first seven months of 2014 - exceeding the total waste and pollution for the entire year of 2012."
Source: San Antonion Express-News, 12/22/2014
